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I wonder if the issue is that most people are just shitty but society acts as a check. When you're above societies rules you can act and do anything you want.
by burtonator 8y ago
I wonder if the issue is that most people are just shitty but society acts as a check. When you're above societies rules you can act and do anything you want.
- r_smart 8y agoPossibly. I'd say there are a lot of people who are lacking in the principles / integrity department, but I also think Musk tends to stand out among his peers. He's not normal, even for that group of people.
- loa-in-backup 8y agoThat reminds me of one point: I highly respect that Elon Musk doesn't wall himself off from the mind of the internet (aka the populace). It's something you won't see other CEOs do, unless it's a PR stunt meant to achieve some positive PR statistics.
- jsight 8y agoYeah, I think a lot of people here are just naive to how much dirty dealing goes on in the world. This stuff is just more public. Musk was never some wonderful person that should have been looked up to for his own merit. But I generally don't pick cars based on how much we like or dislike their CEO, and I suspect that most others don't either.
- nwah1 8y agoBillionaires are not by any means a random sample of humanity, particularly for the self-made billionaires. They are among the most insanely ambitious or the most insanely risk-loving. This makes them go to much greater lengths to protect their empires than most of us would, if plunked into such a position. I think the power and fame has also changed Musk quite a lot, and perhaps something about his lifestyle and substance consumption has changed, because he is acting different than he had even three or four years ago... which was still well into the era of him being a billionaire.