'GIVE PEOPLE BACK THEIR GODDAMN FREEDOM': Elon Musk bashes US shelter-in-place orders as 'fascist,' says they're 'forcibly imprisoning' people in their homes (TSLA)

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• Elon Musk is unhappy with the United States' shutdown of most non-essential businesses. 
• The billionaire on Wednesday said Tesla's shuttered car factories remain a "serious risk" to its business. 
• "Give people back their godd**n freedom," he said on a conference call. 
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In a short rant complete with expletives, Elon Musk doubled down on his stance against the shelter-in-place orders that have gripped the United States economy in recent weeks in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The Tesla chief executive did not mince words on a Wednesday conference call following the company's surprise first-quarter profit when he warned that the factory shutdowns are a "serious risk" to the electric automaker's business.

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