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Yuck. He could have just used some lame excuse like lower taxes or less business regulations or whatever and I would have just shrugged and said, eh I guess it makes sense what with the enormous facility they've built down there. But no, he had to make this about politics.

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[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Man, fuck that guy. Texas doesn't want him any more than Cali does.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I honestly thought he already made good on this threat years ago. Good riddance.

Musk is just mad that California won't let him abuse his children. Texas is much more welcoming of that sort of behavior... and that's not even factoring in Texas's growing child labor movement.

[–] becausechemistry@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It’s so disheartening seeing the manchild keep throwing fits and Dunning-Krugering his way through things. It’s really fun watching these rockets, but it’s hard to be enthusiastic anymore with such a terrible person at the helm.

[–] PanoptiDon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hope you bring your own power pro

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Good riddance he should just move already. He's been saying this since 2020, from what I understand a good portion of spacex is already in Southern Texas, might as well move the HQ as well. As for X? it doesn't really matter where it is HQ'd anymore and moving it out of cali would lower its legal obligations with privacy and security, plus X is not like how it used to be, it has transfered into enthusiast platform that has a specific purpose instead of a general platform everyone uses, not to mention that it has bled most of it's advertisers dry and is trying to make the graphs green despite that. This is the smart business move, It would likely be cheaper in the long run to move there due to lower regulation, I wouldn't see any other outcome. I find it super sleazy he's claiming "politics" as the reason though

X is an "enthusiast platform"? It's a pro-Putin, right-wing propaganda machine with vestiges of its former "glory."

It's not a smart business move because of the lower taxes and regulatory burdens. Texas is in the bottom 10 states for Quality of Life.

Plenty of other companies are discovering that moving to Texas doesn't work because employees don't want to move there. Nobody wants $1000+ "freedom" electric bills.

Unless they've bought into the whole abusive "trad wife" bs, Texas is legally very misogynistic.

The professional employees at SpaceX can find work at other companies if they don't want to move.

Time for SpaceX to join the list of good companies that Elon has turned into jokes.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Standing up for what he believes in got to respect that.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Agreed, anyone standing up for their beliefs, regardless of what those beliefs are or how they do it, deserves respect. Including Trump's shooter.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Not sure if murder is the same as protecting children and families.

But that's not to say murder isn't unjustified ever.

But it's good to see people valuing things over money and public opinion. So many people are just trying to stand for nothing.