Tesla Recoil - Christopher Luxon ordered, then cancelled, taxpayer-funded Tesla, while criticising Tesla subsidies

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tesla-recoil-christopher-luxon-ordered-then-cancelled-taxpayer-funded-tesla-while-criticising-tesla-subsidies/D6BMKILVY5DTNBYS6E7YHISKR4/

So Luxon, whilst bashing the gov about the clean car scheme and it being used to buy teslas, whilst owning his own tesla, whilst being a very rich person, was asking the crown to buy him another tesla. Sigh.

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sixthcupofjoe@lemmy.nz · 0 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The Herald understands Luxon was talked out of ordering the car by horrified staff and at least one senior MP, who believed the purchase would be a massive political risk.

I think that pretty much sums up his independent decision making ability

deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y

If you are rich enough, there are very few material consequences for doing stupid things.

E.g. make a mistake that costs you personally $100,000? OK, just try again with another $100,000.

This means that he's probably never had to actually suffer any meaningful consequences in his life. Few lessons learnt the hard way.

This makes for a stupid person. "Stupid is as stupid does" after all.