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Melon

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17. You don't luck your way to the riches man in the world

Reply to Gore1FL (Reply #14)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:42 PM

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Sorry. Once again I get the politics. He started with PayPal and built. He has degrees in physics and economics. He actually works on projects and is an engineer in practice. He has advanced battery technology so far forward that it’s made renewable energy a reality.

I don’t want to defend musks accomplishments. I get that he is politically toxic. My point is that some of his technology and intern actions help. He helped the Iranian people. We don’t need to cheer his success but I have a hard time degenerating something that I can’t understand is bad.

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