In a normal world, they would buy the other car industries and have a long-term viable business.

Like what? What did Tesla need? ICE parts? Transmission? Which company? Sure it could have gone the hybrid route, but none of you EarthDay types wanted anything to do with ICE.

Now you cheer the downfall of the only company making commercially successful "global saving vehicles". You look and sound pretty stupid.

Tesla is viable, it will be around for a long time. Not so sure about Ford, or GM.

Like when AOL, worth basically nothing, bought Time Warner, worth billions.

You don't understand the difference? It would be like AOL buying WesternUnion, or an acoustic coupler modem company.

The richest kid in history, playing with his toys, while he wishes migrants into the cornfield.

This is what I don't understand about American Billionaires, why haven't Gates, Buffet (richest do nothing in the history of man), Cuban, Larry Ellison, Steve jobs etc etc actually user their wealth to create a better planet. Musk is trying at least, I don't really like him personally, but business investment wise he's doing a hell of a job of increasing America's tech and future development. Starlink, incredible. Even TheBoringCompany, you can laugh but its an interesting idea. Hell it would be great if it was used to lower the cost of HSR development.

It was always a meme stock.

Perhaps, but most of these tech companies are punching way above their weight.