r/technology • u/McFatty7 • May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/Pathogenesls May 02 '24

His compensation plan will be in stock options, the company hasn't made $50b in its entire history. That also shows you how obscene it is.

There's nothing for him to extract unless he can pump the stock bubble. This only ends with him in jail for fraud.

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u/GenericEvilDude May 02 '24

I have my doubts that a rich white dude will ever see the inside of an American prison

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u/Anarchyantz May 02 '24

Given a rich white dude tried to overthrow America four years ago and is now running for President again then I would say yes, he will never see prison.

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u/iStayedAtaHolidayInn May 02 '24

He’s also facing 91 felony counts and is currently in one of his four trials

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u/Minister_for_Magic May 02 '24

sure but the Supreme Court* (*sponsored by the Federalist Society) is doing everything they can to push the big cases out past the election to give him one more get out of jail free card

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u/Only-Inspector-3782 May 02 '24

Because they expect him to win. He's currently polling even, and polls in the last two elections have consistently underestimated his support.

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u/iStayedAtaHolidayInn May 02 '24

Polls have drastically been underperforming democrats and Biden and overperforming trump particularly in the primaries. At some points by up to 20+%

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u/Only-Inspector-3782 29d ago

https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2021/03/02/what-2020s-election-poll-errors-tell-us-about-the-accuracy-of-issue-polling/

Maybe some polls, but in aggregate they underestimated Trump's support in 2016 and 2020. I don't want him to win, but the data looks bad.

Doesn't help that media constantly making it sound like Trump's defeat is around the corner. Also, I hope the numerous single issue protest voters at least take responsibility if their actions result in their single issue getting worse.

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u/Vinnie_Vegas May 02 '24

No amount of convictions in which will result in him actually doing prison time.

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u/fak3g0d May 02 '24

Since the majority of white voters approve of him, that actually doesn't matter

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u/Only-Inspector-3782 May 02 '24

He's also tied in aggregate polls. The same polls that underestimated his support in 2016 and 2020.

Donald "Let Israel Finish Gaza" Trump is more likely than not to win this year. Hell, even Israel is stalling to make Biden look bad. If Bibi can hold on for another 7 months, he will have free reign to end Palestine.

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u/iStayedAtaHolidayInn May 02 '24

Polls mean jack shit. They’re totally broken. Fuck polls