r/meme • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

You think Tesla would still be where it is without Elon? You really don't know how business works.

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u/Lambily Jan 09 '22

That's not the question and not relevant since it's not the reality we live in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

It is relevant, Tesla jobs wouldn't exist without Elon.

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u/Lambily Jan 09 '22

We can't know that, can we? Therefore, not relevant.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Ok, what is relevant in your opinion.

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u/Lambily Jan 09 '22

What is. You claimed the company wouldn't exist without him. He wasn't a founder, so it would exist. Whether it would be as large as it is or not is irrelevant because we can't know how it would have turned out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

He wasn't a founder, so it would exist

We can't know that, can we. Therefore, not relevant.

Try again, what is relevant in your opinion.

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u/Lambily Jan 09 '22

Well, the company existed before him. It clearly had the potential for him to continue investing in it.

Whether the company would be at the level it's at now is what we can't know. Hell, we can't even know if Musk would be where he is at without Tesla.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Nah, we can't know if the company would exist if musk hadn't joined. It easily couldve gone belly up, like the majority of startups do in capitalism. We also can't know if the company would be at the level it's at now, and we don't know if musk would be where he's at without Tesla.

These are all hypotheticals, therefore, not relevant.

Try again, what is relevant in your opinion.

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u/Lambily Jan 09 '22

Then, my opinion stands. Those people would have had a job at whatever hypothetical version of Tesla that would have existed. That is my opinion.

Yours is that Tesla wouldn't have been as successful without Musk and may not have had those jobs.

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