Paul KrugmanWhat my friend Invictus is talking about is the fact that Tesla buyers are overwhelmingly in Dem districts, which he documented recently 1/ https://twitter.com/TBPInvictus/status/1607852684601704448
Here's his original evidence, with further stuff from the inimitable Charles Gaba 2/ https://ritholtz.com/2022/12/owning-the-libs/
Thoughts On Owning the Libs - The Big Picture
@TBPInvictus here. (Also on Post and Mastodon). Happy holidays to all, and the best for 2023. It’s been a hot minute since my last post, hope I remember how this thing works. I’ve been a huge fan of Twitter for well over a decade. It’s a fire hose of invaluable information from countless reliable…Read More
How I think about it: many people make a statement with the car they drive, maybe more than with any consumer good 3/
A Tesla is an expensive luxury car, but zero-emission, and until the other day Elon Musk seemed like a cool guy who does space travel while hanging out with singers and Westworld actresses 4/
Chris Shabsin@pkrugman I wonder if the Democrat market has dried out, reaching saturation, and now he wants to sell Teslas to the people with Trump bumper stickers.
Nathan@cshabsin @pkrugman Interesting theory. My bet is that he is just constantly surrounded by tech bros and that messes with your world view.
He also treats life like a game. At one point he was sure we were in a simulation. He wanted to win by getting the attention of the simulation makers.
It could be that he lost faith in Simulationism and is now adrift, doing whatever he thinks is fun because "why not?!"
Also, he might suffer from perfectionism. It's like a disease.