Tesla dealerships are getting protested and, in some cases, vandalized. Sales are down on 9 of the top 10 countries Tesla sells in. Yet Tesla stock is up. Twitter is a cesspool of nazi-themed bots, and somehow just pulled in $1bn and raised its valuation back up to $44bn.

How is any of this possible? It seems really artificial to me, but I don’t really understand business.

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    Good find. I am convinced Tesla is the Enron of our day.

    The scheme only works as long as most people keep holding their stock. Once they start selling, it will be a very quick road down.

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      And with the global outcry against the company, I don’t think that day is far off. They know there’s going to be reduced demand for their products, because even those who don’t feel like they want to boycott Tesla out of principle might still reconsider buying one if they don’t want to deal with the shame/risk they’ll get from others.

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      And then he will be a dead Hopefully. Through Vanguard and Blackrock the Saudis and Qataris are said to have substantial investments in Tesla. And especially the former are not kind people when it comes to fraud to their disadvantage.