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Who were some of your childhood heroes that turned out to be horrible people? (lemmy.today)
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[–] 72 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I used to think Musk was ok.

I didn't know anything about him other than he was investing in EV's which I felt the world desperately needed, at a time when it felt like big oil was squashing the uptake.

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Same, I thought he was out to try and save the world from climate change. For me the illusion shattered when he tried to kill California HSR because he would make less in cars. It was never about the environment, it was about being "cool" and then cornering the market.

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  • [–] 37 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah for me it was the Thai kid submarine fiasco. He offered a dumb idea in a life threatening situation and when it was rejected by professional underwater cave diver rescue guy Musk accused the guy of being a pedo.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    I feel like I was fortunate that as soon as I came to understand there was alot of buzz about this guy I wanted to understand why, did some research, and found out that he got lucky twice with corporate mergers making him alot of money.

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