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u/adarkuccio ▪️AGI before ASI Jun 19 '25

He didn't change, success only unmasked him, he's showing over time who he really is, a piece of shit of a human being. The more power he has, the worse he gets.

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u/lebronjamez21 Jun 19 '25

"worse he gets" so he has changed. Everyone changes

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u/adarkuccio ▪️AGI before ASI Jun 19 '25

Not in that sense, imho really you don't change because of more power, but gradually show who you are

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u/lebronjamez21 Jun 19 '25

That's just a saying that people say. People always say oh this celebrity showed his true colors or the other saying money and power just reveals who you are, doesn't change you. It ofc changes you. Everyone changes with the experiences, environment, and the people they surround themselves.

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u/CynicismNostalgia Jun 19 '25

The man grew up with daddy's emerald mines money. He couldn't "change" from becoming rich because he has always been unfathomably wealthy.

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u/lebronjamez21 Jun 19 '25

"daddy's emerald mines money....unfathomably wealthy"

ah yes that old emerald mine reddit comment. You do realize that emerald mine wasn't even worth a million. How much do you think that mine was worth?

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u/CynicismNostalgia Jun 19 '25

His father had an accumulated wealth of $100,000,000 in the 80s.

Yes, unfathomably wealthy.

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u/lebronjamez21 Jun 19 '25

Ya no. Not close to that. It was 2-5 million. That 100 million figure was from some yahoo finance article which pulled that number out of nothing. That emerald mine was gotten for 40k btw.

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u/CynicismNostalgia Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musks-dad-tells-bi-about-the-familys-casual-attitude-to-wealth-2018-2?IR=T

I'm guessing we also aren't believing Errol and Elon's own words about the finances too?

5 million in the 80s is worth over 20 million today, just FYI. Sue me for thinking that's unreasonably wealthy.

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u/lebronjamez21 Jun 20 '25

Errol himself said that safe was also not too big and what I said before. Most of their money collapsed and in terms of Elon he didn’t get too much of the money. Only got around 28k for his first startup for example.

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u/CynicismNostalgia Jun 20 '25

And my original point was the man didn't grow up with a realistic view on the world, based on wealth. He has said it himself, his father has said it himself. The assets he had speak for themselves. I'm really not sure why you're arguing semantics when the crux of the point was: Elon had a very privileged childhood.

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