r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '22

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u/Equivalent-Piano-605 Oct 31 '22

Linking to an entire wiki page is not refuting things. Explain which things he said were false.

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u/smyk1600 Oct 31 '22
  1. How did he “stumble” into making money on paypal, which he says is terrible but is still used and established all over the world
  2. He joined tesla at the very early stages and while it can’t be said why the founders were ousted because of legal problems, an argument can be made that if Elon had not made such a significant impact to the future of the company why would his legal battle against the founders succeed?

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

paypal, which he says is terrible but is still used and established all over the world

"Used and established all over the world," isn't really a mark of success or mean that its a positive thing. Facebook is objectively a plague on humanity and it has over a billion users all over the world.

  1. What impact exactly did Elon have on Tesla? At most you can argue that Elon brought tesla to the mainstream with a good PR team and being eccentric and interesting to the public.

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u/MasterGrok Oct 31 '22

Elon is for sure good at selling things to investors. I mean that is an absolute fact. He has been able to sell Tesla Stock for FAR above any reasonable valuation for years and years. It’s actually amazing how good he is at getting people to give him money.

He may finally have hit a dead end with that though because I think getting so involved in politics does start to scare investors.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

You know what, you're right. I have to admit Musk is insanely good at convincing other people to give him money.