, what if some extremely prominent symbol of the electric car industry became a right-wing hero by, say, taking over a major social media site and spouting all the things the Republican tribe loves to hear?
Might that not change the tribalism equation? Might that not make it cool for Republicans to “own the libs” by buying at least that figure’s brand of EV?If Twitter owner Elon Musk is as smart as some people say, maybe he’s just doing what needs to be done to save the environment. If you look back to the early 1900s when the transition from horse and buggy to gasoline cars was occurring, the resistance back then was largely that jobs would be lost.
But the issue is so much larger than jobs lost or a feeling that mandating cleaner transportation represents an attack on freedom. We are in the midst of a climate change emergency, and we have no time to lose. Anyone who lives on the Gulf Coast can attest to the fact that violent storms are getting worse. Californians and people in nearby states can speak of dropping water tables, drier winters and drought. Fossil-fueled transportation is partly responsible for those disasters.
We’ve got to look past our own habitual employment concerns and step bravely forward to save humanity’s very existence on this storm-ridden and drought-plagued Earth. Because the status quo is not going to save us, our children or our grandchildren.
opinion It doesn’t take genius to know Republicans respond very well to lies and spite.
opinion he’ll never convince enough repubs to replace the liberals he’s lost
opinion A simple 'no'. Musk is a mere outlier with the Red Right and they already thought that Tesla owners were snooty 'lefties' The Right are also more inclined to by traditional 'American ' made.
opinion Yeah, how’s that going?
opinion He's not a genius, he's a bully with WAY too much money
opinion “Journalism”
opinion Liberals have been cutting down millions of trees that cool the Earth and have been installing millions of Chinese made Solar Panels. ClimateScam
opinion OMG you are giving him way to much credit there. I think it is more a two and a half year old tantrum he is having without the sweetness of a two and a half year old. Apartheid Clyde is a thin skinned spoiled whiny child.
opinion The genius ploy was to get all the liberals to buy teslas
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opinion No and just like Trump but even more so. The right doesn't actually like Elon and will drop him as soon as it sees fit. Already they treat him like he's not part of the right. Plus he's not trying to sell the right EV's. He is probably lowering EV sell over the whole market.
opinion Yeah that must be it! It can't be that he is just a megalomaniac.
opinion He's a stooge trying to stir shit up so he can find backers with $44 bil
opinion Republicans want gasoline ⛽ vehicles. They are fierce supports of 'Big Oil.'
opinion He shat on the green energy advocates that made him rich in the first place. What a genius.
opinion Twitter mess had nothing to do with Elon, only the clean-up.
opinion Elon Vehicles?
opinion This is ridiculous. Nothing Musk does is genius, he's not capable of such
opinion Lol you guys will think of anything to not have to believe in free speech