Radpioneer
Looking for my next car...... my first EV....
My thoughts on this is that we as investors need to look at the bigger picture here. We can't be greedy and just think about the stock price. And I'm not just talking about the larger environmental mission. I am talking about the human equation. We are all human beings with our own styles, peculiarities, and differences, which need to be respected. And more often than not, brilliant visionaries like Jobs, Musk, Einstein, etc. don't always follow the norms of society. We as investors can't have it both ways. We can't say, yes Elon, do your brilliant visionary thing, but please behave "normal" (if that's possible to even define). That, IMO, is impinging on his personal freedom and his ability to express himself and be himself. It is a violation of human freedom. Moreover, it may even be the case that it is impossible for him to be brilliant and visionary and "normal" at the same time. Musk is not a whore, where we can take what we want from him and disregard the rest. He is not to be shackled down, and his brilliance siphoned from him for our sole benefit. No. He is a human being, like me and you. You get the whole package, the whole human being, with all its "flaws", peculiarities, and eccentricities. And, IMO, if Tesla fails as a result of this, so be it.
This guy is brilliant and he's doing amazing things. We need to have patience and tolerance and stand with him and defend him. That's our job as investors. This is why I chafe when I hear bulls like Munster, Gerber, and Gali sometimes criticize Musk about his tweeting and other stuff (or worse, say that he should step down as CEO, while remaining the visionary chief or something). If even us bulls keep crapping on him, what do you think is gonna happen? Musk is gonna just take his foosball and go home. He doesn't have to do crap. He can just walk.
Now, he's obviously human and not perfect. But unless he's committing some serious crime, my inclination is to let him be. And of course this doesn't mean that we can't criticize Musk or Tesla. It just needs to be in a more constructive fashion. But then some of you might say what about the 420 tweet and other such nonsense. My response is that bears and bulls alike need to have a more nuanced understanding of the man. When I saw that tweet and the news, I was surprised like everyone else. But I didn't go buying additional shares or options then. In fact, I was debating selling some of my position, since the stock had a huge run up. We all know what Musk is like. Maybe it's for real, maybe it's not. It's the stock market. Anything can happen. No guarantees (you want a guarantee, go buy a bank CD). There was nothing definite there in Musk's tweet, only a possibility. No official communication from the company. No SEC filing. If some bulls bought on that news and got burned, then chalk it up to inexperience and lack of insight. Live and learn. (And really people, this stock has bounced up and down between 250 and 380 how many times now. I thought we bulls were the smart ones. Whose buying at 380 or even 350? Plenty of opportunity to buy at lower prices -- like right now!)
Okay, I could go on, but I'm tired and starting to ramble. But I feel strongly about this. But I also feel strongly about each of us, as investors and human beings also, to have the ability to express different viewpoints here at TMC and elsewhere, though we may all be bulls. I'm not at all supportive of the idea that only nice things or "correct/accepted things" can be said about Musk and Tesla here at TMC. Group thinking or herd thinking is dangerous. Musk doesn't do herd thinking (remember how he stayed on Trump's task force at the beginning even though liberals gave him heat), and neither should we. We've all, myself included, likely had a few disagreements (thumbs down) on some of our posts. And that's fine and good. All right folks, till my next ramble...
Agree TIMES 1,000,000..... The full post but I did highlight a few things...
