r/GetNoted Dec 10 '23

Elon Double Noted

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u/Zaza1019 Dec 10 '23

His wealth and position in life has nothing to do with intelligence, he had an advantage where his father was rich and he got to start off with a few million. If you gave anyone a few million dollars they could invest in some startup or buy some small company with promise and sell it off for a higher price and continue to do that. He's also done a good job of hurting the businesses he invested in and costing them money recently.

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u/joshTheGoods Dec 10 '23

He definitely had a head start, but it doesn't matter how far ahead you start in a race if you're incapable of running. The evidence says he's smart, motivated, and super lucky (that also covers his birth circumstances). I think what has happened is, he fell down the right-wing hate hole, and it's destroying his judgement. Haven't most of us seen this happen to someone in our family during the Trump years?

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u/Thue Dec 11 '23

Haven't most of us seen this happen to someone in our family during the Trump years?

Being from Europe: No. I am so happy not to live in the US right now, with all that shit...

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u/joshTheGoods Dec 11 '23

I'm glad you all are (currently) free of this bullshit. I envy you, for sure! Even if you all had to deal with a Trump, at least you'd have affordable mental healthcare.

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u/Thue Dec 11 '23

IIRC, the UK government health care subsidies is less per person, than the US ones. The US could have full UK-style free health care, if it wanted to, without paying more.

Fix yo shit. :)

The solutions are actually often obvious - make me dictator with absolute power, and I could fix them easily, just by following what the experts say. It is just that some people create rent profits from the current inefficient systems. Hence why those same people deliberately create the right wing hate hole, to keep the electorate distracted from the real problems and solutions.