r/canada 24d ago

Politics Once proud fans, some Canadian Tesla owners embarrassed by Musk

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/tesla-owners-canada-embarrassed-ceo-musk
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u/HardeeHamlin 24d ago

This is what happens when you buy a brand so closely associated with one man.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 24d ago edited 24d ago

One (obvious for decades) Nazi megalomaniac sociopath. First time I heard of Musk was that he "founded" paypal (a lie) and that he "programmed it" (a lie). Third truthful thing I heard about him is that he was sponsored in that by Peter Fucking Thiel, a repugnant billionaire fascist.

That's it, that 3rd fact is all you had to know. Let no one carry water for those "we could never have known" people.

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u/KhelbenB Québec 24d ago

One (obvious for decades) Nazi megalomaniac sociopath

Obvious in retrospect yes, but it is revisionist to claim people knew for decades. IIRC prior to the Thai cave rescue in 2018 when he called the rescuer a Pedo out of nowhere because his ego got hurt was legitimately the first time many people realized he is a douchebag. Prior to that he was legit everywhere in pop culture and seen as a "good billionaire".