When he stuck to investing in and pushing cool cutting edge stuff he was a LOT better at keeping the mask in place. My cousin was a fan girl at that time she can't stand him now. I thought he was involved with some cool stuff, which he is with Space X and some other things, but that was about the extent of it. I'm just waiting for his OD at this point so we can move on and see what his companies can come up with without his dead weight.
There are hundreds, perhaps a few thousand, of people in the world who could replace him at Tesla and SpaceX and the world would be the same.or better for the change.
There is nothing good that has come from his actions that wasn't entirely, exclusively, and one hundred point zero percent TOTALLY attributable to his dollars, irrespective of his personality.
I still think his personality played into it a bit. Like it or not, he does have (or more so had) some charisma. It was absolutely used to draw attention to his companies and enrich himself, but it was still there. Who the fuck else would have made a hole digging company seem cool? I’m sure he could be replaced at any of his companies, but whether or not they would have fared the same under another billionaire investor is entirely speculation. Now that those companies are pretty well established and he’s entirely toxic, I think he could absolutely be replaced without the any real damage to the companies.
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u/DAT_ginger_guy 1d ago
When he stuck to investing in and pushing cool cutting edge stuff he was a LOT better at keeping the mask in place. My cousin was a fan girl at that time she can't stand him now. I thought he was involved with some cool stuff, which he is with Space X and some other things, but that was about the extent of it. I'm just waiting for his OD at this point so we can move on and see what his companies can come up with without his dead weight.