> "but it is a trash bag of Musk ventures and crimes"
If people really want to take anti-Musk articles seriously, the hyperbole should be controlled. Elon's no saint, but his companies are not a criminal enterprise.
When the author says “crimes”, I didn’t take it to mean a literal criminal enterprise, but instead casual-speak for something like “bad governance”. It’s like if you saw some bad programming practices and casually called them “programming crimes” to avoid.
Similarly, when the author says “trash bag”, I don’t take it to mean a literal trash bag.
"Criminal" is far from the worst label that can legitimately be applied to this man. In fact, every article on Musk and his ventures should be prefaced with a note: "This vocal white supremacist has caused the deaths of thousands of people in third world countries through his reckless and destructive actions."
I think when the histories are written, his legacy will be more Kissinger than Ford.
Since Trump is in charge, there is a high chance that this global stock market casino can go bankrupt as well. He is having a hand of Midas that works in reverse.
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[ 6.3 ms ] story [ 33.6 ms ] threadIf people really want to take anti-Musk articles seriously, the hyperbole should be controlled. Elon's no saint, but his companies are not a criminal enterprise.
They are, when they pay enough people, to change the market rules to raid your 401k
Similarly, when the author says “trash bag”, I don’t take it to mean a literal trash bag.
Possibly even hundreds of thousands: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary...
"Criminal" is far from the worst label that can legitimately be applied to this man. In fact, every article on Musk and his ventures should be prefaced with a note: "This vocal white supremacist has caused the deaths of thousands of people in third world countries through his reckless and destructive actions."
I think when the histories are written, his legacy will be more Kissinger than Ford.