I am loathe to admit I was a fan (though not really a boy about it) in the early days of Tesla and SpaceX. I don’t even necessarily think I was wrong at the time, mind you — whether or not he deserved the credit for their achievements, his companies were pushing electric cars and rocketry in the right direction IMO — it’s just sad to see that once the curtain was pulled back, there was nothing but a narcissistic and delusional huckster behind it all.
Yeah I certified used to admire the progress his companies made, and admired him by relation. Wasn’t a fanboy though. Sad to see what the real picture was.
I have the same sentiment, it wasn’t necessarily the man I was a fan of, but I was happy to see someone using their wealth to build companies that can push humanity forward. Tesla turned out to be a dud in my opinion and SpaceX prospers seemingly despite Musk.
Hey, I’m not really blaming them (although his blue check dogs are something else), people are not immune to propaganda and advertising, and billionaires have PR agents for a reason
I’ll admit I was a minor fan of him. He seemed to have his ego pointed in a good direction. It was around the time those kids got stuck in a cave that I realised something was off.
I was never a hyper fan, but I’ll admit I was completely taken in by his PR machine, for a time.
Oh man, you nailed the turning point. Literally everyone with eyes could look at the cross section map of the cave and immediately see that a rigid vessel was not going to get even half way through. And then the tweet calling the lead rescuer a paedo? I never liked the guy but that’s when I began to really dislike him. What an utter twat.
I think he knew Twitter was a turd and wanted to use it as an excuse to dump Tesla stock without killing Tesla share value. The plan went awry when he couldn’t weasel out of the deal as planned and was forced to actually buy a company that was dead weight.
I would be so embarassed if I ever was a fanboy of this fucking dunce
Imagine being capable of getting enough loans to buy a company for $44B and not being able to envision basic consequences for your buisness actions
I am loathe to admit I was a fan (though not really a boy about it) in the early days of Tesla and SpaceX. I don’t even necessarily think I was wrong at the time, mind you — whether or not he deserved the credit for their achievements, his companies were pushing electric cars and rocketry in the right direction IMO — it’s just sad to see that once the curtain was pulled back, there was nothing but a narcissistic and delusional huckster behind it all.
I would say that a lot of people (myself included) fall into this boat. We were fooled a decade+ ago, but the truth is clear now
Yeah I certified used to admire the progress his companies made, and admired him by relation. Wasn’t a fanboy though. Sad to see what the real picture was.
I didnt fan over him, but I definitely respected some of “his” earlier ventures, especially SpaceX. Now I just laugh when I hear his name
I have the same sentiment, it wasn’t necessarily the man I was a fan of, but I was happy to see someone using their wealth to build companies that can push humanity forward. Tesla turned out to be a dud in my opinion and SpaceX prospers seemingly despite Musk.
He could also have changed in the meantime.
Based on what I’ve read about his time at PayPal, he’s always been like this. Probably worse now, but never who I thought he was.
Hey, I’m not really blaming them (although his blue check dogs are something else), people are not immune to propaganda and advertising, and billionaires have PR agents for a reason
Well said. I’m sad to say I was in the same boat. I’m amazed he not only has people that like him, but superfans as well. Yikes!
I’ll admit I was a minor fan of him. He seemed to have his ego pointed in a good direction. It was around the time those kids got stuck in a cave that I realised something was off.
I was never a hyper fan, but I’ll admit I was completely taken in by his PR machine, for a time.
Oh man, you nailed the turning point. Literally everyone with eyes could look at the cross section map of the cave and immediately see that a rigid vessel was not going to get even half way through. And then the tweet calling the lead rescuer a paedo? I never liked the guy but that’s when I began to really dislike him. What an utter twat.
It’s even more astonishing that the actual consequences are, almost nil.
He’s simply not paying anyone. He’s a massive fraudster and he’s getting away with it. That’s baffling. And sad.
Any normal business would have been completely disassembled by debt collectors, but that idiot somehow deflects every legal consequence.
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What’s an escrow account? Your comment is very clear and I understand the gist of it but I don’t actually know what escrow means.
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Thank you!
I think he knew Twitter was a turd and wanted to use it as an excuse to dump Tesla stock without killing Tesla share value. The plan went awry when he couldn’t weasel out of the deal as planned and was forced to actually buy a company that was dead weight.
Pretty sure he took out loans using his Tesla stock as collateral, rather than dumping the stock outright.
He did both. He sold at least $3,000,000,000 in Tesla stock to help fund the twitter purchase.