Elon Musk on why China has been good to him and how it’s ‘better’ than US，Chinese government more responsive to the people than US

[beijingwalker]

You must have difficulty in reading as sensitive to public opinion is completely different from making Musk happy.

They also claimed that Musk tries to make China happen, they always contradict themselves

 

[jhungary]

You must have difficulty in reading as sensitive to public opinion is completely different from making Musk happy.

To be quite fair, US is not a very good place to do business with, too much law and regulation you have to play with FTC or DOL or just about any three letter agency. China don't have that much rule down to how to own a company, as long as you are willing to play ball with the Chinese government, that is the reason why a lot of US enterprise move out of US and prefer to set up shop in China.

In a pure business perspective, I am more willing to squeeze a few palm instead of jumping thru countless of government hoop, because it always easier that way. You do business in China, not living in it, I don't care how my business run as long as it made money for me. I don't care whether or not my employee has 401K or work culture (ie crunch culture) any labor contract or anything of the sort or even their personal freedom, all that does not concern me as a boss.

On the other hand, I will say Elon Musk has completely lost his marble, just look at how he treated Twitter and you will understand why, China can have him, and I am more than welcome if he leaves the US and move to China, but then would he? That's a big question..

 

[Zsari]

To be quite fair, US is not a very good place to do business with, too much law and regulation you have to play with FTC or DOL or just about any three letter agency. China don't have that much rule down to how to own a company, as long as you are willing to play ball with the Chinese government, that is the reason why a lot of US enterprise move out of US and prefer to set up shop in China.

In a pure business perspective, I am more willing to squeeze a few palm instead of jumping thru countless of government hoop, because it always easier that way. You do business in China, not living in it, I don't care how my business run as long as it made money for me. I don't care whether or not my employee has 401K or work culture (ie crunch culture) any labor contract or anything of the sort or even their personal freedom, all that does not concern me as a boss.

On the other hand, I will say Elon Musk has completely lost his marble, just look at how he treated Twitter and you will understand why, China can have him, and I am more than welcome if he leaves the US and move to China, but then would he? That's a big question..

It’s not about Elon Musk but rather what he stated is closer to reality far more than what the western media have portrayed. But yes, let’s forget about what’s stated, but focus on the person making the statement.

 

[beijingwalker]

Chinese and US government, who cares about the wellbeing of the public more?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

You must have difficulty in reading as sensitive to public opinion is completely different from making Musk happy.

So let's see
this happened in 2020 when the US government shutdown his California plant and banned workers from going to his factory..he had this outburst about the Government of the US.

Musk outburst over 'fascist' coronavirus shutdown shows pressure to keep up growth

With auto sales slammed by COVID-19, Musk sticks to his vision of a beautiful future for Tesla. But what about cash?

www.latimes.com

Musk outburst over ‘fascist’ coronavirus shutdown shows pressure to keep up growth​

The order, he claimed, is “forcibly imprisoning people in their homes against all of their constitutional rights,” which is “not why people came to America and built this country.”

He of course praised China for allowing his workers to continue going freely go to his factory and keep making cars.

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The OP article then written in January 2021

Musk sings high praise for how the Chinese government treats its people better than basically the fascist US government.

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then this happens in 2022

Tesla’s key Shanghai Gigafactory shut down amid China Omicron surge

Volkswagen Group, the country’s largest carmaker, says two of its largest car plants were also affected as Omicron sweeps across the country.

fortune.com

Tesla’s key Shanghai gigafactory shut down amid China Omicron surge​

and of course China does the exact fascist thing he angrily railed about the US government doing to its people two years before...

Shanghai erects fences to keep locked-down residents inside their buildings – The China Project

Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown just got a little more dystopian as authorities started putting up tall metal fences to imprison people inside their apartment complexes.

thechinaproject.com

Shanghai erects fences to keep locked-down residents inside their buildings​

which leads people to say...

Elon Musk mum on Tesla’s China COVID closure after calling US curbs ‘fascist’

When California shut down a Tesla factory during the outbreak of the coronavirus in spring 2020, Elon Musk griped that state health authorities were being “fascist.”

nypost.com

Elon Musk mum on Tesla’s China COVID closure after calling US curbs ‘fascist’​

 

[jhungary]

It’s not about Elon Musk but rather what he stated is closer to reality far more than what the western media have portrayed. But yes, let’s forget about what’s stated, but focus on the person making the statement.

Actually, if you read my post, I do agree with you. Elon Musk is just a guy and he has an opinion.

As I said, China is a great place to do business if you are willing to play ball. I have business in the US and China. the sheer amount of paperwork from all the letter agencies in the US makes me want to eat my gun, which is the reason why I want to move, China may not be a great place to live, but what do I care if. like Musk, I just run a business there, I don't need to live there.