He didn’t create jack shit. He bought into a wave that had already been rising and took all the credit because it was his money funding the ads. But he got involved late and had little to no involvement in design. He was happy to destroy it because he sees more money in cozying up to this administration, getting regulations relaxed, and getting government subsides for his other investments.
Just don’t ever give him credit as a creator of any kind. He wrote some shitty early code for PayPal in the 90s or something. That’s the most he’s ever “created.”
He did help push it forward in a couple ways that I don’t think others would have.
One is that he just didn’t give a fuck about regulation or established procedures. Two is that he did have a focus on affordability. Three is that he demanded a lot out of his employees largely driven (for them) by being for the greater good.
A lot of his success has come from employees who were dedicated to the cause. It’s why both Tesla and SpaceX had done so well, while Twitter and Tesla robots will flounder
He didn’t create jack shit. He bought into a wave that had already been rising and took all the credit because it was his money funding the ads. But he got involved late and had little to no involvement in design. He was happy to destroy it because he sees more money in cozying up to this administration, getting regulations relaxed, and getting government subsides for his other investments.
Just don’t ever give him credit as a creator of any kind. He wrote some shitty early code for PayPal in the 90s or something. That’s the most he’s ever “created.”
He did help push it forward in a couple ways that I don’t think others would have.
One is that he just didn’t give a fuck about regulation or established procedures. Two is that he did have a focus on affordability. Three is that he demanded a lot out of his employees largely driven (for them) by being for the greater good.
A lot of his success has come from employees who were dedicated to the cause. It’s why both Tesla and SpaceX had done so well, while Twitter and Tesla robots will flounder
Some of that likely came out of him being a shitbag in various ways where he lucked into the right circumstances for that attitude.
The world isn’t black and white. He should get some credit for Tesla. And he should get credit for the current ways he’s dismantling Tesla and the US.
I mean I’m pretty sure the tens of millions of dollars he invested helped a little bit.
Putting money into something does not make you a creator. Investor, sure. Patron, maybe. Not a creator.
Agree to disagree I suppose.