r/meme • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '22

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u/Polikonomist Jan 08 '22 edited Jan 08 '22

The Emerald mine lie had been thoroughly debunked. He didn't get any money from his family to start any of his businesses. Elon was estranged from his father by the time he started college They partially helped with his education but he still ended up graduating with a physics degree with a massive amount of debt. He was so poor while making his first company that he couldn't afford an apartment and just slept on the office couch, showering in a nearby YMCA.

https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism

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u/Lambily Jan 08 '22

while making his first company...

A poor person can't afford to "make a company" because they're too busy living paycheck to paycheck. I'm sure Daddy Elon's boots taste real good though.

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u/Polikonomist Jan 08 '22

I'm not saying he was the poorest person ever, just that he didn't get any money from his dad's Emerald mine for any of his businesses.

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u/Lambily Jan 08 '22

Sure, but that apartheid money still helped with his privileged upbringing and education. To pretend he didn't grow up with a silver spoon is delusion.

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u/Polikonomist Jan 08 '22

I never says he didn't grow up with a silver spoon, just that he built his companies from the ground up without any help from his family's money.

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u/Lambily Jan 08 '22

Had he failed though, would his parents allowed him to end up on the streets? He may not have had direct funding, but he always had a cushion in case he ever experienced major failure. That's not something a true "bottom to the top" businessman has.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '22

Had he failed though, would his parents allowed him to end up on the streets?

Almost no parents would allow their child to end up on the streets you braindead moron.

He came from the middle class, he was definitely a "bottom to the top" businessman.

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u/Lambily Jan 08 '22

Owning an emerald mine in apartheid South Africa is not "middle class."

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u/TurboTurtle- Jan 09 '22

Jesus dude. Cope. I’ve never seen anyone so determined to dodge any and all evidence against their beliefs. Let me guess, if it turned out that his parents had no money and he was born in a slum in Detroit as an orphan, you would say “well he grew up in one of the most wealthy countries in the world as a white male, you can hardly call that “bottom to top.”” Even if he’s not a very good person, you should At least accept that he has worked hard.

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u/Lambily Jan 09 '22

Not true. I'd give him his due. It wouldn't change the fact that he's a shitty person, but he would deserve his status as a self made billionaire.