It’s interesting to look back at his AMA on reddit in 2015. Every response was so to the point and on topic, even friendly. Clearly something changed since then.
I am guessing he had good publicists, probably decided he could do the job better and got rid of them just before the pedo thing.
Pretty much. After fucking up PayPal and getting kicked out for being an insufferable POS, he hired a PR firm who constructed the real life Tony Stark image for him on the public. Writing and getting press around his person. They also unfortunately had to tell him to not say or do certain stuff that would damage his image, there’s nothing a narcissist hates more than being told no. They also allowed him to position Tesla as the futuristic libertarian ideal and the overpriced manufacturers they are now, and SpaceX as the renaissance of US space exploration. In my opinion not entirely undeserved perceptions but immensely amplified by a marketing machinery. Then he had a meltdown, fired every single PR, marketing person from every single one of his companies. Declared himself the only marketing that his companies needed. He essentially bought into the crap that his own PR wrote for him.
In his recent “interview” with Alex Jones, Musk called all PR firms “propagandists.”. So that tracks.
I can tell you that nothing has changed about him. I personally know people who worked with him at that time, and he was just as much an arrogant and insufferable egoist as he is now. Legendary screaming matches and him talking completely out of his ass about absolutely everything were the norm and expected in every meeting.
Do any research on his tenure at Zip2/PayPal or any relationship he’s ever had, and you’ll see Musk has always been a petulant child, he just had a lot of people around him to try and hide it, but it seems like he’s scared basically all of them away.
his political situation was completely different
Execs: mental break down isn’t sexy, let’s say he has a drug problem so people can rally for him.
What about his toxicity and narcissism? Are they also cause for turmoil everywhere he goes?
No no, now that he has a drug problem, we’re supposed to pretend he’s not a narcissist, never said anything racist or sexist, and is just a misunderstood entrepreneur.
Those were already handled by dedicated people in most places.
After all… you can’t spell “cocaine” without “AI”.
Unless you can’t resist getting fancy and spelling it "cocagne*
Only if it’s from the Cocagne region of Columbia
Otherwise it’s just sparkling bath salts.
Come to think of it, if every time Musk says “AI” you replace it with “cocaine” or “hard drugs”, his behavior starts to make a lot more sense.
“Our hard drug future”
Could make a good extension. Try popping it into any of this drivel: https://analyticsindiamag.com/top-ten-best-quotes-by-elon-musk-on-artificial-intelligence/
It would be awful if he got ahold of too much fentanyl.
I hope he buys Facebook next
He’s following Hitler’s lead
Elin’s on smack
And there ain’t no going backElon’s on smack
And he ain’t be going back
For the holidays!
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Drug test and prosecute.
Why would someone be prosecuted for failing a drug test? He doesn’t live in South Korea
Yeah, wrong word. More like the share holders should hold to account.
Some drugs are illegal
The American way!!
Criticizing Musk is what all the cool kids are doing. Everyone that likes to follow the latest fad seems to want a piece of the action.
How could someone who doesn’t actually do anything using drugs cause turmoil?
Just listen to what he says, nod your head and go back to your job.
Okay, so either you
A) Don’t know who Elon is and that he’s the CEO of Tesla
B) Don’t know what a CEO is or how their role affects the company
C) are just a troll
D) any combination of the above
Yes, but what’s the coolest answer
The answer is C
