Everyday astronaut - discussing SpaceX and its founder

Ooookayyy.
I wholeheartedly agree, that Elon Musk - from what I read - might be a sociopath, a madman and not a nice person to be around. He might spread misinformation and his twitter behaviour is far from “nice” (just remeber the rescue-diver in Thailand).

But - in my opinion - he still deserves some credit for the work the companies are doing.
Without an Elon Musk a company like Tesla would be out of business right now (my guess at least). May the workers, engineers and designers do the work and get the praise for doing this work. That work is absolutely nullified, if there is noone willing to invest in their labour. And that is where a crazy guy like Mr. Musk comes in, as he - so far - always has managed to get that money rolling in.

While he might not do the work, he still has the visions and obviously the means to drive other people. Maybe his conviction regarding the things he does is an important part of this. E.g. that he linked his Tesla-payment to the value (measured by the stock-exchange) of the Tesla-company. And that massive ego for sure is another part, that keeps the companies going and the traders buying stock.

Of course he did not start from scratch, when it came to earning money. That - on the other hand - is the rule and not the exception. Simply because people being raised as rich kids can take risks much more lighthearted, since they don’t have to worry about possible failures.

In short:
Critcise Elon Musk for all his shortcomings, but leave credit where it duely belongs.
One must not like Elon Musk, but there were so many other companies, that came and went in the same markets; so there clearly has to be some reason to explain that the Musk companies still are in business. Find me another plausible reason than the guy with the massive ego.

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