Elon Musk fought the law and Elon won

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🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Elon Musk isn’t happy about coronavirus closures. Here’s the backstory of how he fought to re-open the Tesla car factory in California and what workers have to say. Featuring: Sean O’Kane (@sokane1) Links to Resources Discussed: Elon Musk defies coronavirus order and asks to be arrested When Big Tech calls 911 Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.7	One of the world's most influential businessmen is taking on the government over its coronavirus lockdown. After railing for weeks against California's
0:47.7	restrictions on manufacturing Elon Musk restarted production at his
0:52.3	California plant on Monday,
0:54.4	tweeting, quote, I will be on the line with everyone else.
0:58.2	If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.
1:04.3	Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, the founder of SpaceX
1:08.0	and one of the figures behind PayPal
1:10.0	has some strong feelings about the stay-at-home orders around the country,
1:14.5	especially those in Alameda County, California.
1:17.9	Muske has been tweeting that he thinks that these are unconstitutional orders and that they're fascist.
1:24.6	But he's also just really unhappy that Tesla's car factory in Fremont, California has been shut down for a bunch of weeks now and therefore the company is not making any money.
1:35.0	Last weekend, Tesla sued Alameda County and violated lockdown orders by resuming production.
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