Do you guys think there’s a part of him that realizes that people dislike him for a legitimate reason? I mean, he started out being the darling of the internet, when he was in the early stages with SpaceX and Tesla. His cult of personality was pretty large. Obviously he still has fanboys, but he has to realize that he ended up on the fringe, right? Right?
No way in hell. He thinks everyone is just jealous, not realizing that most of us don’t want the problems that come with being ultra-rich, we just think he is a spoiled brat.
A billion is way too much. 5 to 10 million is all anyone needs to retire. I can see maybe “needing” 25 million if your hobby is racing cars. More than that is just needless hoarding.
I would think so. But at this point, he has made his choice. Don’t think a baby face turn is in the cards. Might as well become Emperor Palpatine at this point.
Once he became the richest person on the planet, he stopped giving a shit. Money buys anything he wants, so why should he.
Honestly, as much as I think he’s a db, and i dislike what hes become, I kinda find it makes him more relatable. I mean, who wouldn’t be consumed by extreme money and power? If anything, it distracts from the idea that you’re a giant cash bag and reminds people that you’re only human. Although from what I understand, he always been this way, and he just had a great PR team in the beginning.
Hell you can figure that out by just making 6 figures straight out of college. There comes a point where you realize all you do is work because you’re too tired to do anything else, and your disposable income can’t get you anything meaningful to make up for it. I’m far happier for having quit and taking a pay cut for a remote job closer to my family.
I distinctly remember getting my hair cut when I was back home a couple months before I started working, and the stylist was someone in my high school graduating class. We chatted a bit and they mentioned money being a bit tight, and all of it just felt so wrong and gross to me. There’s no reason why I deserved more for my skillset than she hers.
Do you guys think there’s a part of him that realizes that people dislike him for a legitimate reason? I mean, he started out being the darling of the internet, when he was in the early stages with SpaceX and Tesla. His cult of personality was pretty large. Obviously he still has fanboys, but he has to realize that he ended up on the fringe, right? Right?
No way in hell. He thinks everyone is just jealous, not realizing that most of us don’t want the problems that come with being ultra-rich, we just think he is a spoiled brat.
I’d take a billion dollars though. Live out my life without ever needing to worry much about anything.
It’s that egotistical need to use that money to exert power to control people that I’m not interested in.
A billion is way too much. 5 to 10 million is all anyone needs to retire. I can see maybe “needing” 25 million if your hobby is racing cars. More than that is just needless hoarding.
Yeah, but in real life I’m Nicholas Cage and I gotta buy a bunch of crazy shit. Couldn’t possibly retire on anything less than $800 million!
Agreed. Take the money and do your own thing. Or better yet, help people that want to be helped.
I think if it took him as long as it did to figure out people liked him, it’s going to take at least that long for him to realize they don’t.
Then again with the obvious ego boost of the first part of that, the question then becomes: even if and when he does realize it, will he care?
I look forward to the day his story is a cautionary tale.
I would think so. But at this point, he has made his choice. Don’t think a baby face turn is in the cards. Might as well become Emperor Palpatine at this point.
If Musk is Palpatine, then is Zuckerberg Snoke? Does Musk have a jar full of Zucks like in that mess of a Star Wars movie?
Not if he’s surrounded by yes men, which I’m sure he is.
He’s surrounded by his own, privately owned and operated, yes-social media platform
He’s basically Darth Vader at the end of the prequel series.
He knows, and he doesn’t care.
Once he became the richest person on the planet, he stopped giving a shit. Money buys anything he wants, so why should he.
Honestly, as much as I think he’s a db, and i dislike what hes become, I kinda find it makes him more relatable. I mean, who wouldn’t be consumed by extreme money and power? If anything, it distracts from the idea that you’re a giant cash bag and reminds people that you’re only human. Although from what I understand, he always been this way, and he just had a great PR team in the beginning.
I think he found out that all the money in the world doesnt make you happy.
This fucker could literally change the world for the better for all of humanity and he does nothing but grow his own wealth.
Hell you can figure that out by just making 6 figures straight out of college. There comes a point where you realize all you do is work because you’re too tired to do anything else, and your disposable income can’t get you anything meaningful to make up for it. I’m far happier for having quit and taking a pay cut for a remote job closer to my family.
I distinctly remember getting my hair cut when I was back home a couple months before I started working, and the stylist was someone in my high school graduating class. We chatted a bit and they mentioned money being a bit tight, and all of it just felt so wrong and gross to me. There’s no reason why I deserved more for my skillset than she hers.
With the tantrums he throws, I doubt he doesn’t care.
Pretty sure he employs a meme shitposter group that makes propaganda to make the internet like him.