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[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

my guess is, in his mind, being great at vibeo gamez is part of his self-styled mythos. he can't allow himself to be perceived as normal at any of the "big brain" stuff, because it would jeopardize belief in his meritocratic rise.

he's got to be preternaturally epic at everything regarded as important by his tech douche mileu. reading, math, physics, code, gamering, sexual conquest/relationships, reproduction, operational management, etc etc.

the whole "real life Tony Stark" thing is crazy instructive about his psyche. a lot of naive people bought that manufactured narrative and are pretty shocked to uncover how bullshit it is.

[–] themostannoyingmusicproducerofalltime@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

he can't allow himself to be perceived as normal

no danger in that ever happening!

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's propped up heavily by an implicit belief in the great man theory. That and he's probably a narcissist and has a huge ego as the result of growing up so privileged and being surrounded by sycophants so he can never show humility except in a bragging sort of way

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not to be a vulgar materialist about it, but cultivating this super genius inventor image also makes him a lot of money. The brand and the stock price of his companies are tied directly to how much people believe he's directly involved in running them, and how much people think he's "actually super smart you guys, I swear he's like Tony Stark but irl".

If people dunk on Elon for being a reactionary asshole with shit opinions, it barely affects the market. If Elon is somewhat outed not to be the savant he claims to be, the companies he has tied to his myth would suffer for it.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

God I hope to live to see the day where Elon's entire house of cards collapses. I want to see the tantrum that he throws when his piece of shit car company deflates and takes down half of the investment funds in America and Europe.

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

I'm convinced at this point that Tesla's inflated stock price must be the result of a generation of failsons who don't invest based on fundamentals and find real estate and other safe investments as too boring