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Sure, but that's enough money to retire comfortably at any age in a first world country. Did Musk do a lifetime's work worth of damage to the man? Did he make it impossible for the other man to work? Was the other man even fired? How many people actually believed Musk?

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They other poster isn't pulling the numbers from somewhere to say Musk did a bad thing, they are analyzing his actual potential liability under existing law.

(so your questions are misdirected; they should be aimed at the people of California)

I understand that, which is why I ended my original comment with: Not saying you're wrong I'm just surprised.

Take a look at comments on r/elonmusk or r/teslamotors, etc. Many people believe it, insisting that Mr. Musk probably hired a team of investigators to fact check and verify all his claims.

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