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→Corporate cronyism and the Ukraine war
==Corporate cronyism and the Ukraine war==
==Corporate cronyism and the Ukraine war==
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
Musk companies are thriving due to [[corporate cronyism|government subsidies]]. Tesla Motors and SolarCity have taken a huge financial hit in 2016. Both these companies are based on the green energy movement and are being punished by the markets due to extremely low oil prices. Musk lost a personal fortune upwards of $4 billion. In 2017, Tesla Motors would acquire all of SolarCity stocks. The highly anticipated [[Tesla Model 3]] starts shipping at the end of July. The stock valuation of Tesla, which may be due to its software development, far exceeds that of [[GM]], Ford, and Chrysler.
Musk companies are thriving due to [[corporate cronyism|government subsidies]]. Tesla Motors and SolarCity have taken a huge financial hit in 2016. Both these companies are based on the green energy movement and are being punished by the markets due to extremely low oil prices. Musk lost a personal fortune upwards of $4 billion. In 2017, Tesla Motors would acquire all of SolarCity stocks. The highly anticipated [[Tesla Model 3]] starts shipping at the end of July. The stock valuation of Tesla, which may be due to its software development, far exceeds that of [[GM]], Ford, and Chrysler.
The ''Washington Post reported Musk saying,
The ''Washington Post reported Musk saying,
{{quotebox-float|"Ukraine is now going too far and inviting strategic defeat...Trying to retake [[Crimea]] will cause massive death, probably fail and risk [[nuclear war]]...This would be terrible for Ukraine and [[Earth]]...How am I in this [[war]]?...Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars...It was so people can watch [[Netflix]] and chill and get online for [[school]] and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes”.<ref>https://archive.ph/YZ0Rz</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"Ukraine is now going too far and inviting strategic defeat...Trying to retake [[Crimea]] will cause massive death, probably fail and risk [[nuclear war]]...This would be terrible for Ukraine and [[Earth]]...How am I in this [[war]]?...Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars...It was so people can watch [[Netflix]] and chill and get online for [[school]] and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes”.<ref>https://archive.ph/YZ0Rz</ref>}}
Musk observed, "The longer this goes on, the better Russia will do...Citizens of [[Western civilization|Western countries]] are being told that Ukraine is winning when in fact it is losing...We are told that there is no opportunity to make [[peace]] when in fact we have rejected multiple opportunities for a negotiated settlement...When the [[war]] is finally lost, when the whole country lays in smoldering ruins on a funeral pyre of their own making, the liars will say: 'Well we tried”.<ref>https://alethonews.com/2024/02/18/musk-agrees-ukraine-conflict-is-war-of-lies/</ref>
==Political leanings==
==Political leanings==