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Okie dokie.

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He's not wrong.

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He’s demonstrably wrong

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I am not shocked by this. I am pretty sure very few people want an repeat of the robber baron era and have our lives run by crazy rich people even more then we already are. I feel like we are like an decade away from the Hunger Games. And at least The Robbery Barons built libraries and museums. All Elon Musk has done is shoot an car into space and argue on twitter with random.

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“ All Elon Musk has done is shoot an car into space and argue on twitter with random.”

Honestly that’s such a dumb claim to make.

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But Black Dynamite, I use dark money to advance my agenda. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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I’m ok with a billionaire whose companies have single handedly reduced the cost of space launches by 80%, made EVs desirable and cheap and helped reduce the cost of PV solar panels by multiples. Tesla’s mission statement is to accelerate the world's transition to renewable energy and that’s exactly what they’re achieving. It’s lazy and ignorant to judge Musk entirely by his worst tweets.

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I'm with you Sam. There are plenty of actual trust fund billionaire types to critique. Ones who were born into unimaginable wealth and spend vast sums to subvert progress, foment division and sugar coat fascism.

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Pretty sure he was high when he tweet that but point taken. Musk definitely has this "I don't interact with normal people" vibe

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There is an difference between things Musk has personally done and hired smart people who helped him do it. Musk is an good businessman and salesman but he's not Tony Stark

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So that’s also a dumb reply. He’s got thousands of employees and you think anyone is claiming he did it all himself? There’s one common link in every Musk bash. Not one of those people knows a thing about what he does.

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Exactly.

You know what? I get into this discussion with people here on a regular basis and you’re the first person who’s ever expressed an opinion similar to mine! Lol. Most of the people here just hate him and refuse adamantly to listen to anything that might threaten their rationale for hating Musk. Anyway thanks for chiming in.

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All right enlight me. I am an open minded guy. What do I get wrong about Musk and what has he done?

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Open minded is great. Let’s start with what you know already.

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K I’m just going to assume you don’t know a lot since that would explain the kneejerk hostility. Sorry to be so direct but I’ve run into this same situation a hundred times or so. But you’re open to maybe learning something new which is always admirable. So one good place to start:https://waitbutwhy.com/2017...

And just an example of a refutation of just one of the many many many bullshit stories that people spread about the guy entirely out of ignorance. https://savingjournalism.su...

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