I’ve decided. I’m not buying a Tesla anytime soon. I do need to change my wheels, and the Tesla 3 is attractive. It’s electric, efficient and cool, what’s not to like. It’s a car I admire, born out of sheer determination by a wilful and exciting owner, who I now despise. Yes, Elon Musk is living proof that absolute power corrupts, absolutely. In the last few month his absolutism has been in plain view on his social platform X, formerly Twitter, where he has developed a nasty brutish persona. In that time he has endorsed Trump in his presidential campaign…

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