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> It's kind of refreshing to see something that hasn't passed through a public relations filter. It's one thing if the owner of a local bar thinks it a good idea to throw around swear words and being edgy in general. Might bring him some new business, might lose him some old business. But owners of companies worth dozens of billions of dollars? They might want to rein in their executives a bit. Unprofessionalism alwa…
"Unprofessional" companies like tesla and ryanair are the only companies where I put even the slightest faith in the sincereness of their public statements. I know that the truthfulness of a public statement by any "professional" company is completely incidental to the actual internal state of the company, and is calculated to communicate as little useful information as possible, while managing PR expectations.
At least Tesla is widely known for wildly fluctuating stock prices. Every time Elon posts some stupid shit on Twitter, the stock tanks.
Corporate officials have responsibility for their shareholders, and the SEC has tried more than once to teach Musk that lesson. Tesla may be a revolutionary when it comes to cars, but their stock is far from what should be in anyone's private portfolio.