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nofretting t1_j33vxgn wrote

Reply to comment by Jimithyashford in Fun Fact about the idiom "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps". Some of you might get a kick out of this. by Jimithyashford

>Elon is a fucking idiot

I don't know anything about electric cars or rockets, so I took for granted that he knew more than me about them.

But I do know something about software, and seeing what he's doing to Twitter makes me want to stay away from his cars and rockets... or anything he's involved in.

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Jimithyashford OP t1_j34dbbu wrote

Turns out that inheriting a mountain of apartheid blood money allows you to hire and invest in very smart people, you don’t actually have to be all that smart or insightful yourself.

I don’t want to say Elon musk never did anything right, he did recognize what a great investment PayPal would be, and he recognized what a great investment tesla would be, so he’s not void of any insight, but being an OK investor, who started off already rich to begin with, is the extent of his personal merit.

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