The implication here is Tesla is doing something about climate change.
The irony is that Tesla worsens climate change by selling billions of dollars of carbon credits which enable polluters.
If it actually wanted to make a difference it would forgo those credits which would force polluters to actually reduce pollution. Instead it's just a wash.
What if I think Tesla is a great company, but also that its stock is overpriced (its P/E ratio is > 200, so that's not a stretch). Am I allowed to short TSLA or does that automatically mean I'm "trying to cash in on the failure of Tesla"?
This kind of thing doesn't give me confidence that Musk will respect differing opinions as the owner of Twitter.
>Am I allowed to short TSLA or does that automatically mean I'm "trying to cash in on the failure of Tesla"?
Anybody is allowed to short TSLA, and yes, if you short them you want the value of the company to drop and you're trying to cash in on that. TSLA should continue growing if it's a successful company. I'm not aware of companies that lose stock value year after year and are considered successful.
>This kind of thing doesn't give me confidence that Musk will respect differing opinions as the owner of Twitter.
I don't think Musk's goal with the Twitter buyout is to respect opinions. He's buying Twitter so disrespectful opinions won't be taken down.
Now if he starts banning things he personally disagrees with, like the famous plane account, I'll turn on him and call him a bad guy. But I'm not going to speculate nefarious reasons he's buying Twitter because I have no reason to believe he'll do anything other than what he said he'll do.
I am aware what his twitter is like - but he can just shoot those off from the hip with no oversight - would he just be able to ban some person without someone pushing back, or explaining to him why it might be a bad idea? I would imagine he would be at least a couple of steps removed from being able to do that.
Every politician recorded betraying their professed morals is supporting evidence that power, intelligence and resources don't automatically transmute into shrewdness. Also, he likely believes that sort of consideration is beneath commanding his attention.
