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It has to be Elon, he is focusing a lot of energy on the company right now.

by bamboozled 2y ago

fabrice_d 2y ago
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- bamboozled 2y ago
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  - agumonkey 2y ago
    I wonder when he stopped having any value at his companies ("if ever" might add some)
    - bamboozled 2y ago
      It's hard to tell, I really can't believe the guy I see on TV lately has anything to do with any of this stuff, kind of makes me wonder if he is even real. It's a really unfortunate situation in my opinion.
      - bloopernova 2y ago
        I wonder if we'll ever know the truth of what happened to him? He seemed to lose a large part of his outward filter since the joe rogan "elon smokes pot!" interview.
  - WalterBright 2y ago
    I think the guy is an idiot You've got to work really hard to maintain such an opinion, given that: 1. Musk arrived in the US with a couple suitcases, and had so little money he stayed at a hostel 2. Musk worked low wage dirty jobs for a while 3. Musk started multiple industry leading companies, becoming the richest man in the world The US could use a lot more idiots like Musk!
    - _djo_ 2y ago
      Without denigrating his achievements, which I can recognise and respect despite my distaste for his recent politics, that's not quite true. Musk came from a fairly wealthy and very well-connected family and was able to draw on those connections to secure opportunities that most others would not have had. That really helped when it came to sourcing funding for Zip2, and later in terms of getting someone like Bill Harris to be CEO of x.com.
      - WalterBright 2y ago
        Errol Musk (his dad) invested $28,000 in zip2, about twice what a new car cost. This is hardly out of reach for middle class people. > later in terms of getting someone like Bill Harris to be CEO of x.com. Musk was the richest man in the world when he acquired x.com. He didn't need family connections for that.
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        _djo_ 2y ago
        Errol Musk was one of several investors, and in any case the vast majority of people aren’t in a position to have their parents invest $28 000 (nearly $60 000 today) in an uncertain business venture. > Musk was the richest man in the world when he acquired x.com. He didn't need family connections for that. Source? Zip2’s sale only brought in $300 million. That’s not richest man in the world stuff. You edited your comment to remove the bit about living in youth hostels and working menial jobs, this was my reply to it: A rite of passage. It was quite common for upper middle class and wealthy South African kids to spend a year working menial jobs and living in hostels as a way to build character and find themselves. I know, personally, people who worked in tree clearing in Canada, picking fruit in Australia, manual labour at ski resorts in New England, and living in youth hostels all before going to university to start the courses their parents were paying full tuition fees for. All of the people I mentioned are doing well in their careers, because none were actually poor despite working manual labour jobs for a year.
- piyh 2y ago
  Historically speaking, fascism and rockets are like peanut butter and jelly
shmerl 2y ago
Given his completely horrible jerk personality, I'd expect the opposite.

It has to be Elon, he is focusing a lot of energy on the company right now.

fabrice_d 2y ago

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bamboozled 2y ago
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- agumonkey 2y ago
  I wonder when he stopped having any value at his companies ("if ever" might add some)
  - bamboozled 2y ago
    It's hard to tell, I really can't believe the guy I see on TV lately has anything to do with any of this stuff, kind of makes me wonder if he is even real. It's a really unfortunate situation in my opinion.
    - bloopernova 2y ago
      I wonder if we'll ever know the truth of what happened to him? He seemed to lose a large part of his outward filter since the joe rogan "elon smokes pot!" interview.
- WalterBright 2y ago
  I think the guy is an idiot You've got to work really hard to maintain such an opinion, given that: 1. Musk arrived in the US with a couple suitcases, and had so little money he stayed at a hostel 2. Musk worked low wage dirty jobs for a while 3. Musk started multiple industry leading companies, becoming the richest man in the world The US could use a lot more idiots like Musk!
  - _djo_ 2y ago
    Without denigrating his achievements, which I can recognise and respect despite my distaste for his recent politics, that's not quite true. Musk came from a fairly wealthy and very well-connected family and was able to draw on those connections to secure opportunities that most others would not have had. That really helped when it came to sourcing funding for Zip2, and later in terms of getting someone like Bill Harris to be CEO of x.com.
    - WalterBright 2y ago
      Errol Musk (his dad) invested $28,000 in zip2, about twice what a new car cost. This is hardly out of reach for middle class people. > later in terms of getting someone like Bill Harris to be CEO of x.com. Musk was the richest man in the world when he acquired x.com. He didn't need family connections for that.
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      - _djo_ 2y ago
        Errol Musk was one of several investors, and in any case the vast majority of people aren’t in a position to have their parents invest $28 000 (nearly $60 000 today) in an uncertain business venture. > Musk was the richest man in the world when he acquired x.com. He didn't need family connections for that. Source? Zip2’s sale only brought in $300 million. That’s not richest man in the world stuff. You edited your comment to remove the bit about living in youth hostels and working menial jobs, this was my reply to it: A rite of passage. It was quite common for upper middle class and wealthy South African kids to spend a year working menial jobs and living in hostels as a way to build character and find themselves. I know, personally, people who worked in tree clearing in Canada, picking fruit in Australia, manual labour at ski resorts in New England, and living in youth hostels all before going to university to start the courses their parents were paying full tuition fees for. All of the people I mentioned are doing well in their careers, because none were actually poor despite working manual labour jobs for a year.
piyh 2y ago
Historically speaking, fascism and rockets are like peanut butter and jelly

shmerl 2y ago

Given his completely horrible jerk personality, I'd expect the opposite.