Think we all can agree he has had staggering successes, but they have all come from having massive capital from Paypal which wasn't anything super innovative, it just solved a convenient problem at a convenient time and was awarded handsomely. Elon has put his capital to work in various ways to become successful, not all of the ways being morally sound.
As if "the public" knows literally anything about how the US federal government is administered.
If anything, they voted for reduced debt burden and they got the opposite. DOGE failed at pretty much every single one of the goals that the public arguably gave it a mandate for.
Ah, yes, democracy!, except for when the public is wrong.
Who decides when the public is wrong? We do! Who decides "what the public voted for"? We do! So we are the rulers? No, of course, not, this is democracy.
You want to become the decider of when the public is wrong and of what the public voted for? TYRANT! TYRANT!
Judging by Elon's staggering success in all of his ventures I'd say you're out of touch.
Multiple things can be true at once, he can be wildly successful while also undermining democracy.
Think we all can agree he has had staggering successes, but they have all come from having massive capital from Paypal which wasn't anything super innovative, it just solved a convenient problem at a convenient time and was awarded handsomely. Elon has put his capital to work in various ways to become successful, not all of the ways being morally sound.
All except Starlink and Tesla are burning money. I personally don't consider that "staggering success."
He has had many failures, SolarCity and xAI and X and DOGE to name a few, but he has often bailed them out with his larger ventures.
Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage.
I take issue with your use of the word "bend" here.
Can you provide specific examples of where Elon has bent the levers of government?
> Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage.
So what? Thats called being a maverick. He is very very good at executing on making money which is the point of business.
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xAI is the most profitable part of SpaceX by far.
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What failed with X? Usage today is higher than ever
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You mean because he inherited wealth? sure, that's what most losers do
Hardly seems worse than supporting Dario’s antics at least vis a vis AI. There are no saints in this industry, only a panoply of flawed humans.
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The public very much voted for massive administrative reform. Are you refering to DOGE, Elon Musk's influence on elections, something else?
I personally don't like him using his position to spread fake news and racist propaganda
As if "the public" knows literally anything about how the US federal government is administered.
If anything, they voted for reduced debt burden and they got the opposite. DOGE failed at pretty much every single one of the goals that the public arguably gave it a mandate for.
> As if "the public" knows literally anything
Ah, yes, democracy!, except for when the public is wrong.
Who decides when the public is wrong? We do! Who decides "what the public voted for"? We do! So we are the rulers? No, of course, not, this is democracy.
You want to become the decider of when the public is wrong and of what the public voted for? TYRANT! TYRANT!
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Weird, that's the main reason I purchase all of Elon's products https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/
Привет, fellow American!