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Enough Musk Spam

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Watch how Tesla goes bankrupt because of one CEO's idiocy and greed and then blame unions for it. Tale as old as time.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Prefer to see it dead and Elon’s method of influence gone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately he'll still have hundreds of billions of dollars, even without Tesla, so his influence will never go away. He could lose 99% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Then the less respect he has from the general public, the better.

[–] Gsus4 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

What do billionaires do with their billions in prison?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Use it to avoid going to prison.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Name one billionaire who has gone to prison.

[–] Gsus4 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Elizabeth Holmes, and her story is very similar: overpromise, underdeliver, boast, defraud, intimidate.

PS: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford this guy too

[–] derpgon 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sooo, two? IIRC she didn't have enough time to build connections and she didn't know how to walk in billionaire shoes.

I can guarantee these pricks are untouchable.

[–] Gsus4 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's because billionaire means nothing. e.g. Jordan Belfort was almost a billionaire, but still went to jail like small fry.The untouchable ones are oligarchs, that is what people are implying and it is much scarier to have a 6-year-old messing around as one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not a billionaire, but Bernie Madoff got real close.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Madoff made the mistake of stealing from people more powerful than him. Billionaires always steal from poor people, and thus incur no wrath from people who could punish them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yep. Madoff committed the worst crime in America: messing with rich people’s money.