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> he's one of the most hated people on the planet Not saying you need to like Musk or his politics. But if he really is "one of the most hated people on the p
by timmg 20d ago
> he's one of the most hated people on the planet
Not saying you need to like Musk or his politics. But if he really is "one of the most hated people on the planet" it doesn't really say good things about the planet.
He made electric cars viable. That is probably the single biggest thing helping us mitigate climate change. It would have come eventually, for sure. But he accelerated it.
He also accelerated the space age. Maybe it doesn't impress everyone. But I think what SpaceX has done is amazing.
- dabauws 19d agohe can have done all of those great things and still be a twat.
- nvme0n1p1 19d ago> He made electric cars viable. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning made electric cars viable. Then 5 years later Musk became CEO of the company and started claiming he was a cofounder.
- timmg 19d agoDude. Electric cars have existed since the 1800s. Musk was the one that actually made them a practical thing. And most of the rest of the world is well on their way to electrifying their transportation.
- rewgs 19d agoHe bought a car company and convinced everyone he founded it. But that's not the problem, really -- the problem is that everyone fawning over him and calling him the "real-life Tony Stark" wasn't enough for his blackhole of an ego. He's a Sieg Heil-ing man-baby who's so fragile he paid people to play video games for him. He called a a guy trying to save children a pedophile just because the guy rightly pointed out Elon's idea was stupid. He has a weird breeder fetish, while disowning children who call him out for his hateful, moronic politics and horrendous parenting (or lack thereof). He's illegally influenced elections and very potentially put his thumb on the scale. I could go on and on. The only thing that worries me about him being one of the most hated people on the planet is that not everyone thinks so and that he still somehow has fans.