President Elon Musk

President Elon Musk

He probably deserves his own thread at this point, discuss accordingly

21 December 2024 at 02:21 PM
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Say bye bye to them all. This was the goal all along.


Yep, actions show who someone really is, words are just flim-flam.


by biggerboat

Say bye bye to them all. This was the goal all along.

I think you'll be ok. Or he's lying. 50/50



by coordi

If you announce to the world there are monsters under the bed, you can't then go under that bed and find no monsters. It should be evident that the conflicts of interest for Musk are taking over

Oh, damn... like a good 45% of Trumpers are on SSI and are going to be regretting snacking on Musk's boots.


by housenuts

I think you'll be ok. Or he's lying. 50/50

I'll be the first to admit I have zero trust in him or trump. I don't find musk to be a serial liar like trump is but we're in some uncharted territory here. He has the keys to the kingdom without anyone else knowing what he's doing. I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing ever.

If he's really rooting out fraud he would be fine with someone looking over his shoulder. But he isn't. That leads me to believe he'll be doing something else.


by housenuts

I think you'll be ok. Or he's lying. 50/50

Is he using fraud in the websters definition sense or in the trump definition sense? Because Trump stated very clearly that "fraud" just means money being spent in ways he doesn't agree with, which isn't actually fraud.


by coordi

Is he using fraud in the websters definition sense or in the trump definition sense? Because Trump stated very clearly that "fraud" just means money being spent in ways he doesn't agree with, which isn't actually fraud.

good point


by tame_deuces

I mean, Tesla made the electric car cool as car, not just a concept. Not in the eyes of everyone, but in the eyes of enough people that the numbers of buyers started to matter. This then in turn started the competitive ball rolling, gave us an technological advancement race in the EV-industry and we saw large manufacturers starting their own production lines.

Massive government subsidies and 0% interest rates helps a lot too .


by Montrealcorp

Massive government subsidies and 0% interest rates helps a lot too .

certainly does. curious why no one else was able to achieve as much success as him. guess he's just best con man.


by biggerboat

I'll be the first to admit I have zero trust in him or trump. I don't find musk to be a serial liar like trump is but we're in some uncharted territory here. He has the keys to the kingdom without anyone else knowing what he's doing. I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing ever.If he's really rooting out fraud he would be fine with someone looking over his shoulder. But he

He has the money; now he wants the power. People who think he's doing some philanthropic work in the name of patriotism are ******s.

It'd be one thing if he hired forensic accountants, but it's pretty obvious why he chose the people he chose for his project.

by housenuts

certainly does. curious why no one else was able to achieve as much success as him. guess he's just best con man.

I realize this is sarcasm, but he really is the best conman.


by housenuts

certainly does. curious why no one else was able to achieve as much success as him. guess he's just best con man.

Uber ?
Many companies were able to survive a very long times before finally getting profitable enough ( by destroying old business model) because of a non existing Interest rates or subsidies .

Elon did great no one questioned this imo .
But he was not alone , he had help ….
The right man at the right place at the right time .
Like love , sometime you just need luck on the timing for success .


Consider that the 8 million dollar Politico scandal was actually 44,000 USD spent on subscriptions to their PoliticoPro package.

That leaves three likely conclusions:
A.) Elon Musk and his team are idiots.
B.) Elon Musk and his team are liars.
C.) Both of the above.


Oh oh oh oh oh I know this!

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C, definitely C


by tame_deuces

Consider that the 8 million dollar Politico scandal was actually 44,000 USD spent on subscriptions to their PoliticoPro package.

That leaves three likely conclusions:
A.) Elon Musk and his team are idiots.
B.) Elon Musk and his team are liars.
C.) Both of the above.

*34k

politico pro (with everything maxed) costs 34k.

it's none of your answers. it's politics


by tame_deuces

I mean, Tesla made the electric car cool as car, not just a concept. Not in the eyes of everyone, but in the eyes of enough people that the numbers of buyers started to matter. This then in turn started the competitive ball rolling, gave us an technological advancement race in the EV-industry and we saw large manufacturers starting their own production lines.You can't do that s

He wasn't even a founder of Tesla.


by chillrob

He wasn't even a founder of Tesla.

why does it matter? execution is the only thing that matters.

thousands of people come up with the ideas, they are trash until someone make it possible to enact them in reality

you foudnd a company it goes to trash, you are nothing, and irrelevant speck of dust. someone picks up from your worthless ashes and builds something, that's the relevant human being. the rest is in the very big trash bin of history, the completely irrelevant people who thought they mattered


by Luciom

why does it matter? execution is the only thing that matters.thousands of people come up with the ideas, they are trash until someone make it possible to enact them in reality you foudnd a company it goes to trash, you are nothing, and irrelevant speck of dust. someone picks up from your worthless ashes and builds something, that's the relevant human being. the rest is in the v

You're assuming that someone else couldn't have done the same with the company.

He's obviously not a complete incompetent, but mostly he's someone who started out rich, broke rules he didn't care to follow, and then got extraordinarily lucky, much like Trump.


by chillrob

You're assuming that someone else couldn't have done the same with the company.

.

I am not assuming.

I am actually literally certain they couldn't. or they would have done it in the world economy.

where are they?


by Luciom

I am not assuming.

I am actually literally certain they couldn't. or they would have done it in the world economy.

where are they?

This is what’s called survivorship bias


Elon addressing the nation from next to the presidents desk is unreal to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/CQtpGdLa7...


by coordi

Elon addressing the nation from next to the presidents desk is unreal to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/CQtpGdLa7...

jfc we're going to need republicans in congress to wake tf up at some point. Just a few.


by coordi

Elon addressing the nation from next to the presidents desk is unreal to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/CQtpGdLa7...

Did he say anything you don't agree with? Or are you so hell bent on hating both of them that you refuse to even understand what his message is?


by coordi

This is what’s called survivorship bias

what's the bias with EVs? other people tried and failed.

luck? maybe. but we are talking someone who already had proven to be far better than most other human beings and executing (PayPal)


by Playbig2000

Did he say anything you don't agree with? Or are you so hell bent on hating both of them that you refuse to even understand what his message is?

His message is that woke leftists have stolen democracy which is an incredible statement to stumble through while using his child as a prop while providing nothing of substance behind the message


by coordi

Elon addressing the nation from next to the presidents desk is unreal to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/CQtpGdLa7...

POTUS can delegate the "prime spot" as much as he wants (or not).

that's entirely within his powers.

why do you hate the idea of having a POTUS that, for the time being, decided to (fully legally) delegate some of his powers to another person (who happens to be the most successful businessman in the history of the world)?

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