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>He has said and posted things he shouldn’t.

According to whom? His internet comments are sci-fi libertarian mainstream with a dash of NWO.

His business accomplishments are impressive, but he's rather boring, no pun intended.

I think the only argument against Musk's success is that he enjoyed unfair regulatory advantages.

PayPal's KYC was non-existent for years, you could send money with little more than an email. Amazon had similar miraculous regulatory exceptions. No State sales tax until it had a near-monopoly network effect.



>>He has said and posted things he shouldn’t.

>According to whom?

I found that time he called a diver who was trying to save those kids a pedophile to be pretty revealing. Also, calling himself "Lorde Edge" was pretty awful. I suppose if you're asking "who has the right to tell him not to say that?" the answer is "no one", but I find it hard to respect the guy when he acts so childishly.




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