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>But Musk as a human isn't so great.

I would be very hesitant to criticise someone who has arguably done/will do more for the continuation for humanity than anyone else who has ever lived.

Maybe it's your definition of "isn't great" that needs re-calibration.

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>who has arguably done/will do more for the continuation for humanity than anyone else who has ever lived.

Because he's building some electric cars? How low is your bar?

But you don't understand. Car analysts since the early 90s have been saying that electric cars would become profitable and become a serious chunk of the market by 2020 because they all knew that musk was going to come along and show us how great electric cars are and save the world.

Presumably they mean "populate Mars and thus avert human extinction" but that's definitely counting chickens before they hatch.

maybe the billionaires could actually do something about climate change instead of trying to flee to mars. i doubt musk is saving space for me in his escape pod

Impressive case of Poe’s Law here.

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