yes, of course, but this is an elon musk credibility thread, not a spacex engineers thread

and on this matter, elon deserves +1 for his contributions to these accomplishments of humanity

i've remarked a few times over the years that it seems like part of the explanation for elon's drift into madness has to do with the fact that people who have grievances with him (almost always on the politically left) will diminish/ignore/lie about his accomplishments. we can and should give him credit for the good things he has done. think of it as positive reinforcement for a child.

10/13/2024 7:52:26 PM

Sure, I'll concede a +1 for this. I'll even give him a +2 if it makes him feel better.

But he did it on the back of a lot of engineers working "extremely hardcore". He shouldn't get solo credit, but he can have due credit as the unstable figurehead.

How did the Biden admin ignore his contributions to the EV industry, and how is active disparagement and vilification of the entire industry from the right somehow preferable?

10/13/2024 8:07:05 PM

This century’s Henry Ford.

10/27/2024 7:12:38 PM

They even both hate Jews!

10/27/2024 7:49:50 PM

https://www.wral.com/story/biden-calls-out-musk-over-a-published-report-that-the-tesla-ceo-once-worked-in-the-us-illegally/21693366/

10/28/2024 10:41:44 AM

Quote :

"He has bigger aspirations. My money is on making some kind of political run. BUT HE'S AFRICAN. Think he'll back someone or get the laws changed."

About that call from page 2...

11/6/2024 6:48:27 AM

Governor of Texas?

11/6/2024 7:07:22 AM

Augustus DOGEIUS, shit lord and military high command in charge of eliminating trans blue hairs.

11/6/2024 7:18:11 AM

Quote :

"The original point I had is Elon can motivate masses of people and he's proved competent in multiple industries. One with deep ties to the military. Any opposition against his Mars plans or Tesla and no telling what he'll do."

Guess we do know what he will do now.

[Edited on November 6, 2024 at 11:50 AM. Reason : a]

11/6/2024 11:49:52 AM

There's plenty of opposition to Tesla and the entire electric vehicle industry from Trump himself, and various coconspirators.

11/6/2024 1:12:47 PM

Elon is such a dumbass. He spent $44 billion on Twitter and all he got was control of all 3 branches of the federal government.

HAD OPPOSITION.

11/6/2024 1:29:39 PM

Quote :

"There's plenty of opposition to Tesla and the entire electric vehicle industry from Trump himself, and various coconspirators."

yeah, it's funny how lots of his/trump vocal supporters are anti-EV and *news flash* this guy puts chips in people's brains...now he's in gov't.

11/6/2024 1:50:47 PM

none of that rhetoric matters

11/6/2024 1:58:15 PM

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/08/musk-trump-zelensky-ukraine-call

11/8/2024 7:35:59 PM

11/9/2024 10:20:57 PM

They called it DOGE

Just endlessly desperate to be cool

11/13/2024 10:31:41 AM

honestly who cares. if kamala can be brat, then trump can be doge.

i'm more concerned whether or not it works.

11/13/2024 10:36:37 AM

It gets the kids excited and involved in their government. Would prefer that to the stagnant vibe we've had.

11/13/2024 10:54:44 AM

Creating new departments to focus on departmental efficiency is very efficient.

11/13/2024 1:55:44 PM

So is putting TWO people in charge of it instead of one

11/13/2024 2:00:00 PM