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[-] ___@lemm.ee -5 points 3 months ago

I don’t think he fooled anyone. The guy was literally helping the environment and advancing the space age. Then he started using drugs and went off the rails. He’s like Kanye. His music was good, the creator just went nuts.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The guy was literally helping the environment

No he wasn't. Capitalists don't cure the disasters they create - they just find different ways of profiting off it.

the creator just went nuts.

No, he didn't - he just showed his true nature. That is all.

[-] ___@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

You see all of the electric cars on the road now? Tesla saw an opportunity to make money, and it paved a path to lower carbon emissions (eventually). Even the blind chicken catches a worm. Capitalism isn’t all bad, it’s the greed it breeds that’s bad. The world isn’t black and white.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You see all of the electric cars on the road now?

You mean those things that aren't public transport? Those things?

Tesla saw an opportunity to make money, and it paved a path ~~to lower carbon emissions (eventually)~~ still profiteering from privatized transport while pretending it was fixing anything.

FTFY.

Capitalism isn’t all bad, it’s the greed it breeds that’s bad.

Capitalism is literally just a set of excuses and pretexts to justify gross economic parasitism - old-style concepts such as "greed" doesn't even hold a candle to that.

[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

My own personal opinion of him is that he's a shrewd businessman in a world that prefers businessmen over creators. The second the public eye shifted to him he clearly had some mental episode that has only been heightened by drug use and being egged-on by the alt-right and social commentators like Rogan. Ironically, he's become a creator, but his content is the actions of a broken billionaire lashing out.

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