Musk’s desire to own the Libs is alienating the buyers of Teslas
I don&#x27;t know why any of this is surprising.  I don&#x27;t know anything about the personal politics of any other major automotive CEO and my guess is that it isn&#x27;t by accident.  These companies know their asking their customers to spend a large amount of money on their products and negative feelings towards any particular brand aren&#x27;t helpful.<p>Everyone who&#x27;s ever own a business knows that money from Republicans is just as good as money from Democrats.  Michael Jordan declined to throw his name behind a Democrat running for office in 1990 because &quot;Republicans buy sneakers too&quot;.  Musk thinks it&#x27;s his job to influence public discourse.  That&#x27;s not a good thing if you&#x27;re a Tesla shareholder or someone invested in one of Musks other businesses.<p>I&#x27;ve been saying this forever, even on HN.  Tesla is a better company without Musk running it and the board should just rip the bandaid off and move on.  Musk is dishonest, distracted and unable to meet basic expectations at this point.  Products are late, engineering is distracted and people are starting to realize that Tesla will never meet the expectations set by the price of its stock.<p>The great automotive brands, even the ones NAMED after their founders are larger than any particular leader.<p>Musk has been a great for getting Tesla where it is today, but his style of leadership isn&#x27;t what you need at a company the size of Tesla today.