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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I'll be perfectly honest as a non-American who tries to not hear about Musk, I had no idea this was actually built.

I'd heard about it, but I didn't think they'd be stupid enough to actually build it.

Some people are "idea" guys, other guys are wealthy. When these are separate people, great things can come of it. When they are both the same person, stupid shit comes of it.

[–] blockheadjt 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have yet to see any evidence that Musk is an idea guy.

I'm an idea guy. The ideas he funds are idiotic. My theory is he has a team of idea guys and he asks them what would be cool, then funds it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

My idea: More trains.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

He is an ideas guy in the worst possible way - he comes up with a half-baked thought and then has a team of people far more talented than him work out the logistics of making it a reality, and takes all the credit for the result. Granted, those people are well compensated for their role, but it's so dumb how laypeople just heap praise onto musk as if he could realistically be the CEO of 5 companies simultaneously and still adequately perform his duties without any kind of delegation or outright negligence.

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