Anddd today the #TSLA stock has dipped below 700! That's what the recent Musk Twitter bot count histrionics have been about. He knew the margin call getting triggered was inevitable. So he is doing a "you can't dump me because I dump you first" to have an excuse ready to bolt.
The tantrum over the ESG index of S&P is also so much Trumplike, full of random self pity and conspiracy theory. They also removed Berkshire Hathaway and Meta from the index. You see Buffett or Zuck turning into a random whine against leftists.
As if Exxon is a leftist favorite!
Musk could have just said there are problems with the ESG index methodology, which is indeed an imperfect thing that S&P keeps tweaking.
But no, he went straight to lies and conspiracy theory about "leftists". Gaslighting expert. They actually added multiple oil companies!
What burnt Elon extra about the ESG index change is that they dropped Tesla and added Twitter. 🤭🤭🤭
The real larger story is actually MUCH larger. Clyde is making it seem like some "leftists" on Wall Street...cos sure what's more leftist than Wall Street 🙄..booted Tesla to punish him personally.
It was a routine index reshuffle with several companies added and dropped.
You know what an index like the many that S&P has does by definition, right? Keeps changing! Companies get added and dropped. Usually after long rigorous analysis by several neutral professionals.
Calling S&P leftist is like saying sharks are vegan. 🙄
But "bigger the lie" etc
As we say in Hindi, making hole in the very plate he is eating from
I mean what red state hardcore conservative Republican politician's ad is complete without a cowboy hat, a hunting rifle, an American flag, leaning against a Tesla, am I right? 😂😂😂
If the #TSLA board & big investors are serious about the company, this random Democrat bashing and California trashing would be enough to remove him as CEO. He is seriously hurting brand equity & customer loyalty. In a time where US customers are starting to buy based on politics
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One of my most unpopular opinions in Pune is my putting Panipat into perspective.
So much burn happens, y'all! So much! The right wing propaganda narrative of that battle is so firmly entrenched that even simple logical counter factuals get people genuinely angry!
I say to them, 3rd Battle of Panipat? Big fan! Fascinating historical battle. Been to the site too!
But bhaus, there is nothing Good v Evil or Indian vs Foreigner or Hindu v Muslim about it.
It was a very important battle between two growing power hungry kingdoms. That's it.
When you read the accounts of how bravely Sadashivraobhau fought and all, good, read it. It's really interesting history. But that's it. Interesting history.
Bhau was not literally your bhau, correct? Dude lived 260 years ago. Why are you getting so sentimental about him?
"Really? Did we build an empire by doing haldi kunku all over the country?"
Others around: 😂😂😂😂😂
Ended the debate.
But seriously, the perception of Marathas and Peshwas in the minds of the common Marathi savarna is ridiculously rosy! Like Batman Superman style ethics are ascribed to them. Pacifist and generous and chivalrous, fighting wars only when imposed on them, poor things.
There is nothing wrong with a Marathi person thinking Shivaji good, Aurangzeb bad. I mean the fucker did March south with an army. He was, literally, an invader for those in Maharashtra.
But he was still an Indian invader. Fifth or sixth generation Indian. Delhi boy. 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
It is not #LanguageRow or #LanguageDebate. India was doing perfectly fine for 75 years without Hindi being a national level divisive political issue. It is #LanguageFascism.
The number of Hindi speakers in India, both by mother tongue and non native speakers like myself or many of my South Indian & Bengali friends more fluent in it than their parents, has grown for 75 years without any forcible imposition. Just Hindi's "soft power".
So why? Fascism!
No language in India has spread and flourished in every domain and by every measure, like Hindi in the last 75 years. All other languages are pretty much restricted to their geographies. Hindi is already spreading fine on its own. This is such a blatant fascist campaign.
Because yeah, what investors are looking for in a CEO with a trillion dollars of their money to play with is micromanagement of endless litigation and promises of "blood".
Rupal was wondering how it was that growing up in India, I saw MASH, Wonder years, Fresh Prince, Seinfeld.... Pretty much all big shows then, but had never seen #GoldenGirls.
Star/Zee never showed us AFAIK. Wonder why. They had SATC & Sopranos so it's not like GG was too risque.
#GoldenGirls totally holds up. Hilarious grannies with active sex lives and trading insults like in a football locker room. Timeless classic. Very Yes Minister like in how it's always funny. And cutely outrageous.
True. Half the dialogs are grannies calling each sluts and tramps and bimbos. Not quite Ba. 😂😂😂
There is no bigger sign of a lack of intellectual curiosity than thinking Marxist is a standalone objective insult.
Not all Marxism is communism, and vice versa.
Such a default disdain usually comes from a lack of proper social sciences education.
I too, in my engineering & MBA days used to think Marxism = Stalinism = North Korea, so everything in Marxism is a road to gulags.
Then I actually read Marx. With an open mind.
You can very much be in favor of private business and free enterprise and all that and still have a Marxist lens of looking at a lot of things about humanity, society, economics, politics.