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>> My read is people find reasons to hate him due to ego, they see someone running like 6+ successful companies when their lives aren't going so well, and go lo
by basisword 5y ago
>> My read is people find reasons to hate him due to ego, they see someone running like 6+ successful companies when their lives aren't going so well, and go looking for all the moralistic things he must be doing wrong.
He’s doing cool things, it’s impossible to deny that (especially with SpaceX). But you only need to look at his Bill Gates related tweets this weekend to see why people think he’s an asshole and it’s nothing to do with jealousy. He acts like an edgy 14 year old and it’s really cringey.
- panick21_ 5y agoAnd that is totally fine. I really don't care if people think he is an ass. But what happens is that people think he is an ass and then they adopt this culture of downplaying everything and making shit up. 'Rockets landed in the 70s', 'He is just a marketing guy', 'Tesla is fake company that is doomed' blablabla I will never disagree with people who don't like Musk, only people who then start to make dumb arguments about him.
- basisword 5y agoI think when you care enough to say those things - and frankly when you care that people are saying those things - you care too much about the person. Focus on the cool techy stuff rather than Musk.
- panick21_ 5y agoBut people often bring this up when talking about EV or Space to prove their points. Or bring those things up in discussion such as now about Twitter.