Elon Musk's Sardonicus poll

[If you're coming in late, take a minute and read Michael Hiltzik's column to get up to speed.]

We kinda knew this going in, but it definitely feels more pumpy-dumpy as the details come in.

UPDATE: Elon Musk continued to sel shares.

Here are all the SEC filings: https://t.co/TxT5T7HDUr

Per @business, Musk "unloaded $5 billion worth of stock."

— David Gura (@davidgura) November 11, 2021

no way that Kimbal wasn't aware, who dumped $120mm on Friday ahead of the start of Musk's pre-planned $TSLA share sales

Kimbal, o Kimbal

— luis carruthers (@orthereaboot) November 10, 2021

It has become increasingly obvious that the poll was last minute cover for a long planned sale. Musk called for a vote after he had already decided what the vote was supposed to determine. It reminds me a bit of the end of William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus. Castle claimed that the audience could vote on the final fate of the titular villain but he only filmed one ending. Like Musk, he was confident he could get the audience to do what he wanted.