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[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago

Tesla could solve most of their problems by firing Musk. Any other public company whose CEO makes a very public Nazi salute would fire that CEO.

Yes, he'd still be a large shareholder, but I think simply getting him out of the company would give a lot of people the sense that he faced some personal consequences for his actions, and that any companies who deal with Musk will also face consequences.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago

We should give Elon more billions as an interim bonus instead.

-The Tesla board, probably

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The companies board and senior leadership are his family and loyalists, therefore the company is fascist and should be destroyed, regardless of Space Karens involvement.

[-] mooncake@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago

Id rather just see Tesla burn to the ground.

[-] Wilco@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

It won't.. they will bail it ot with taxpayer money. Like it or not every US citizen will buy some Telsa stock (but never own it). Capitalism for thee, but communism for me if the business fails.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Good, let the USA burn their money and tank their economy bailing out a company nobody would buy a car from

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

The board is filled with family and close friends. They'll protect him as long as possible.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

They'll lose the ship to save one expendable captain.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If they're so determined to protect their Nazi captain, perhaps they deserve to lose the ship.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yes, he’d still be a large shareholder, but I think simply getting him out of the company would give a lot of people the sense that he faced some personal consequences for his actions

On one hand, that might indeed satisfy a lot of the public. On the other hand, we ought to consider that a bad outcome because the real goal should be to tank TSLA to the point that Musk's holdings no longer suffice as collateral and he's forced to sell Xitter.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, he'd still be a large shareholder

If they fire him, he would sell. This would tank the stock value.

They're damned if they do and damned if they don't.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The stovk price is also all vibes based around him.

Edit: he wouldn't sell, though. He couldn't sell that much. He also has a bunch of loans leveraged against his stock aa collateral. Those collapse if the stock price collapses.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly, Musk needs to go. Even apart from his abhorrent behaviour this dude supposedly has so many jobs, how can he possibly be doing them all to a reasonable standard let alone one deserving of his insane compensation.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder how much money firing him would cost. The initial pay package was a stupid $56 billion. They'd probably have to pay pretty much that amount, and then hire a new CEO still.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Even after losing 50% of their value their market cap is still ~750 billion. They’re still valued at nearly 3x what Toyota is, and leagues above any other auto manufacturer. Their investors won’t do anything until they lose way more value, sadly.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

And ending production of the Swastitruk would help.

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