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You can do good things and still be a bad person. I’m glad the company he is CEO of is bringing Internet to rural or underserved communities. However I do think he’s a bad person. I prefer my company to be down to earth and act with humility, not to be smug “know it all” edgelords. I am aware many American men are also immature so I won’t pretend to not understand the worship.

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He makes jokes and is humble but wouldn't know it from democrat reporters. In a way he was forced into being a republican just like most former democrats like him were. When you are trying to get things done, things like anti-meritocratic ideas like woke culture get in the way. Things like California eliminating advanced classes for students altogether because it was seen as diverting too many resources away from black and brown students. That's one example of hundreds where the democrat run states/cities/officials always seem to make things harder to accomplish anything.

I hope you can come up with more than he makes jokes and is humble. That's not proof that he's a good person.

I'm curious, how did 'woke culture' get in the way of Tesla or SpaceX? Seems like they are doing fine to me.

What's wild is that he could take his billions and retire to a private island for the rest of his life, but he seems to spend a great deal of time working on large difficult projects which further humanity's place as a species. I.e. shifting humanity to renewable power, engineering the first reusable rockets, worldwide internet and cellular phone communication, colonizing other bodies in the solar system as backup civilizations, and you've got to wonder why with the way he's vilified. Paints an interesting picture as to why other billionaires aren't interested in grand projects.

Edit: downvoting this comment just reinforces my impression.

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