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I'm in agreement with this assessment. Tesla is a complete shit show, but it doesn't matter. The Boring company is complete hopium bullshit. The hyperloop is an ANCIENT idea, more than 200 years old, and that's a total disaster. Musk is the modern day PT. Barnum.

We've had true geniuses within our time. Many will recognize the name Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan but how many know that Ritchie died in October 12, 2011?

These men invented two massive things. They created Unix which is the fundamental operating system that ALL operating systems are based off from (yes, Windows too), and they made the computer language C, which is the most ubiquitous language used to this day. The Internet and entire fields are created around their work, and only nerds like me know who they are.

Everybody knows who PT Barnum is but they only know "This way to the Egress!" and "There's a sucker born every minute". Musk is vastly over-appreciated.

Today it's "There's an idiot born every minute, and two to employ them."

Meaning I find it odd, that so many Idiots are employed.

richwicks says

I'm in agreement with this assessment. Tesla is a complete shit show, but it doesn't matter.

Clueless:

- Tesla is making industry highest margins per car manufactured (with no EV credits)
- Tesla has unbelievable demand and is sold out for the year - despite spending nothing on advertising and marketing
- Tesla just opened 2 of the largest and most advanced manufacturing facilities on the planet (Austin and Berlin)
- Tesla has virtually no debt

He's clearly doing something right. No one gets to be the richest guy in the world by accident.

Reusable Rocket.

Something Griftheed-Farten and Over-Boering said was impossible.

It's very possible that this was just a move to launder 1 billion dollars into election meddling, and lobbying for more State Election officials to sell out.