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Elon Musk says stay at home orders are fascist; "Give people their GD freedom back"
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:22 pm
All of this on the Tesla earnings call, of all places. 
That's going to piss off some folks
Transcript of his response when asked a question regarding Tesla's liquidity position.
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“This is the time to think about the future, and also to ask, is it right to infringe upon people’s rights as what is happening right now?” Musk said.
“So the expansion of the shelter in place or as we call it forcibly imprisoning people in their homes, against all their constitutional rights, is my opinion, and breaking people’s freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong, and not why people came to America or built this country, excuse me. It’s outrage, it’s an outrage. It will cause loss, great, great harm, but not just to Tesla, but any company. And while people will weather the storm there are many small companies that will not,” he said.
He continued sounding more and more incensed, at one point asking, “What the f--k?”
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Later, he continued in the same vein, “I think the people are going to be very angry about this and are very angry. It’s like somebody should be, if somebody wants to stay in the house that’s great, they should be allowed to stay in the house and they should not be compelled to leave. But to say that they cannot leave their house, and they will be arrested if they do, this is fascist. This is not democratic. This is not freedom. Give people back their goddamn freedom.”
That's going to piss off some folks
Transcript of his response when asked a question regarding Tesla's liquidity position.
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Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:23 pm to slackster
People are going to eat this up because everyone just wants to go back to normal, but the irony of Musk saying this is hilarious.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:25 pm to Broski
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People are going to eat this up because everyone just wants to go back to normal, but the irony of Musk saying this is hilarious.
No doubt. Spent a good chunk of the call praising China, but his hypocrisy doesn't make the underlying sentiment incorrect.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:25 pm to slackster
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“This is the time to think about the future, and also to ask, is it right to infringe upon people’s rights as what is happening right now?” Musk said.
I absolutely hope there is some legislation passed that prevents something this drastic in the future.
It's truly outrageous.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:25 pm to slackster
Immigrants always are the most patriotic. Go Elon 
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:25 pm to slackster
The Twitter woke crowd is lighting his arse up. He went from their God to a “capitalist billionaire a-hole” instantly.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:27 pm to slackster
In musk I trust
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:27 pm to Eat Your Crow
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I absolutely hope there is some legislation passed that prevents something this drastic in the future.
There won’t be. This is a lesson learned but not for us, the good guys like you and me and most of us here.
This post was edited on 4/29/20 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:27 pm to slackster
Guy is a douche and it is laughable that he is all of the sudden the champion of small businesses after getting all of that government cheese to start and grow his company.
With that said, he is speaking the truth.
With that said, he is speaking the truth.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:28 pm to Desert King
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The Twitter woke crowd is lighting his arse up. He went from their God to a “capitalist billionaire a-hole” instantly.
Saw that as well. A bunch of uneducated folks who think his stance highlights the health care inequalities in this country. Apparently in their bubble the working man is the one who wants to stay home. It's absurd.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:30 pm to slackster
Love Elon - dude is MAGA as frick and I’m proud to say I have had a deposit down for his amazing Cybertruck since day one
This post was edited on 4/29/20 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:43 pm to slackster
The world is fricked up when elon musk and I agree on things.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:47 pm to slackster
quote:you guys do know that you can go outside right?
forcibly imprisoning people in their homes
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:48 pm to Eat Your Crow
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I absolutely hope there is some legislation passed that prevents something this drastic in the future.
It will be interesting to see what legislation comes from this. I would hope there would be something to try to rein this in, but I suspect it will be the opposite if anything does come of it. A lot of politicians have got a taste of authoritarian power from this, I suspect they will work to further enshrine that power into law.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:51 pm to slackster
Is there video or audio of this?
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:58 pm to OldHickory
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Is there video or audio of this?
back when i used to gamble on earnings reports, I would listen to calls live via Yahoo! Finance. Not sure if you still can or if they're archived.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:03 pm to Peepdip
Yeah,I haven't seen anyone forcibly imprisoned in their homes.It's pretty much business as usual here.
Restaurants are serving carry out and haircuts are hard to come by,but everything else is pretty much the same except for distancing and that's been done voluntarily.
I guess we're lucky down here in the delta.
Restaurants are serving carry out and haircuts are hard to come by,but everything else is pretty much the same except for distancing and that's been done voluntarily.
I guess we're lucky down here in the delta.
This post was edited on 4/29/20 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:06 pm to slackster
frick I might have to go buy one of his shite cars.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:17 pm to Eat Your Crow
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I absolutely hope there is some legislation passed that prevents something this drastic in the future.
I'm baffled. Do you people believe in states' rights or not? These shelter-in-place orders are coming from the state level or below. You're proposing a federal law that will override state laws, and it ain't gonna happen.
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