Objectively speaking, is Elon Musk an evil genius? Making society better? Mixed bag? Scum?

[UpNext]

Him and Peter Thiel are geniuses in finding the right group of people to be around and funding their endeavors. Nothing deeper than that.

 

[ConPHIdential]

Whether you can answer that or not I will tell you that you can possibly make a lot of money putting your feelings aside and look at what he is doing from an investor standpoint.

 

[Won Won]

@#BOTHSIDES what was your previous name on here?

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Honestly…

What I gather is that he is a mixed bag with an inflated ego. Wouldn’t really call him good or bad. His ego makes him worser than he really is.

If he would’ve continued shutting tf up, I would’ve said that I viewed him in the same vein as a Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg..

Now, I definitely think he is the absolute worse of the 3 at this point in time.

I feel you… in a way I think he’s going for world domination… or possibly dominating America… which is concerning

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

1 starred negged angry dapped and reported

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Whether you can answer that or not I will tell you that you can possibly make a lot of money putting your feelings aside and look at what he is doing from an investor standpoint.

These are facts dap + rep

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

It’s hard to say that what he’s been doing isn’t working when he’s expected to be the first trillionaire by 2027

Not saying anyone has to like hin

He had wealth from the get go and that’s the standard by which you’re measuring his success?

You’re arguing in a circle.

If that’s the measurement, he would have been considered “smart” having done nothing at all.

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Him and Peter Thiel are geniuses in finding the right group of people to be around and funding their endeavors. Nothing deeper than that.

Usually how it works…Henry Ford was the same way

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

He had wealth from the get go and that’s the standard by which you’re measuring his success?

You’re arguing in a circle.

If that’s the measurement, he would have been considered “smart” having done nothing at all.

What metrics do ppl use to measure success? Money? Businesses? Innovation? Industry?

Even using money as a metric… he beats bezos, zuckerberg and whoever else ppl want to throw out there

 

[8WON6]

He is the epitome of white privilege.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I feel you… in a way I think he’s going for world domination… or possibly dominating America… which is concerning

Well he definitely wants his piece and he wants his piece of the political pie right now in America (the most powerful publicly, but probably the easiest accessible for his goals).


Like an American is not going to go to Russia and be a president, but here in America a TV Show host can be president, black people have political power, we can have foreigners as Governors, etc. His best opportunity is probably here for whatever goals he wants to accomplish.

 

[In The Zone '98]

He's dirt

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Well he definitely wants his piece and he wants his piece of the political pie right now in America (the most powerful publicly, but probably the easiest accessible for his goals).


Like an American is not going to go to Russia and be a president, but here in America a TV Show host can be president, black people have political power, we can have foreigners as Governors, etc. His best opportunity is probably here for whatever goals he wants to accomplish.

I agree. Good points. Thoughtful poster

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

What metrics do ppl use to measure success? Money? Businesses? Innovation? Industry?

Even using money as a metric… he beats bezos, zuckerberg and whoever else ppl want to throw out there

Considering you’re asking whether he’s good for society or not, you using his personal bank account as a metric seems stupid.

I just said he wasn’t smart. He’s privileged.

And because of his personality, he’s more harmful than helpful.

 

[desjardins]

He's not a genius, just a good businessman
His first business that gave him the capital to roll into all the other deals sounds like a glorified yellowpages redirect site
Not to downplay it but it wasn't like some crazy technical achievement or anything. They were just around in the early days of the internet when ppl were throwing money around like crazy and he hit a lick and successfully kept flipping his money