• CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    He wasn’t cashing out anything. It was all a ploy for investors. If you look at the valuation of Tesla it is massively higher than any other car company. The Mars stuff was just a push again more valuation for SpaceX. Despite the fact that other scientists including people at NASA saying that his plan was not going to work, everything he said was just a publicity stunt to push investors so he can make an imaginary number go up.

    Also he was fired from PayPal for incompetence.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      yes, thank you captain hindsight. It was nice to have someone building fucking infrastructure and making electric cars seem good.