Oh boy, that one is a doozy of an embarrassment for whatever University issued her a doctorate degree in Psychology (apparently the University of Haifa). It reads more like a blog post written by an amateur than an article in Psychology Today so it's an embarrassment on that level as well. The hate towards Tesla will cause even reputable institutions to embarrass themselves.
One of her three premises:
In the world I know, reputable programs in psychology put a heavy emphasis on philosophy and logic. This premise fails basic logic miserably. It says that since Tesla does not indoctrinate everyone with ads and PR propaganda, that the Tesla community is a closed community. It makes no sense. It fails logic 101 because a closed community of customers (the cult) does not follow from a lack of a centralized disseminator of information. In fact, a characteristic of a cult is that the only truth comes from the top. When Ford spends millions of dollars on ads to create the narrative that their trucks are "Ford tough". We know because the company made sure to include lots of pictures of tough-looking men using the product to do tough-looking things. It
must be tough! They wouldn't spend all that money to tell us it was tough if it really wasn't, right?
Tesla doesn't spend money to indoctrinate us so....it's a cult?
Is this what Psychology Today has become? Oh my!