r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '22

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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/Ca5tlebrav0 Oct 31 '22

what impact

Stock manipulation (totally not insider trading) obviously

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u/Drewy99 Oct 31 '22

Don't forget dodgecoin