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I'd say hyperloop was a scam, and scammers are bad people.
Hyperloop was a napkin sketch that he gave to the world, it wasn't a product of any of his companies just an idea he thought might be good, but which he was unwilling to try
The boring company was created by Musk for this, you are not removing his responsibility.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company
Beats me how you came to this conclusion. Me and my coworkers shit talk this guy all day whilst barely making more than minimum wage- Billionaires shouldn't exist period, much less ones that don't pay taxes and who buy entire social media platforms just to flood them with hate speech and ban critics...
I guess it sucks that he broke one of the more damaging internet services
On his good side he made electric cars cool, he made space access cheaper and is working on making it cheaper still
I wouldn't call anything Tesla does cool. The cybertruck? That's a bootleg delorean and a death trap too. Space? You're joking. In my opinion, that's the last thing that should be privatized. Elon specifically is responsible for a lot of space junk already. And don't even get me started on how unethical and inane neuralink is...
The way he ruined Twitter, the whole Hyperloop scheme, his spreading of conspiracies… what was the last positive he brought to society? Starlink? And he managed to be an ass about that too.
I could’ve agreed with you maybe 2/3 years ago, but he’s gone full mask off recently. I wouldn’t label him as a “main” antagonist but he definitely is one.
Let's not forget his recent lawsuit against Media Matters for accurately reporting on the hate speech on xitter.
He managed to be an ass about it in a way that helped Russia's invasion and got Ukrainian soldiers killed.
No no, you got everything wrong, he just wants the war to stop, it only casually happened that that particular action was detrimental to Ukraine. He definitely doesn’t have ties to Russia, so it could also happen the other way around. Just wait. Any minute now.
Virtually all the good things Musk has supposedly done were done by other people. He's just an asshole with enough money to buy a whole lot of name recognition.
You cant calculate net positive based on actuals, but also include opportunity cost, and regardless, simple utilitarianism is morally reprehensible imho. Someone invents the cure for all cancers, and only commits the occasional rape or murder. Net positive? Hero/villain?
I'd say 50/50 as much bad as good. But it's turning in to 60/40 fast (in a bad way)
Agreed, he might be a bit far fetched with his paedophile jokes but for the most part he's just a bit spontaneous and shortsighted