"no one can deny that he is a talented engineer and a visionary entrepreneur", he was literally (and i can't emphasise that word enough) ousted by paypal whilst on a flight and wasn't informed until he landed, such is the respect he held amongst his peers. Musk didn’t even found PayPal, let alone code it. Musk merged his company with another company, which had paypal.
Another point that i can't quite stress enough, he never invented/started/created Tesla, he was an early investor and used legal means to become a "co-creator".
Are we all just going to ignore his tunnel in Las Vegas? Did you see what was promised? More importantly, did you see what was delivered?! THAT was visionary and a feat of engineering?! Lol. (Ignoring the glaring safety issues there, because, well you know, Musk doesn't care for anyone other than himself).
Let us also touch on the fact he misleadingly claims Tesla's to be fully self-driving (they aren't), and how many people have died as a result? Has he backed down on those claims or has he doubled down on those claims?
"overcome adversity", he is literally (again, can't quite stress that word enough) a beneficiary of his dad's money. Lol. - Nothing wrong in that at all btw, but let's not pretend he was some poor kid who changed his stars, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth (or should we say diamond spoon - his father's mine...someone mention apartheid...)
"remain a decent person" i take it you haven't heard about his response to tesla employees looking to unionise (hint: it was very nice). He also called some fella a pedo (remember the boys in the thai cave?) and then fell back on "well, in south africa that is a common insult to say when we were growing up". Did he not force employees back into tesla factories during the early covid lockdown too? Didn't he say cases would virtually die out around May 2020? Doesn't sound like the actions of a "decent person" to me, but hey, i'm "obviously nuts" like that.
"lead the world in EVs, space travel" yes, Tesla is doing well (haha) in the EV market share atm, but will quickly be wiped out there by actual car manufacturers. Joe Biden (not a fan of him either) getting a tour of Ford's new electric car factory and test driving the new electric pick-up comes to my mind there. Was a little more positive than having some fella throw a ball and break your truck's window upon revealing it. Volkswagen is literally (again, i can not stress that word enough) is expected to overtake tesla sales volumes by 2022 - VW climbed to the leading position in the all-electric car market in 2020, with a 24% market share, up from 13% in the prior year, while Tesla’s comparative share in Europe plunged from 29% in 2019 to 13% last year (source: Credit Suisse).
Space travel? Again, really? Ever heard of NASA, fella? I just...really? Leading space travel? Really? Lol. Ok, one last time to drive my point home, REALLY?!?!
"adds more to our world than any other individual on the planet", REALLY?!?!?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Really? Really? That was the icing on the cake, thank you for that laugh.
Anyways, hope you're doing well and take care my friend, but maybe a little less devil's lettuce going forward.
