• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Musk didn’t invent shit. He bought his way in to being the CEO using his daddy’s money. These companies are successful despite musk, not because of him

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      1 year ago

      I think basically it’s a situation where he did manage to create the “scientific prodigy” reputation around himself, this created public buzz around whatever he was doing, and that did translate into different forms of funding. So some of the success is due to him, but basically on account of fraud. Same basic principle as Trump.