> I have enormous respect for his engineering and business skills, he's accomplished some remarkable things. But he doesn't seem so great as a dealmaker. Perhaps he's badly advised, but hey, he chose his advisors.
There’s no evidence that he’s a good engineer or a good businessman, save if committing fraud or stealing the accomplishments of others is in the list of things that qualifies one of either. It’s beyond time to start taking his actions present and historical seriously instead of feeding into his cult of ego.
Tesla is stolen and only saw success because of endless amount of government subsidies and a tremendous amount of fraud on Musk’s part and SpaceX was a shitshow until he went hands off.
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Who was the original owner of the Tesla brand? Where did the idea for battery powered cars come from? How did Elon get listed as an owner of PayPal? How did the folks who worked at X.com feel about Elons leadership? What about after the PayPal acquisition? What was the primary method of profit generation for Tesla during the early days? How many years has FSD been floated for exactly?
If asking these questions and judging based on the answers to them is irrational, I’m happily irrational.
There’s no evidence that he’s a good engineer or a good businessman, save if committing fraud or stealing the accomplishments of others is in the list of things that qualifies one of either. It’s beyond time to start taking his actions present and historical seriously instead of feeding into his cult of ego.