Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era

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I bet that rich dumb ass would love this comparison.

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It's incredible. Musk held all the aces, Tesla, SpaceX, Crypto (debatable). He was viewed as a pioneer, as a philanthropist. But it seems social media fucks up every one of us. Image Nixon, it would have been immensely insightful if we had social media back then EDIT: Nixon would have been a smart Trump, fuck that timeline

It really is incredible, the potential place in history he pissed away. But I guess you can’t end up a multi billionaire if you’re the type of person that knows when it’s OK to stop.

Yeah, there were a few people who knew better that were telling everyone, but no one listened and everyone in the world was lining up to kiss his ass. Putting him in various popular movies and shows as the greatest luminary of our time. While people who knew him were writing credible reports that he is just a very lucky douche who is also a giant megalomanic.

Can't imagine being his first wife and having her experiences and sharing those experiences and the world seeming to gaslight her that he's actually a brilliant flawless man.

Nixon Foundation has been posting edits of him on their Youtube channel, tons of pro-Nixon comments