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He may well make money on it, but I'm not sure that's really his goal. I don't much like Musk, but I'll give him this: he seems to want money because of what m
by jfengel 2y ago
He may well make money on it, but I'm not sure that's really his goal.
I don't much like Musk, but I'll give him this: he seems to want money because of what money does, not just to pile up bigger and bigger numbers in an account book somewhere. He bought Twitter to do social engineering, and he's getting what he paid for. He bought himself a place in government so that he could stick it to the people he dislikes, and get government out of the way of his Mars plans.
He wants to be remembered as the Christopher Columbus of Mars, not as a guy with a really big bank account. He wants admiration, and he's getting it. (And he's getting notoriety, but like my cats, he thinks any attention is good attention.)
I don't particularly like the way he's going about it, but I understand that a lot better than the ones who just seem to want money for its own sake.
- taylodl 2y agoElon understands that after so many zeroes pile up in your account book, the money starts becoming useless unless it can be combined with power. If an opportunity presents itself where you can make a lot of money and obtain a lot of political power, then, that's a deal that's hard to pass up!