Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

In a world where high-paid Silicon Valley executives can grope women and get paid tens of millions of dollars in severance payouts for doing so, I wouldn't exactly bet on any billionaires going to jail any time soon.

I've seen far too many stories where one could reasonably say "this is definitely obviously a crime, right?" and nothing happens anyways. Money is the world's cheat code.

Re: Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Post by antiviral » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

This should be getting alot more attention. Even if Musk gets away with these things right now, this article raises awareness of what’s truly going on, raising the likelihood that future victims will be much more believable, similar to the way the dam eventually burst with Uber.

Re: Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Post by xiphias2 » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #4

OldFatCactus wrote: post #2

Hopefully Musk faces charges for this

In a world where high-paid Silicon Valley executives can grope women and get paid tens of millions of dollars in severance payouts for doing so, I wouldn't exactly bet on any billionaires going to jail any time soon. I've seen far too many stories where one could reasonably say "this is definitely obviously a crime, right?" and nothing happens anyways. Money is the world's cheat code.

It's money and position together.

Elon is strategically important for the US at this point, putting him to jail would wipe out billions of dollars of the US stock market, and SpaceX may be part of the future of US defense.

Re: Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Post by mhermher » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:35 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #4

OldFatCactus wrote: post #2

Hopefully Musk faces charges for this

In a world where high-paid Silicon Valley executives can grope women and get paid tens of millions of dollars in severance payouts for doing so, I wouldn't exactly bet on any billionaires going to jail any time soon. I've seen far too many stories where one could reasonably say "this is definitely obviously a crime, right?" and nothing happens anyways. Money is the world's cheat code.

Jeff Skilling probably thought the same.

Re: Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Post by ocdtrekkie » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:37 PM UTC

xiphias2 wrote: post #6

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a world where high-paid Silicon Valley executives can grope women and get paid tens of millions of dollars in severance payouts for doing so, I wouldn't exactly bet on any billionaires going to jail any time soon. I've seen far too many stories where one could reasonably say "this is definitely obviously a crime, right?" and nothing happens anyways. Money is the world's cheat code.

It's money and position together. Elon is strategically important for the US at this point, putting him to jail would wipe out billions of dollars of the US stock market, and SpaceX may be part of the future of US defense.

I would argue that neither Tesla nor SpaceX will disappear if Elon Musk goes to jail. In fact, the argument could be made both companies would perform more reliably without him.

Re: Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Post by SpicyLemonZest » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:38 PM UTC

I don’t understand what the story here is supposed to be. By Tripp’s own account, he did gather private information, the information did not itself prove wrongdoing, and he did leak it to the press because he wanted to make Tesla look bad.

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Post by drugme » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:42 PM UTC

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #9

I don’t understand what the story here is supposed to be. By Tripp’s own account, he did gather private information, the information did not itself prove wrongdoing, and he did leak it to the press because he wanted to make Tesla look bad.

I don’t understand what the story here is supposed to be.

Did you catch the parts about Tesla harassing Tripp in a whole bunch of outlandish and basically thuggish ways in response -- ranging from a bogus $167m lawsuit up to apparently lying to the local police about him planning a mass shooting?

That's what the story was about.