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Fungo Squiggly said:
If it was simply envy, wouldn’t everyone have hated him before he turned into a troll? Not taking anything away from what he’s accomplished, but maybe people just think he’s a dickhead because he acts like a dickhead?
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No, you're actually proving my point. Elon turning into a "troll" (I'm letting you have this btw, but we both know he's not) is what made the "troll" haters come out of the woodwork, if that makes sense. The envy of these people that you say hate him, aren't envious of his accomplishments, they are envious of his platform and how he chooses to use it. I'm not even sure anyone other than an incredibly loud fringe "hates" him. Remember the infamous AOC poll? Legendary! :lol:

"Dickhead?" Now, if "people" (generalization) genuinely disliked Elon on any level, then why is working for Tesla the most desired career in the US? I'll happily produce the data on this, but I'm sure you can find it. The sheer amount of people that apply to work for Tesla is simply staggering, and their acceptance rate is exponentially lower than Harvard.

See, when you have that many people that want to work for you, and of course, purchase your time machines on four wheels, then my contention is that the evidence clearly shows that if he is not universally loved, he is certainly universally respected. I don't know about you, but I'll take that all day long.
 
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DubCoffman62 said:
Him becoming a troll has made me respect and envy him even more, imagine being able to wave your gentiles in pretty much the whole world's face and still be a billionaire, man's a legend in my mind.
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Gentiles? You've been watching too much Curb Your Enthusiasm! :lol:

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heisman said:
No, you're actually proving my point. Elon turning into a "troll" (I'm letting you have this btw, but we both know he's not) is what made the "troll" haters come out of the woodwork, if that makes sense. The envy of these people that you say hate him, aren't envious of his accomplishments, they are envious of his platform and how he chooses to use it. I'm not even sure anyone other than an incredibly loud fringe "hates" him. Remember the infamous AOC poll? Legendary! :lol:

"Dickhead?" Now, if "people" (generalization) genuinely disliked Elon on any level, then why is working for Tesla the most desired career in the US? I'll happily produce the data on this, but I'm sure you can find it. The sheer amount of people that apply to work for Tesla is simply staggering, and their acceptance rate is exponentially lower than Harvard.

See, when you have that many people that want to work for you, and of course, purchase your time machines on four wheels, then my contention is that the evidence clearly shows that if he is not universally loved, he is certainly universally respected. I don't know about you, but I'll take that all day long.
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That's certainly one view.....
 
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heisman said:
Let me go out on a limb. Here's yours....

Envy....blah, blah, blah....Envy.

Because, let's face it. That's the only valid opposing viewpoint.
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There are some billionarire that are worthy of disdain, people like George Soros and Bill Gates just to name a few (sorry if this is a poli post but the thread has already turned that way) because of how they use their money for some nefarious purposes, I don't see Elon that way, he bought Twitter for seems to be the right reasons and I really don't see any chinks in his armor.
 
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DubCoffman62 said:
There are some billionarire that are worthy of disdain, people like George Soros and Bill Gates just to name a few (sorry if this is a poli post but the thread has already turned that way) because of how they use their money for some nefarious purposes, I don't see Elon that way, he bought Twitter for seems to be the right reasons and I really don't see any chinks in his armor.
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Well, I'm not going to demonize either of those people, nor am I going to deify Elon.
 
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