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RonnarRage t1_iusdb6q wrote

Reply to comment by TricksterWolf in Twitter’s $20 verification charge, because you should pay Twitter to promote Twitter. by Core1989

Just to clarify, you think the world's wealthiest person, who has owned/operated multiple innovative companies so successfully is not only a dumb person, but is in fact nist really lucky.

You are the definition of arguing in bad faith.

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GetlostMaps t1_iusxljs wrote

You can be smart at scamming people, just not tech smart. Like Elon.

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RonnarRage t1_iutmgna wrote

Did he trick people into buying Teslas? Did he trick the US goverment/military into giving Space X contracts?

I'm not pro Musk, I'm anti echo chambers. You guys are making insane wild claims.

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GetlostMaps t1_iuts8w5 wrote

The exception proves the rule. Tesla semis are a scam, so even Tesla itself is inconsistent.

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TricksterWolf t1_iuu4xj6 wrote

I don't think you know what arguing in bad faith is, you just don't agree with the facts I'm laying down. Elon made a fortune with PayPal stock but they kicked him off the board for gross incompetence. He didn't invent anything; he bought Tesla. He routinely makes the worst business decisions imaginable hence being forced to buy Twitter for a highly overvalued price, as does Zuckerberg, who I must assume you also worship. Neither of them would get away with it if not for the mythology pushed by people like yourself. It's seriously embarrassing.

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RonnarRage t1_iuu69qm wrote

I don't think you know what the term "fact" means. Enjoy living in your little echo chamber imagination land where wealth is a roll of the dice lol.

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TricksterWolf t1_iuu7fzz wrote

Once again, I never said anything of the kind. Warren Buffett, for one, earned his wealth by working hard and being a financial genius, though even he admits it was only possible because he had access to privileges most people didn't.

Try listening instead of imagining a fictional opponent you can "win" against. People aren't the stereotypes you make us out to be.

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greetz_dk t1_iuws60u wrote

Buy 20 companies for daddys money. 15 go under. 3 do well. 2 make you billions.

Getting rich is all about a thousand factors coming together and working out. A good idea can fail horribly and a bad idea can ride a fad to success. Being unbelievably rich makes it much, much easier to piss money into investments and getting even richer.

You or I can't do that. Someone whos parents owned diamond mines during the apartheid can do that a thousand times over till they get lucky.

Musk has no merit. He's just born rich.

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