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Irish_Dem

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5. Exactly. His inherited wealth gave him access to those he wants to fleece.

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Sun Nov 20, 2022, 12:34 PM

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Where Musk's genius lie [View all] edhopper Nov 2022 OP

Yes he appears to be nothing more than a smart con man. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #1

Smart at conning, and born halfway between third and home. GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #3

Exactly. His inherited wealth gave him access to those he wants to fleece. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #5

The only money he got from his family for capital was 28,000 usd his father gave him and his brother Celerity Nov 2022 #12

How many parents can hand their 24 y/o kid almost $30K. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #14

To answer your question, millions, on a global basis. Parents stake their children all the time. Celerity Nov 2022 #19

Paying for a child's education is totally different from handing them $30K fun money. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Nov 2022 #25

It was 28K usd, not millions of dollars. nt Celerity Nov 2022 #26

Looks like he was more lucky edhopper Nov 2022 #17

Right time, right place for sure aided the hell out of him. Mid to late 90s silicon valley startups Celerity Nov 2022 #22

He always had a huge financial safety net. He could afford to take big risks. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #18

Maybe relying on Wikipedia might not be the best idea asm128 Nov 2022 #31

Multiple points: (1) That tweet is 3 days old and has not been definitively proven to be true at all Celerity Nov 2022 #32

And getting... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #2

+1000000 Pachamama Nov 2022 #4

Well, paying his engineers to come up with the SpaceX stuff. GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #6

Which makes me... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #9

Musk broke labor laws by firing SpaceX employees for criticizing him in open letter, complaint says chia Nov 2022 #10

Saw that... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #11

Lots of the same shit going on at his Texas Tesla factory, as well. GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #13

Yes... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #16

Where Musk genius lies - in the ground or wherever things that don't exist are. patricia92243 Nov 2022 #7

He keeps showing himself to be a 'creepy' type. People avoid creepy. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #8

Self-driving's not going to happen until general AI gulliver Nov 2022 #15

I take it you have never driven a Tesla or a Corolla Bristlecone Nov 2022 #20

+1 Celerity Nov 2022 #24

Okay edhopper Nov 2022 #27

My boss has a new Camry, he loves it Bristlecone Nov 2022 #28

I should think so BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #29

The Tesla edhopper Nov 2022 #30

Who will play him in "The Greatest Showman II"? Kennah Nov 2022 #21

The geniuses at Tesla and SpaceX are the engineers and designers Darwins_Retriever Nov 2022 #33

So true edhopper Nov 2022 #34

Or at Twitter when he says, "anyone who can actually write code report to the 10th floor" Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #35

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2022 #36

I thought his real genius was BlueIdaho Nov 2022 #37

He only got $28K from daddy edhopper Nov 2022 #38

So his daddy who co-owned an emerald mine BlueIdaho Nov 2022 #39

That is what happened edhopper Nov 2022 #40