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I interpreted his saying this as trying to knock down Elon a bit from the god that people make him out to be rather than discrediting him.

• daenz 4y ago
  And this justifies taking away his wealth? In other words, if Elon literally invented the Tesla car himself, would there be no arguments against him being extremely wealthy?
  • turzmo 4y ago
    His point wasn't that Elon didn't invent Tesla so take away his wealth, his point was that "billionaires do great things" is overrated.
    • daenz 4y ago
      In an article about taking away billionaire's wealth, this doesn't support that argument? It's just a non-sequitur that has no purpose in the context of the larger argument?
      • turzmo 4y ago
        I think his point was that billionaires shouldn’t exist but I think the conclusion is somewhat unclear, do we move toward a system where it is much harder to amass that much wealth or do we chop their heads off and take it all? I think it’s left open