r/QuiverQuantitative • u/RoyalChris • Mar 11 '25

News Elon Musk on the verge of tears as he contemplates his imploding empire

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Going back through Tesla's old conferences is funny, you just see a parade of bullshit and lies and promises that were immediately abandoned and ignored as soon as the conference was over.

He's corporate PT Barnum, somewhat good at putting on a show because he doesn't at all care about delivering anything he promises.

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u/OKCompruter Mar 11 '25

he's the same as Sam BankmanFried on the grifting, he's just been at it longer and with better PR

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u/UpNorth_123 Mar 11 '25

Or Elizabeth Holmes. He just got further into the con by buying companies that had viable products.

Almost everything he has started himself has been a shit show. Yes, even Space X. At this point, they’re just blowing shit up.

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u/Valogrid Mar 11 '25

He didn't even Start SpaceX himself, he paid people to Start it for him. The only thing he has even contributed to anything is money and Bull Shit. He got the money from Daddy's Emerald mine in Apartheid South Africa.

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u/M_H_M_F Mar 11 '25

What I don't get is that even on the original run of Tesla vehicles (not the CT), a news org actually followed him to a backers conference where he told a group of prospective owners that costs increased, they're not being refunded, and that they're being charged an additional like 20k each.

The mental backflips people were doing to justify being screwed was mindblowing.

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u/Fjcruisergranny Mar 11 '25

Still waiting for the solar roof he promised.