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Elon Musk, conman?

Started by Morpheus, the unwoke., January 03, 2023, 11:56:39 AM

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Morpheus, the unwoke.

I just wanted to say I think elon musk is the most successful conman, vaporware peddler,  advertiser and scammer in history.

Anyone want to express their own view on the wunderkind?
They will come back, come back again, As long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think he would squander souls?" ― Ruyard Kipling

We all come from the goddess and to her we shall return, like a drop of rain flowing to the ocean.

Alex

I've only been peripherally following his recent escapades and since I've never used twitter, that whole mess has passed me by without involvement. I hear that Tesla's share place has nosedived despite increasing the number of vehicles it has sold. Guessing that gaining twitter hasn't increased his fortunes any.

Just another guy with too much money.
Hail to thyself
For I am my own master
I am my own god
I require no shepherd
For I am no sheep.

Rev. Powell

He's creepy.

All billionaires are creepy, with the possible exception of Warren Buffet.
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Trevor

We're both South Africans (although I wasn't born here) but he is a bit strange. So am I but that's beside the point.  :wink:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

claws

More of a successful conman than Trump?
Is it October yet?

LilCerberus

Don't really know the full story, but I used to hear a lot about how Tesla was subsidized by the government....
Of course, I recall Obama subsidizing several Wind, Solar & EV companies that went belly up....

And of course, Musk has proven that Twitter was getting government subsidies before he took it over....
"Science Fiction & Nostalgia have become the same thing!" - T Bone Burnett
The world runs off money, even for those with a warped sense of what the world is.

chefzombie

hundreds of companies get government subsidies, including others owned by musk. what's your point?
don't EVEN...EVER!

LilCerberus

Quote from: chefzombie on January 03, 2023, 10:19:06 PM
hundreds of companies get government subsidies, including others owned by musk. what's your point?

If that's the case, then he's no more a con man than any other entrepreneur....
"Science Fiction & Nostalgia have become the same thing!" - T Bone Burnett
The world runs off money, even for those with a warped sense of what the world is.

Allhallowsday

Conman?  Entrepreneur? 



Creepy?  Yes, but a dubious billionaire.
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Trevor

Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 04, 2023, 01:52:22 AM
Conman?  Entrepreneur? 



Creepy?  Yes, but a dubious billionaire.

I thought that was an ant on my screen 😀😀🐢
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

lester1/2jr

I don't understand why people dislike him.

Teslas are cool cars, SpaceX is a rocket company these are good businesses


What he's accomplished on twitter is incredible. he broke the back of Silicon valley woke culture you can already see the change in the way people discuss issues

Rev. Powell

This is when I started to dislike him.







Really had no idea who he was before these crypto scams. Wouldn't know a Tesla if I ran into it.
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

LilCerberus

^Still not as bad as what Sam Bankman-Fried did with his investors' money...^
"Science Fiction & Nostalgia have become the same thing!" - T Bone Burnett
The world runs off money, even for those with a warped sense of what the world is.

chefzombie

Quote from: LilCerberus on January 03, 2023, 10:32:49 PM
Quote from: chefzombie on January 03, 2023, 10:19:06 PM
hundreds of companies get government subsidies, including others owned by musk. what's your point?

If that's the case, then he's no more a con man than any other entrepreneur....

I DIDN'T SAY HE WAS EITHER, AND YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.  i won't waste my time any longer.
don't EVEN...EVER!

ER

What does not kill me makes me stranger.