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WarGamer

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26. Money already isn't the issue for him.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 05:56 PM

Dec 2024

He doesn't own a yacht, doesn't live in a mansion.

His private jet is owned by SpaceX.

He lives on a LOT less money annually than Bezos or Zuck... who both have enormous yachts and Zuck owns half an island...

He really thinks he can change humanity. That's his "hard on"

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