• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    24 days ago

    Well, yeah. Trillionaires are definitely bad people. That isn’t the question, though. The question is whether they can be visionaries at the same time. I submit that they can.

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      24 days ago

      You’re getting hung up on the wrong thing here.

      In this context, a visionary is someone that can help lead humanity to a better way of life. Many of Musk’s fans actually think this about him, that either his electric cars, his “ai”, his “free speech platform”, or his space program will somehow make the world a better place. All while ignoring his bigotry, his exploitation of humans and the environment, his political escapades which has resulted in countless deaths, and his collusion with Epstein. It is all a scam.

      The richest person in the world also happens to be one of the worst.

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      24 days ago

      CyberTruck, Grok, Xitter, Teslabots. Anything Elon has a personal hand in goes to shit. He has the eye for investing and marketing vaporware but visionary engineer is overdone tony stark pr bullshit.

      Ask yourself this, how quickly would investor sentiment in his companies turn if he died tomorrow?

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        23 days ago

        I specifically said that Elon Musk is not a visionary. He very clearly isn’t. He’s a moron who’s been failing upward since he was born with emeralds in his pockets.