She added: “I think it’s pretty clear the Department of Justice opposed the merger, so the president or his administration hasn’t been influenced by any outside special interest...”

He also has a long, documented history of producing shit far more interesting and way more advanced than anyone else thought possible; even if he delivers on only 50 percent of his promises and timelines, that’s still 100 percent more than anyone else.

It’s really really hard and I feel you. I’d just like to say though, don’t compare yourself to your friends. The kinds of people who go after alcoholics and addicts are flawed themselves, and not people you want to be dating long term. Same thing for women who are willing to cheat on their long term partners to be…

Since this would absolutely KILL my OCD and that of many others, why don’t manufacturers just “Spinal Tap” this shit and call 80%, 100%? This way, you are fully charged, and can simply call that extra 20% “reserve charge”, or something like that?

Maybe. But one of the beast ways to deal with people calling you out on something is to beat them to the punch. He took the wind out of the sails of anyone who wanted to predict doom for Tesla based on those production shortfalls.

Haha! Because that’s exactly what I was talking about how he revolutionized the industry! 10/10

I’m not sure what your trying to say with the Express link. Falcon Heavy was a self funded test. SpaceX only “relies on” NASA and the air force because it was launched from Kennedy space center. In other words, they were paying NASA for support.

But I’m not sure who you’re saying is being conned here. If they meet these lofty goals then everyone benefits, if they don’t then the investors take the hit and Musk gets nothing. You may think it’s a PR stunt, which it likely is, but it’s also a win-win or lose-lose proposition. Wouldn’t it be worse if Musk took…

I mean, he literally was. He put all $180 million into the two companies and at one point was literally couch surfing in 2008 before he had his first successful Falcon 1 launch (which used up the last of his money). SpaceX is only alive by a matter of hours before money ran out.

Yep. I remember back then the media was all writing death watches for Tesla. The idea that they would be make 100k cars per year as they do today was not even conceivable.

O_o

What he’s achieved is incredible - for the inventiveness of his innovations and that they are expected to literally change the world. But not because he’s some rags to riches story by any means. His dad is a multimillionaire. So yeah he went from millions to billions, but I wouldn’t count that like some “as self-made…

“Driving Tesla nearly into bankruptcy” The company was doomed to fail. He stepped in, and now it’s revolutionized the industry. When it was failing, he sacrificed his personal finances to keep his employees paid. How are you making this a bad thing?

Or the other interpretation was he had the courage and fortitude to go all in on his idea to make it work and he was able to replicate his success.

Except he plowed all of that into Tesla and Space X. Don’t confuse asset value with cash flow.

You’re right! He came out of the womb and immediately sold Paypal! Musk is self-made as they come.

A savvy “con man” who started Paypal, has created the only successful major car company in 100 years, and a recyclable, cost-saving Space program that NASA itself has used to put things into space. Who is he conning?

weird

Elon! I found another of your haters right here!

Yep. The people who are like “it’s way too much and he probably won’t make it” are dumb. Because it is zero if he doesn’t and if he does, he’s made you rich.