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Elon Musk admits X 'may fail, as so many have predicted' (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Is it? He's either a moron or he's doing it on purpose. There is simply no other explanation.

At this point it's just too many dumb decisions, if he had done absolutely nothing after taking over he'd be better off than he is now.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Delusional rich guy who's nowhere near as smart as most people thought he was is the most simple explanation. He's obviously got some kind of god complex and thinks he's right about everything.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean he has been called a real world Tony Stark for the last decade. Maybe that went straight to his mushy brain and he is still on that high. Back in the day he listened to experts, now whenever he's at SpaceX they employ "Elon handlers" who just nod to every suggestion and then try to get rid of him.

He got too much positive press and lost it.

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

God knows how a wannabe Steve Jobs who bought into all of his companies ever got compared to Tony Stark.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

He looked like a real world Tony Stark when he was surrounded by teams of smart people doing all the hard parts and PR for him.

What we're seeing now is pure unfiltered Musk. He was probably always like this, but now he's off the leash.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The first one. He's stupid

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Occam's razor and all that. He is simply a low intelligence person with a fuckload of money.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I mean... he is a moron.