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Elon Musk thread 🧵, part 4.

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  • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

    Is anyone even listening to this racist nutter any more?

    You couldn't pay me to take one of his cars.

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    _Father and son incinerated after ā€˜self-driving’ Tesla suddenly slammed into tree, lawsuit says_
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-self-driving-deaths-lawsuit-musk-b2951558.html

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      _Father and son incinerated after ā€˜self-driving’ Tesla suddenly slammed into tree, lawsuit says_
      https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-self-driving-deaths-lawsuit-musk-b2951558.html

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      Tesla makes large profits in the United States. It then pays huge costs to a partnership domiciled in the Netherlands which isn't real. So Tesla pays zero United States tax.

      It also pays little tax in the Netherlands, too. Tax data is confidential there, so we won't know how that works.

      ...

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      • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

        Tesla makes large profits in the United States. It then pays huge costs to a partnership domiciled in the Netherlands which isn't real. So Tesla pays zero United States tax.

        It also pays little tax in the Netherlands, too. Tax data is confidential there, so we won't know how that works.

        ...

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        ...

        However, note that even if Tesla had to pay taxes in the United States on this $18 billion of profits it would have paid $400 million of taxes. (Ref https://economictimes.com/news/international/business/elon-musk-scorned-shady-loopholes-yet-offshore-tax-tricks-likely-saved-tesla-hundreds-of-millions/articleshow/130389082.cms. By the way, I have no idea how it would be such a small number!)

        If an individual made $18 billion of income they would have to pay roughly half of it - $9 billion - as taxes.

        So there's something else gravely wrong with this situation.

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          ...

          However, note that even if Tesla had to pay taxes in the United States on this $18 billion of profits it would have paid $400 million of taxes. (Ref https://economictimes.com/news/international/business/elon-musk-scorned-shady-loopholes-yet-offshore-tax-tricks-likely-saved-tesla-hundreds-of-millions/articleshow/130389082.cms. By the way, I have no idea how it would be such a small number!)

          If an individual made $18 billion of income they would have to pay roughly half of it - $9 billion - as taxes.

          So there's something else gravely wrong with this situation.

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          Finally, all these tax shenanigans are just straight up making Elon Musk rich. That's it. It's just more con man bullshit because all of these savings pump the stock price which goes straight in his pocket for the most part.

          He's just a boy-faced con man. And a racist Nazi of course.

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          • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

            Finally, all these tax shenanigans are just straight up making Elon Musk rich. That's it. It's just more con man bullshit because all of these savings pump the stock price which goes straight in his pocket for the most part.

            He's just a boy-faced con man. And a racist Nazi of course.

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            And at the same time that Tesla makes record profits by not paying any taxes, it also makes absolutely trash automobiles.

            _It’s Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto_
            https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/

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            • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

              And at the same time that Tesla makes record profits by not paying any taxes, it also makes absolutely trash automobiles.

              _It’s Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto_
              https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/

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              Unsurprisingly Uber does the same thing and avoids taxes using dozens of shell companies.

              Any rational actor would take full advantage of these tax loopholes, unfortunately.

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              'Champions League of tax avoidance:' Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on nearly $6 billion in revenue, report says

              Uber claimed a $4.5 billion global operating loss in 2019 for tax purposes, despite bringing in $5.8 billion, an Australian research group found.

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              • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

                Unsurprisingly Uber does the same thing and avoids taxes using dozens of shell companies.

                Any rational actor would take full advantage of these tax loopholes, unfortunately.

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                'Champions League of tax avoidance:' Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on nearly $6 billion in revenue, report says

                Uber claimed a $4.5 billion global operating loss in 2019 for tax purposes, despite bringing in $5.8 billion, an Australian research group found.

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                I have all these leftover Dutch shell companies lying around the house, so it is nice to see a use for them. Reuse and recycle, you know.

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                • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

                  I have all these leftover Dutch shell companies lying around the house, so it is nice to see a use for them. Reuse and recycle, you know.

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                  #29

                  "518,428
                  Preventable child deaths in the year since Musk dismantled USAID, saying, ā€œTime for it to die"."

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                  Geek tragedy

                  Look upon their works and despair.

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                  • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

                    "518,428
                    Preventable child deaths in the year since Musk dismantled USAID, saying, ā€œTime for it to die"."

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                    Geek tragedy

                    Look upon their works and despair.

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                    Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com)

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                    _Dylan Carter, 'The Voice' alum, died after his Tesla veered 'off the road'
                    Dylan Carter, a former "The Voice" contestant, died at 24 after striking a curb and a utility pole before his Tesla overturned._
                    https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/28/dylan-carter-death-the-voice-car-accident-details/89836207007/

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                    • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

                      _Dylan Carter, 'The Voice' alum, died after his Tesla veered 'off the road'
                      Dylan Carter, a former "The Voice" contestant, died at 24 after striking a curb and a utility pole before his Tesla overturned._
                      https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/28/dylan-carter-death-the-voice-car-accident-details/89836207007/

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                      BBC reported today that Elon Musk complained that the _other side's lawyers_ asked him trick questions while he was on the stand in his case against Altman.

                      What.

                      🤣

                      How anyone can hold even a single share of Tesla is beyond me.

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                      • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

                        BBC reported today that Elon Musk complained that the _other side's lawyers_ asked him trick questions while he was on the stand in his case against Altman.

                        What.

                        🤣

                        How anyone can hold even a single share of Tesla is beyond me.

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                        "Tech billionaire Elon Nusk has accused defence lawyers of asking him trick questions on the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI"

                        I'm dying. 🤣

                        I'm dead.

                        I bought a Tesla and tried the self-driving mode and now I'm dead. I'm that dead. 🤣

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                        • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

                          "Tech billionaire Elon Nusk has accused defence lawyers of asking him trick questions on the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI"

                          I'm dying. 🤣

                          I'm dead.

                          I bought a Tesla and tried the self-driving mode and now I'm dead. I'm that dead. 🤣

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                          AHAHAHAH

                          _Your questions are designed to trick me’: combative Musk grilled over battle with Sam Altman
                          Lawyers for world’s richest person try to paint him as humanitarian as judge cuts off his long-winded replies_
                          https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuit

                          OH MAN LET HIM BRING HIS MOM UP ON THE STAND WITH HIM. COME ON THIS IS UNFAIR 🤣

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                          • jmcrookston@mastodon.socialJ jmcrookston@mastodon.social

                            AHAHAHAH

                            _Your questions are designed to trick me’: combative Musk grilled over battle with Sam Altman
                            Lawyers for world’s richest person try to paint him as humanitarian as judge cuts off his long-winded replies_
                            https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuit

                            OH MAN LET HIM BRING HIS MOM UP ON THE STAND WITH HIM. COME ON THIS IS UNFAIR 🤣

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                            @jmcrookston They so deserve each other.

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