“YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE AND IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY”
  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
    English
    31·
    2 months ago

    What gets me is that he has the means to become the most beloved man in history pretty much on a whim. I can’t even begin to comprehend the amount of good he could do by dumping half his fortune into good causes, which would still leave him with orders of magnitude more money than he’d need to buy/do whatever the fuck he wants with.

    The attention he craves is right there. But he chooses instead to be a villain. Why?? Be a fucking superhero - even if it’s for completely selfish reasons, humanity won’t give shit.

    I don’t get it.

    If I randomly obtained a billion dollars, let alone hundreds of billions, I’d spend the rest of my life riding a warm-and-fuzzy high. Helping people feels good!

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 months ago

      He had that aura when he was building Tesla and solar city and the gigafactory. Become a billionaire and fight climate change? Go Elon.

      Go to Mars? Bit of a stretch goal, but helping Nasa and science is good. Go Elon.

      Save kids trapped underground? Go Elon.

      What? Called him a pedophile? Maybe he has some inside knowledge. Anyway.

      Shout about doge coin? Bit weird. Ok he’s just having fun.

      Sell a consumer grade flamethrower? What?

      Pay 44bn for Twitter? What? Where’s the value? This doesn’t save the world.

      And down and down.

        • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          I was addressing the downward trajectory of his outside perception, not his actual skills.

          Musk is willing to risk his capital, and does seem to be able to identify talented engineers and individuals. He used to be able to attract them too.