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The world's full of them though. I don't really get the passion behind the anti-Elon camp. It sounds personal. Isn't it just some billionaire doing what they do

The world's full of them though. I don't really get the passion behind the anti-Elon camp. It sounds personal. Isn't it just some billionaire doing what they do?

Watchwatcher 4y ago
It does feel unnaturally influenced, I agree. Follow the money, I suppose. Who stands to gain from twitter and/or elons failure? We can speculate for fun. Certainly Bill Gates, with his half billion short on Tesla. He'd have the money to influence social media. We already know Microsoft games HN from when the CEO was bragging about it to shareholders. So it can be done. Who else? Oil and Gas probably hate him for Teslas battery tech. The entire automotive industry would be interested in piling on. ... NASA? That doesn't seem like them but who knows. Everyone on twitter who already hated him would be doubling down. I figure most are just secretly jealous. I am.
- gw98 4y ago
  Not even slightly jealous. The guy purports to be solving the greatest problems humanity has in some kind of altruistic way. But really he’s built a company selling luxury electric cars to the top 5% which allow us to carry on our bad behaviour for a few more years in a new way. At the same time trying to crush worker rights and sell out to China.
  - Watchwatcher 4y ago
    I'm jealous of the ability that he has to do whatever he wants, not the means by which he does it. I'm over here expecting to lose my house as interest rates crank up, barely able to afford daycare and he's what, pissing off easily upset internet people while doing literally whatever he pleases? I'm jealous of the power.
gw98 4y ago
I can assure you my disdain spans more than just Musk.
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
Yeah but they're keeping out of the news at the minute. There's no need for whataboutism imo, they're all pricks, but at the moment it's Musk (and Zuckerberg) failing hard.
Yizahi 4y ago
It's the unrealised promise or illusion, at least for me. I was a huge fan of him, mostly due to SpaceX, and still follow bigger events or announcements regarding his company. But he really disappointed me with his personal opinions and management practices, multiple times, even before Twitter debacle. On the other hand I don't have any hopes for Bezos or some Comcast or BP billionaires as an example, so they don't disappoint me much :)

The world's full of them though. I don't really get the passion behind the anti-Elon camp. It sounds personal. Isn't it just some billionaire doing what they do?

Watchwatcher 4y ago

It does feel unnaturally influenced, I agree. Follow the money, I suppose. Who stands to gain from twitter and/or elons failure? We can speculate for fun. Certainly Bill Gates, with his half billion short on Tesla. He'd have the money to influence social media. We already know Microsoft games HN from when the CEO was bragging about it to shareholders. So it can be done. Who else? Oil and Gas probably hate him for Teslas battery tech. The entire automotive industry would be interested in piling on. ... NASA? That doesn't seem like them but who knows. Everyone on twitter who already hated him would be doubling down. I figure most are just secretly jealous. I am.

gw98 4y ago
Not even slightly jealous. The guy purports to be solving the greatest problems humanity has in some kind of altruistic way. But really he’s built a company selling luxury electric cars to the top 5% which allow us to carry on our bad behaviour for a few more years in a new way. At the same time trying to crush worker rights and sell out to China.
- Watchwatcher 4y ago
  I'm jealous of the ability that he has to do whatever he wants, not the means by which he does it. I'm over here expecting to lose my house as interest rates crank up, barely able to afford daycare and he's what, pissing off easily upset internet people while doing literally whatever he pleases? I'm jealous of the power.

gw98 4y ago

I can assure you my disdain spans more than just Musk.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

Yeah but they're keeping out of the news at the minute. There's no need for whataboutism imo, they're all pricks, but at the moment it's Musk (and Zuckerberg) failing hard.

Yizahi 4y ago

It's the unrealised promise or illusion, at least for me. I was a huge fan of him, mostly due to SpaceX, and still follow bigger events or announcements regarding his company. But he really disappointed me with his personal opinions and management practices, multiple times, even before Twitter debacle. On the other hand I don't have any hopes for Bezos or some Comcast or BP billionaires as an example, so they don't disappoint me much :)