Bolivia doesn't really have a serious lithium industry and they are and were a long way away from having it. The whole idea that any of this has to do with lithium is just a lie made up by Bolivan politicians to play on the old (true) stereotypes. And it clearly worked, that story always sells well and of course the American leftist picked it up and just ran with it, weather true or not.
Musk or Tesla has literally 0 reason why they should be interested in Boliva. They have never before or after had any interest in Boliva. Boliva is not special, its just one of many place that have lithium and have politicians making a bigger deal about it then it actually is. Musk has been telling people for 20 years now that lithium is plentiful and that anybody who thinks it isn't, is a fucking idiot.
This is just on of those stories where a bunch of fake claims, and few jokes (or comments in bad taste) lead to a one of these viral stories that since then has been taking on a mythical status ever expanding status. To the point where I read people actually believing Musk himself was basically organizing the coup himself (amazing that he can lead multiple companies and overthrow governments at the same time).
Bolivia doesn't really have a serious lithium industry and they are and were a long way away from having it. The whole idea that any of this has to do with lithium is just a lie made up by Bolivan politicians to play on the old (true) stereotypes. And it clearly worked, that story always sells well and of course the American leftist picked it up and just ran with it, weather true or not.
Musk or Tesla has literally 0 reason why they should be interested in Boliva. They have never before or after had any interest in Boliva. Boliva is not special, its just one of many place that have lithium and have politicians making a bigger deal about it then it actually is. Musk has been telling people for 20 years now that lithium is plentiful and that anybody who thinks it isn't, is a fucking idiot.
This is just on of those stories where a bunch of fake claims, and few jokes (or comments in bad taste) lead to a one of these viral stories that since then has been taking on a mythical status ever expanding status. To the point where I read people actually believing Musk himself was basically organizing the coup himself (amazing that he can lead multiple companies and overthrow governments at the same time).