• Part4@infosec.pub
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    9 days ago

    Maybe he believed Musk’s ‘appreciating asset’ lie. Clearly many people have believed many of Musk’s lies - granted usually not to the point of spending well into six figures on shit cars - but there we go.

    Human nature makes it difficult to change once belief in a lie is ingrained. Our mentality is such that we can’t just adapt and change. Too big a psychological change ultimately leads to effects like a psychotic break, or disassociation, or similar traumatic blackouts. These are extremes that aren’t supposed to reflect general day to day stuff, but illustrate a point.

    Societies that have experienced really heavy social media use have a strong need for the skills of cult de-programmers right now.

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      9 days ago

      If I can remind you of history, for a few years used teslas kept up prices with new. You couldn’t go wrong.

      What everyone forgot then and seem to have forgotten now, is its mostly supply and demand. It has almost nothing to do with the actual car

      • For a while there was ridiculous growth and the manufacturer couldn’t keep up with demand, so used car prices stayed high
      • now growth has slowed, there are other manufacturers and we’re in an adjustment period where supply is ahead of demand. Of course used prices are low.

      Basic supply and demand kiddos