In case you are considering a cybertruck
https://www.foxla.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-owners-warning-us-forest-service
https://www.foxla.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-owners-warning-us-forest-service
..not that he doesn't open himself up for a lot of it... but yeah... there is a consistent coordinated effort in the media to undermine anything he does.... he rocks the boat and many in power do not like it... he is a twit tho... too badslam everything Musk does for the last 10 years or so. It's kinda comical.
That's ok. He never designed anything... nor invented anything.As far as the Cybertrucks, I can't say I'm a fan of the design.
That's ok. He never designed anything... nor invented anything.
Max Levchin and Peter Thiel created PayPal, according to Fast Company.He has far more expertise in details of the businesses he runs than the average owner. They are creative passion projects, not a means to wealth and power. What he has achieved (success, wealth, and power... sort of accidentally) is truly exceptional.
When he made some profit selling paypal in 2002, he immediately started SpaceX... with $100M of his own money. A couple years later he invests heavily in Tesla and becomes chairman and product architect. Nobody thought these were good business moves. Our big entrenched corporations don't pursue risky cutting edge tech, because they don't really understand it, and don't care... they just milk the same cows and try to figure out ways to squeeze more out of them.
Where the Cybertruck is concerned, he did a lot of the design... top level of course. But it never would have had that shape or stainless skin otherwise!
Musk is a typical example of how 'you need money to make money'. He was born into extreme wealth in South Africa and used that wealth to create more wealth. That is the pattern.
Your bias is too much for meHis dad was an engineer. Don't know where you got "extreme wealth" from.
https://marketrealist.com/p/was-elon-musk-born-rich/"Musk belonged to an upper-middle-class family in South Africa. So, while they were wealthy enough to have a comfortable lifestyle, they couldn't support Musk after he moved to Canada. Musk didn't get his early money from his parents for startups. There are many myths surrounding Musk’s parents' financial wealth. One rumor is that his father owned an emerald mine, which Musk denied. He actually worked his way through college and had $100,000 in student debt."
There isn't a business owner alive who wants to deal with unions. And his ventures wouldn't be successful if he treated his employees like shit.
His "wealth" didn't enable subsidies, but rather he successfully competed to get them!
Musk is the antithesis of turning piles of money into bigger piles. He makes money by successfully developing cutting edge tech and products. This is what I call true investment, because this is about the only activity that improves our living standards. It's a huge difference from getting rich by "investing" in real estate, stocks, or a million other scams and schemes that simply shift money into your account.
Your bias is too much for me
I don't like Musk much and like many business owners has mainly just hired the folks doing the real work. Edison hired Tesla. Gates may have been more of a business manager, but Microsoft would not have been what it is without him. And so on.I'm biased towards people who are tech innovators, yep.
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