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Toxic Tesla: 1 alarming new sign customers are fleeing (will you join?)
Tesla founder Elon Musk has never been great at keeping his mouth shut (especially since he turned the once-great Twitter platform into his personal plaything).
But one wonders when he’ll figure out that his right-wing dalliances and infantile internet trolling are blowing a hole in the main source of his wealth.
The signs are everywhere.
It’s not just activists like the ones who projected “Heil Tesla” with a photo of Musk’s controversial salute at the inauguration of Donald Trump.
Take for example, the people who are currently doing a brisk business selling “I bought this before Elon went crazy” and “Anti Elon Tesla Club” stickers for people to affix to their once-trendy electric vehicles.
As one told the Daily Mail:
“Sales have really spiked. The day after the election was the biggest day ever.
“People saw a billionaire supervillain buy his way into the administration and it rubbed them the wrong way.”
Others are vandalizing dealerships.
But far more concerning for Musk than bumper stickers or projectors or spray paint is the fact that people have started voting on Tesla with their wallets.
And the results look positively disastrous for Tesla.