• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    12 hours ago

    Perks of not taking your company public? I hate two comma mfers as much as the next red blooded American, but Gabe ain’t the one.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      11 hours ago

      What you’re after is a bit of socialism.

      We don’t have to kill all the millionaires and billionaires, they are just required to contribute to the world more than they take, as long as they do that they can have their luxury yachts.

      The problem is almost none of them actually do contribute anything to the world and most of the ones that do contribute things that the world doesn’t want. Elon Musk contributes a lot of electric cars to the world, which would be a good thing, it’s just a shame they’re all dangerous killing machines.

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        8 hours ago

        Elon Musk actively hinders his companies from succeeding. People need to stop glorifying his involvement in companies he paid to have his name on.

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          Financial (the capital’s) success isn’t the same as company success or even some sort of measure how much a company continues to society in more intrinsic terms.

          We have one success metric & we can’t be surprised it’s winning.

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          7 hours ago

          Really sucks he sullied the name of Tesla because of exactly this. He didn’t found the company, only bought his way into it. I got a man crush for Nikola Tesla, and Elon fucked his name up!

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        9 hours ago

        they are just required to contribute to the world more than they take

        They wouldn’t be millionaires or billionaires then. You don’t get millionaire without appropriating the labor of others.