Somewhere between the Tesla Roadster and a couple textbook Sieg Heils, Elon Musk went astray. Within recent memory people hailed Musk as a visionary, a leader, a savior of the environment and humanity.
But too much money, power and…well…drugs, are bad drugs. Not to mention, every achievement he has achieved, and every level he has leveled up to, bears some scrutiny.
There was a time when Tesla made nice cars, fun cars, and even cool cars. We bought them, our families bought them. We told everybody how great they were. We read Teslarati and joined fan clubs. We bought more Teslas. We hooked our houses up to Tesla-branded battery storage and had the former Solar City (now Tesla) install our solar panels.
But then Musk started to change. He became hostile to Democrats, Liberals, and the principles of Democracy itself. He is said to have gotten particularly upset when a comedian invited him onstage and the crowd booed him so hard he locked himself in his office. Despite all his wealth and power, he couldn’t make people like him. And why would they? I mean, when have you heard of Musk doing something good for people, really?
And the sending humans to Mars doesn’t qualify as good for people. Could there be a less hospitable planet to nurture human life? Maybe Saturn, or Mercury, or all of the other ones I suppose, but how about we recognize that Earth is ideal for humans and vice-versa? Let’s work on fixing the human-created problems with the climate before thinking our human abilities will be able to transform the godforsaken Red Planet.
I’m talking about the pastime of billionaires contributing to the health and welfare of people and then naming big things after themselves. Like Carnegie. I’m not saying he was a nice guy or anything, but he believed in noblesse oblige.
People were starting to see through the lies, the selfishness, and the callousness. Anyone who has witnessed what Twitter has become is no doubt aware of his promotion of racist, sexist, anti-Jewish and anti-American themes and his opening the floodgates of unmonitored hate.
And then there’s the Cybertruck. Man, what a fuck-up of epic proportions. Tesla could have brought out a category leading truck. Rugged, stylish, sleek. And useful. Instead, well, we get this crappy, ugly, impractical and sad vehicle. Some say the Cybertruck is Musk’s Edsel. No way. The Edsel was oversold, but it worked as intended. How many Cybertrucks have you seen hauling stuff or being used on construction sites? I’ve only seen this one:
I kid, I kid. Sort of. Matter of fact, I believe this was Musk’s only true design idea. He came up with it all by himself. The emperor has no clothes, and no taste.
Maybe you have Tesla stock. After it was added to the S&P 500, index funds own it and there sure are a lot of people who own it whether they want to or not.
Tesla’s stock price seems to recently be reflecting his job performance. He’s taken his eye off the ball no doubt with the Twitter and the DOGE bullshit and the Ketamine. And taking up as “first lady" to Trump has not gone over well with the primary purchasers of electric vehicles.
And then he went to Germany to meet with and campaign for far-right politicians. Big surprise — Tesla sales are down in Europe 45% year over year. And that was BEFORE some of the most recent goose-stepping.
Speaking of global sales, EVs in China are selling like hot cakes. 50% of all new cars in China are EVs now, versus 15% in Europe. And competition is fierce. Tesla is starting to look long in the tooth over there. With Trump saber rattling with tariffs and all, I’m wondering if Tesla’s permits and operations are going to start having delays. Musk has tied himself so closely to Trump, that he’s now a pawn.
As Tesla’s stock price continues to deflate despite all the wonderful futuristic tales, Musk and the board need their feet held to the fire. Or else the depreciating assets in all of our driveways are going to be worth more as scrap. Rivian could use some of that aluminum.
You know what Tesla needs more than anything right now? Same thing America needs. Musk to resign. Step down, step away, step aside. Running Tesla can’t be an afterthought. It’s a full-time job.
So that’s were these decals come in. Slap them over your car’s Tesla logo, on your door, or on your locker. Put them around for people to see. Let’s start a movement to tell Musk and the Tesla board how we feel.
We didn’t leave Tesla, Tesla left us. We still like our Tesla’s but not the CEO. Show him and your fellow citizens how you feel. Turn your Tesla from the scourge of the road into a symbol of protest.
Buy two, one for the front and one for the back. Buy some for your friends and family. Put them on your windows. Just don’t put them on other peoples’ stuff without permission.
Finally, this site doesn’t require a captcha, but if it did I’d use this one:
