What if Lockdown Was a Mistake? šŸ˜¬

What if Lockdown Was a Mistake?

The majority of billionaires and Silicon Valley power players are keeping their heads down in quarantine, donating a bit, and retweeting government advice, but Elon Musk is not into that life. He canā€™t see the logic in lockdown. ā€œHeā€™s joined the rebels! Heā€™s lost his mind!ā€

Thereā€™s always a motivation, always a self-interest. Tesla has one vehicle-assembly plant in Fremont right now and Elon Musk needs it open. He needs to deliver cars to fuel his stock market story because thatā€™s where he gets the money to keep going.

Thereā€™s no way flashy car companies will escape serious injury this year, but this one managed to print a miraculous, well-rounded record profit in last nightā€™s earnings call. Analysts were dumbfounded, keen to hear about liquidity in the crisis, but Elonā€™s mind was somewhere else.

He spent the conference call vexing about the lockdown, ā€œfreedom, corrupt politiciansā€ and all that. Beneath his bluster was an argument.

The economic damage is disproportionate to the medical damage. Musk believes this is just a bad seasonal flu. The media will be feeding off it for years, with each case into a unit of political currency for world leaders to win elections. Now weā€™re all waiting at home for some germs to die, and though itā€™s off the record, the global business community canā€™t believe it.

Elon Musk is Tesla and Tesla is Elon Musk. The public wonā€™t forget his taboo musings in a hurry, especially when it comes time to make a new car purchase. Thereā€™s sure to be brand damage, so the cult-bears and cult-bulls are standing off like never before. They canā€™t both be right in the end, thatā€™s investing!

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