It was introduced as a “concept vehicle” in 2019. Musk was way deep into the Nazi khole by then.
You bought a Tesla before 2019? Fine, I’ll give you a pass. You bought a Tesla after 2019? Hard fucking side eye. You bought a Cybertruck, which didn’t actually start delivery until November 2023? Fuck you, fascist.
Even through 2024, I was interested in buying a Model 3 but with a bit of hesitation about supporting Elon as the “free speech absolutist” predictably crushed free speech on Twitter. But this year, seeing Elon prove himself on stage to be a full blown Nazi was of course the end of that dream.
I think you grossly overestimate how concerned and informed people are about the billionaire CEO of any random corporation. Elon stands out above the rest as a more public figure, but even as aware of him as I already was, I never would have in 2019 called him a Nazi.
Try hard as they might, the irrefutable and impossible to miss proof is here now though - so I withhold judgement for anyone who buys in 2025, personally. A purchase previously was supporting a piece of shit. A purchase now is just straight up supporting a Nazi.
2019 Elon was an asshole who called people pedos, cared more about the aethetics of the factory floor than worker safety, manipulated stock value by blatantly lying, fought unionization, and attacked whistleblowers. His open right-wing political ‘turn’ didn’t start until people told him he needed to follow the rules to prevent the spread of Covid.
It’s so hard to believe that Cybertruck buyers are surprised that people hate them. They ignored all of these things about Elon and Tesla and then they bought the ugliest car ever made. They didn’t hear a single thing about Elon in the last decade and then dropped $100k on a stainless steel death trap that is awful at doing actual truck things and is barely held together? Like how did they hear about the truck in the first place if they are so disconnected from the world?
Preface: you’re entirely correct.
2019 Elon was an asshole who called people pedos, cared more about the aethetics of the factory floor than worker safety, manipulated stock value by blatantly lying, fought unionization, and attacked whistleblowers.
“Nazi”, for short.
While I think Elon is one now, a Nazi isn’t just a ruthless capitalism or human cum stain. There is lot more to it.