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Elon doesn't own a house and he drives a Tesla Model S (compare that to Sam Altman that has at least a $3 million Koenigsegg Regera supercar). His biggest extravagances are dumping/wasting/overpaying $45B for Twitter, his private jet for convenience, and 13 children.

I don't think Elon cares very much about money or the trappings like other multi-billionaires.

> dumping/wasting/overpaying $45B for Twitter

Apparently Twitter is much more profitable than before he bought it, despite revenue declining, so the banks/other investors are happy. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/02/x-in-2024-doubled-high...

Might still be an overpay but not as dramatic as people predicted.

I'm reading very different things in walstreet. They want to sell their loans but ofc they want to hype up the valuation.

Let's see what actually happens in 2025.

Doesn't he own four private jets with another on order?

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given you attitude, people still don't see it.

And I don't know. Why is it taking people so long to wake up? Does he have to bash more at social security until people realize he's not trying to give you more money?

Do you think there are systemic problems in the executive branch of the US government? Wasteful, bloated structures? Agency overreach? Criminal lack of transparency? War-mongering security services? Revolving doors? What do you think about the fact that neither political party ever tries to solve these issues in substantial ways when it is in power? Don’t you find it odd that once someone is in power and is actually trying to do something about it they are attacked from all sides? Could it be that they are imperfect but they are not being attacked for the flaws in their approach/execution but rather because they are threatening structures the ruling class are exploiting?

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