Elon Musk Twitter

[Belsnickel]

(06-06-2023, 12:03 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I will absolutely state you have never been a fan of his, so major points for consistency.  You would have to admit though that the vast majority of his current detractors are exactly as I have previously described.  I've never seen a person so fawned over by the press become a Bond villain in such short order.  As to your last point, I have heard wildly differing versions of his role in the success of Tesla, SpaceX and PayPal.  So it's hard to know what to believe in that regard.  Even if you are 100% correct it means he has a major eye for talent and good ideas, which is a major skill in itself.  At the very least he seems much more human then other billionaires like Gates and Bezos.  Not exactly a high bar to hurtle, I know.

Yeah, when people were fawning over him I remained skeptical of him and his blood-money background. I also have an issue with someone who rails against government programs for people who need them while raking in government funds to keep Tesla afloat.

I can recognize business savvy, but there is not a billionaire in existence whose motives I consider to be anything other than self-interest, and greed is something I have no patience for. The amount of good people like Musk, Gates, Bezos, Buffet, all of them could do if they actually cared about the people is astonishing but the greed for money and power that guides them means I will never trust their motives on anything. I freely recognize that is my bias and sure, it does color my perception of the moves Musk makes with his Twitter venture, I would just argue it is no more biased than anyone else's view of him thanks to the media coverage he gets.