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IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

[Video] Elon Musk at the Davos peace summit: “I heard about the peace summit. I was like, P‑I‑E‑C‑E? A little piece of Greenland, a little piece of Venezuela.”

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[Video] Elon Musk at the Davos peace summit: “I heard about the peace summit. I was like, P‑I‑E‑C‑E? A little piece of Greenland, a little piece of Venezuela.”

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IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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    “A little bit of Adolf in my life…”

  • LordMayor@piefed.social
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    How the fuck did this guy get rich let alone billions? He’s not clever. At all.

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      His dad had an apartheid emerald mine, so born rich and raised by sociopaths

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        And he moved to a country where people who can’t do basic math revere tech bros like Gods because they think their gadget is magic.

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        None of that is where his current fortune came from. That just gave him the ability to get to the US, via Canada, from South Africa.

        The base of his fortune came from selling PayPal to eBay back in 2002.

        • Madison420@lemmy.world
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          Well sorta but not really, his family had back connections that they used to get money to start everything from there.

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          No, actually it came from his brother starting a multimillion dollar business and give musk a handout with a job that regular joe would never get. His brother got the start up money from daddy. When it sold, musk got 22 million, which he then invested into PayPal. He did not start paypal, he was just an investor. Just like he did not start tesla, he was just an investor.

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            Not quite - after selling Zip2 with his brother, Musk co-founded x.com which merged with Cofinity, the combined company becoming PayPal. Relevant Wikipedia page. And if he was just an

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              So, after he was given a handout most everyone would never get that made him a multimillionaire…

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      There isn’t a single billionaire that actually worked to earn that money

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    Man I can’t wait for this dudes obituary

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      It’ll be a great day

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    What an absolute PIECE of human garbage

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    What the fuck is that dickhead doing there?

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    I wonder if I’ll ever see someone more lame in my lifetime.

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    Just casually "Mambo No. 5"ing the western hemisphere.

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    A missed opportunity for the crowd and host to be dead silent with a poker face.

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    Hahahahah. Ha. Haaaaaaaaaaayduejdkfhsjkskd

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    The shadow moving up across the backdrop is like…what? A t-rex? Is this a clip that just ended too early? Right before impending doom? What’s going on?

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    This dude watched The Producers and said bet.

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