SpaceX and Tesla would have crashed and burned had it not been for government, of all levels, subsidizing them. Something that, now that he has benefited from it, Musk is against others having.

>government, of all levels, subsidizing them

and the established automakers with billion dollar war chests didn't have access to the same subsidies if they had innovated and made electric cars that didn't suck? The established military industrial complex companies like Boeing and Lockheed that have failed in their space endeavors aren't subsidized?

Musk doesn't want others to have the same subsidies that he received. It's a bit telling if you think about it.

Elon shows all the signs of thinking he can do absolutely no wrong because his fan base keeps telling him so.

Nothing about this acquisition as been impressive or promising. I see no sign of that changing. A mass disrespectful layoff like this is going to backfire, hugely.

Not sure. I think we should increase the sample size to include Boring Company and Hyperloop.

You think SpaceX and Tesla succeeded because of corporate culture and not market fit?

Clearly.

Legacy car brands had electric cars (Toyota, BMW definitely). Boeing could have created landing rockets. Market wanted those products from anyone.

Why didn't they? Because they're dinosaurs, asleep at the wheel. Bad corporate culture.

While I do rather think that tesla and spacex has an unhealthy work cultural based on the limited things I read about it, these two ideas are just ridiculously dump to the point where a 3 years old wouldn’t have come up with “cars in a tunnel”.. they are ridiculous.

Tesla stock is a huge bubble, so I’m not sure they are doing as good actually as their ratings would indicate..