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> he was substantially more successful than they were ever going to be. Yeah, no. He was that much richer even at birth, whose father owns an emerald mine?!
by kaba0 4y ago
> he was substantially more successful than they were ever going to be.
Yeah, no. He was that much richer even at birth, whose father owns an emerald mine?!
- andrewinardeer 4y agoAre you suggesting that being born into wealth negates a person from being successful in their own right?
- kaba0 4y agoDoesn’t negate, but it is such a huge boost that it is basically playing the tutorial vs on hard mode. And regardless of wealth, Elon’s only actual contribution was paypal, which is.. well, paypal (I quite literally left some money in that because it was so scammy I couldn’t even rescue it by donation..), and funding tesla (not inventing anything!). The latter is pretty much impossible without some form of privilege.
- this_user 4y agoWhose father _claims_ to own an emerald mine, for which there is no actual proof. Not to mention that it is well established that Musk does not have a good relationship with this father, so whatever wealth Musk Sr. may or may not have, doesn't help Elon. So what's your point other than trying to spread misinformation?
- kaba0 4y agoYep, sure. We all know how humble Elon is and is absolutely not the type of person who would sell this “self-made men” image of himself to the public to look better? “He came to the US with a few hundreds dollars and everything is his accomplishment”… Even if family wealth only helped him through insanely good relations to other people in the top 1%, it is still all that much more than you will likely ever achieve/get. And I frankly don’t buy this “daddy doesn’t love me” BS.