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That's pretty much how I was talking about it since I know they are kinda tech-oriented. I could just tell I hit onto something winger-identity-oriented, though, even though I was not talking about any personalities (Biden, Trump) but just about how the subsidies are going away at the end of 2025. I think the mention of subsidies might have been the trigger...
BTW, it was interesting to watch some of these types being entirely uncertain about how to think about Tesla, especially early last year. On the year, they've been getting told real men should probably alter their enormous diesel trucks to roll coal on EVs, bicyclists, etc. And that owning an EV is really quite gay.
But then along comes Elon with the Nazi shit and he's working for Donvict, too. Talking to these people and throwing out that I'm thinking of buying an EV was pretty wild last year. It was like they were not yet given all the right talking points to try to thread that needle.... 🤣
One of the funnier reactions when I told them that new EV sales were approaching 10% of sales (this was earlier last year): "Well, Elon is involved... so, um, I guess I'm okay with those being sold here?"
I was like....my dude, no one is asking for the permission of people like you in order to buy these things. It really is like these people think that just because Donvict is in office, everything needs to be run by his supporters for every aspect of life. It's truly sick. Anyway, that didn't really seem to register for him, but even more wild was when I was saying how Tesla is going to really have some strong headwinds in China when it comes to trying to sell there. His reaction: well, Trump will have something to say about that. I asked him what he thought Trump was going to do in China to force people to buy Teslas in their market?
These people are hair-trigger man. It's like they think Donvict "wins" an election here, and even the Chinese market, en masse, should bend the knee to buying Elon's cars....just because.