The Tragic Implosion of Elon Musk

[@wallstreetmillennial]

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[@AlexanderTheGoodEnough]

I say "Go fuck yourself" with the same passion, just for different reasons. I feel for the guy, a little. not saying he's right (honestly don't think he is, his own damned fault for buying that garbage company for foolish reasons), I just know the passion that comes with saying such a thing and fucking meaning it.

[@SpottedHares]

You might have included how musky being the richest man comes a lot form ownership and not direct money. If Tesla takes a stock dip because it looses so much ground to established manufacturers that’s a lot of his “money” that disappears. Same for space, he is very dependent on the stock valuation for his money.

[@AlexanderTheGoodEnough]

@@SpottedHaresfair point, but it should be kept in mind that the absolute value of "wealth" is often "illiquid". Elon's wealth is largely tied to his equity position in TSLA, derived entirely from LEAPS options at the $2.5 strike. In order for him to use that money for other purposes he has to take out bridge loans against that equity (edit: or realize gains on that equity when his contract allows). It is NOT an enviable position, even if it is more than most could ever claim to have.

[@laurier3348]

Comments below yur video are amazing. Nice.

[@dinglshingle]

fanboys straightup rushing to your comment section to support their lord and savior lmao. theyre everywhere lmao

[@hypercomms2001]

He has been on this downward path ever, since he humiliated Vernon Unsworth, a true hero who helps save the children stuck in the flooding cave in Thailand.

[@elisee9935]

His downward path has started ever since he started gaining public attention. It was fine when he was just one of the nerds that was part of some start-ups. But now that he is a demi-God of silicon valley he's insufferable.

[@theredscourge]

Ah yes, because English-speaking folks who move to Thailand to spend time with children are definitely not there to have sex with them.

[@Josh-ks7co]

Yup all he had to do what stick with whatever PR firm he was using that would be like "no Elon claiming a guy saving children in a national news story is a pedophile just because he critized your plan isn't a good idea". They were doing an insanely good job. If he kept up with them and got 3-4 useless but cool looking huts on Mars, he would have had statues built of him and be in history books 5000 years from now as the father of space travel. He turned down that legacy to be a meme lord. Money truly rots the brain.

[@bitterspice5525]

Facts 💯

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

Vernon sued Elon for slander and Elon Musk actually won. What the f*ck

[@dameneko]

How is this tragic? This is who he is. He has shown us over and over who he is.

[@swphilosophy3040]

And he's winning over and over

[@MJ-mp1fx]

Personally, I think the tragedy is someone having every opportunity and enormous access to resources and completely wasting it by being a loathsome hothead. He deserves his failure, for sure. What a waste of privilege.

[@DavidJones-pv8zz]

he is gone crazy

[@WalayatFamily]

It's because he is a zionist.

[@cocolove9916]

That’s true 😂

[@equious8413]

At this point I'm convinced you'd have to be crazy to give this man remote control of a vehicle you're in.

[@Sampsonoff]

Imagine trusting him with a brain implant 😂

[@Jungle-Life-Forever]

Not if your Suicidal

[@iceman4660]

As i have heard it said. 'Money doesn't change someone. It just reveals who they really were.'

[@anjelica948]

People say the same thing about alcohol. Personally, I think both are accurate statements.

[@khanhnguyen-tt3ff]

lol money dont change who they are but drug do and if some one have alot of money they tend to do drug legally or not.

[@2pr4nkl3z]

@@khanhnguyen-tt3ffare you implying Elon Musk does drugs?

[@موسى_7]

​@@anjelica948I disagree about drugs. They impair judgement.

[@anjelica948]

@@موسى_7 I didn’t say drugs. I said Alcohol. And while yes alcohol does impair judgement, it impairs judgement by significantly slowing down the processing of the frontal lobe- which is the part of the brain responsible for critical thinking, among other things. Humans have impulsive thoughts and feelings all the time. Most of us don’t say them out loud, or act on them, because our brain tells us “Not a good idea” for any number of reasons. Since alcohol slows that process down, we’re more likely to say or act on those thoughts. But those thoughts and feelings still generate from within us. It’s still who we are. Enormous amounts of money can cause a similar effect- but instead of changing the speed of our brain’s functionality, instead money tends to protect people from consequences. Because people are too afraid to challenge the rich person, or the rich person can just throw money at the consequence and make it go away. But if you go long enough not having consequences because of money, you’ll start to think you’re invincible, which will lead to rash actions.

[@NamhadiNdemufayo]

He's probably surrounded by yes men. Anyone who could talk sense to him is gone and because he's so rich, there is no way for him to get back in touch with normal people. He probably legit thinks his internet humor makes him relatable to the general public. It could almost be considered sad.

[@micksylvestre2887]

The ultra-rich are not regarded to be "normal," and their impression of poverty alone is often viewed and acted upon with such apathy and exploitation.

[@the-btc-tradingfloor2808]

He's a deep state shill a total fraud,

[@ulizez89]

You forgot the saddest part, the army of fan boys that for some weird reason decided they need to sacrifice themselves for a billionaire and go against anyone that talks badly about him!

[@kevinbarry71]

Nothing at all tragic about someone telling you exactly who he is

[@Overloaded45]

the tragedy is ppl not realizing who he is and enabling him for many years.

[@chiquita683]

Meanwhile no advertisers pulling money from Instagram after WSJ exposed a massive child crime ring going on. Tells you exactly who they are

[@m0ltipleX2000]

Knew there was a triggered musk fan boy here somewhere

[@kittenritty7959]

@@Overloaded45exactly

[@insoninenine8749]

A truth seeker who's refusing to be bought?

[@robertmurphy3014]

Hes one bad quarter from going full Bioshock and building an underwater city.

[@N_Joji]

Lmao

[@rajanlad]

Na that's not gonna happen even after a bad quarter.

[@doalwa]

Making Andrew Ryan look sane is his biggest achievement 😂

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

I'm going to replay Bioshock now :)

[@johnaaron37]

I hope the banks and investors that helped him take over are enjoying the show lol

[@suprithAnCom]

"it seems unlikely that saving humanity from the leftists was included in their investment prospectuses".. This one had me😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Studeb]

Just the apartheid jewel miner coming up to the surface.

[@afro_shaman0954]

EPIC

[@EM2theBee]

Saving humanity from the leftists...what does that mean? What has the left done while they've had most the power the past 3 years that would destroy humanity? Seriously, it's not like the house Republicans have been the last line of defense, thwarting the evil left...they're too busy doing nothing. So when does this leftist uprising begin? I'm waiting...

[@naytewilson]

It’s funny given that terminology makes no sense with that context he tried hard to seem intelligent with.

[@batrachian149]

@@naytewilson Malding Muskrat :p

[@militaryav8r]

The "Tragic" implosion is a gigantic stretch. There's nothing tragic about it when he did this to himself.

[@OsirisLord]

Basically if the captain of the Titanic saw the iceberg, drove right towards it, and then said "Icebergs are a Jewish lie".

[@kareliask]

Definitely more funny than tragic. It's been fun to watch the prescient people calling him out for ages before it became mainstream, but far more fun to see huge segments of society now ridiculing him. (MARS MISSION BTW)

[@chimagamer4157]

oh right there was something about that, maybe that will be paused for climate change sake (lol)

[@SlXkxmx]

I would point out all of scams on Reddit, 5-10 years ago, and nobody would agree with me in replies and just call me a hater. I love it now

[@Inspectorzinn2]

He's still the richest man with powerful companies. The masses can ridicule him but he will still amount to more than 99.9999% of the population by just about every metric.

[@defundhollywood3259]

There's nothing better than sitting back and watching people go crazy about something you've been saying for YEARS!

[@StinkPickle4000]

If only more people listened back then Elon would not be richest man; because of those idiots Elon will die wealthy, even if in jail.

[@ciro8861]

remember when those poor guys were trapped in a mine or cave. dont remember what but he offered to build them the means to rescue them and they turned him down and he called them pedophiles? he's been rich trash from forever

[@TheNaldiin]

He proposed a submarine that wouldn't fit in the cave and went after the diver who got the kids out. Because 'boat no fit' was too complicated an engineering concept for him to understand.

[@ciro8861]

@@TheNaldiin 😂

[@Buran01]

@@TheNaldiin Yep. The effort took the life of one of the members of the special forces operator which helped in the rescue. The most top notch undewater speologist in the earth directed the task and told Musk that his plan was unfeasible, and Him took it as personal and engaged in diffamatory behaviour as the 5 year old child He is.

[@ddegn]

You should really dig a bit deeper into this story. He was asked to continue the sub project by the president of Thailand. The guy (only one of them) he called a pedophile started the whole thing. The guy probably was a pedophile as well. One of the Law Tubers (I think it was French) read the law suit. Musk doesn't come across nearly as bad once you know all the details.

[@the-btc-tradingfloor2808]

but he was right about the pee doughs

[@tiararoxeanne1318]

07:22 "... I honestly have no idea what Musk's co-investors were thinking, but some of these people were also investors in FTX. So, intelligence maybe too much too expect"😂🤣😂🤣

[@TooLateForIeago]

4:53: The sheer arrogance of this man is incredible. He is openly declaring that he has anointed himself the moral authority for all of humanity.

[@y2u3]

he did say the world with be the judge no? Listen more and talk less

[@TooLateForIeago]

@@y2u3Okay. You win. Mr. Musk merely wishes to save civilization from what he calls a “mind virus.” Which he deems himself uniquely qualified to do because of his ability to buy control of a platform for public discourse. That doesn’t improve my assessment. At all.

[@tomlxyz]

​@@y2u3still bs

[@TheRealJellyBomb]

When did he do that? Link please, I need to share that 👌

[@pauldacus4590]

_“Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.”_ -- Charlie Munger

[@calicoesblue4703]

Musk was never Brillant.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

"Hey gang, it looks like we have another MYSTERY on our hands!" - Fred Jones

[@Evolution56]

@@calicoesblue4703 > Musk was never Brillant. Elon Musk is incredibly talented, and has repeatedly done things, that many experts have said would not work, but still insisted on doing it, and making a huge success of it. Either you're ignorant on what he has achieved, or you don't know what brilliant means. And you spelled brilliant wrong. LOL.

[@archigoel]

"People who over-estimate themselves, sometimes are right" -- Munger on Elon Musk.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

@@archigoel "Zoinks!" - Norville Rogers

[@hevo1]

@wallstreetmillennial you forgot already why he bought the company? Elon Musk was forced to buy after he agreed to buy it without doing due diligence. To me, it is clear he did not want to buy it but could not cancel without loosing big money.

[@centurion262]

I liked the video but was surprised they forgot that part considering it's a big part of why he HAD to buy the company and then tried to get out of paying the lawyers who had been paid by twitter and had made him buy the company (I believe one of the last payments to go out before he took over)

[@kallehalvarsson5808]

This. Musk will say things "as a meme" just to get internet points, and then he's forced to realize that making statements like that, as the richest man in the world, will count as market manipulation and open you up to liability.

[@nebufabu]

Yes, it was absolutely foisted on unsuspecting Musk out of the blue, it's not like he initiated the negotiations or signed any binding contracts... Oh, wait. If he didn't actually want to buy Twitter, he put an awful lot of effort into pretending that he did, whatever buyer's remorse he might have had afterwards.

[@qwerty112311]

Twitter’s financials were borderline fraud given their published monetizable user ratio and bot count, which was demonstrably false. But yea, shouldn’t have waived due diligence and not had an escape hatch. Bad timing though, considering the market at large went to shit right after his agreement to buy it.

[@oohhboy-funhouse]

$1 Billion is a lot less than $44 Billion. He didn't have to sign the contract, which had a break penalty he chose to not exercise. How is enforcing terms of the contract he signed forcing him? Twitter wouldn't need those lawyers had he not tried to wriggle out. Twitter execs tried to deter him. The offer was so high, Twitter had little choice but to take it seriously for its shareholders. It's 100% Musk's fault.

[@josephmassaro]

I don't know which is worse. That it took this long for people to figure out that this guy is not the real world Tony Stark whose ten moves ahead of everyone in a Battle Royale edition of 4D chess or that there are still people out there that think this guy is the real world Tony Stark whose ten moves ahead of everyone in a Battle Royale edition of 4D chess.

[@eplugplay8409]

You are totally wrong about this. Some Disney fantasy that you dream about what Tony stark is but Elon is better than Tony Stark.

[@archigoel]

Musk actually has more assets and money than fictional Stark. 😅

[@antonSugar]

Phony Stark

[@Ilikeavocados123]

@@eplugplay8409how is he better💀

[@mongke1000]

Totally agree he is no Tony Stark, but Lex Luthor (albeit not anywhere nearly as brilliant).

[@vietimports]

should have also talked about hyperloop, boring company, the money pit that is spacex and the EXTREMELY tiny market of people who need to use rockets, the EXTREMELY SMALL AND UNDERPERFORMING success of starlink, and how his solar endeavors were basically a fraud

[@one1blue]

Elons a vapor ware salesman. He has to get all the money up front in large chunks before the entire thing goes to hell. That’s why he keeps starting so many companies. His downfall is gonna be hilarious.

[@skierpage]

You're completely wrong about SpaceX and Starlink.

[@princemc35]

Look blud you can trash Hyperloop and boring company but don't trash SpaceX There's a space race and lots are going after it Starlink isn't underperforming

[@one1blue]

@@princemc35 but I can trash space x. It hasn’t even been able to accomplish what NASA did in the 60’s, get to SPACE. Elons gotten to low earth orbit. And Elon again is making false promises of people living on Mars which we are SO FAR away from being able to accomplish. It’s more vapor ware promises.

[@FullyWovenBeethoven]

The most tragic thing about this whole situation is seeing how relentlessly people suck up to him. No matter how much he proves himself to be an imbecile people are willing to look past it and drop to their knees.

[@sebastianszydlowski5834]

Imbecile is a perfect word here.

[@muleorastromule3491]

Idiots think rich people will help make them rich if they lick their boots enough.

[@amiria8501]

It’s his company, he can do what he wants with it. He doesn’t force you to use it ;)

[@FullyWovenBeethoven]

Yup I'm talking about you ^^

[@amiria8501]

@@FullyWovenBeethoven nice logic. I never said i support his views. Shows me that you can’t argue :P I am not using Twitter btw. Its a general fact that its none of your business what other people do with their property, as long as it doesn’t harm you. If you feel bad about what he is doing, leave X.

[@_Photons]

Elon is easily one of, if not the most talented grifters of all time. That's all he's ever been. His successes have just been to acquire other people's hard work and slap his name on it.

[@allanhutton1123]

Sorry that is literally the story of most successful people. It's call resource exploitation, it's foundational for capitalism. Steve Jobs is the perfect example case.

[@burgermind802]

@allanhutton1123 it absolutely is not

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

@@allanhutton1123 All hail The Woz!!

[@wolfeflambe]

Shhh. Stop revealing his secrets 😅

[@allanhutton1123]

@daporter8790 wow I'm convinced now. Thanks for the intelligent response.

[@RyanBlockb5]

Hopefully every advertiser hears him well. It's a very clear message. I'm sure Bob did.

[@Evolution56]

Tons of ads on Twitter (X), so what are your going about bro? Considering the woke grooming trash that Disney produces today, every company should reject their ads.

[@archigoel]

It was an extremely stupid move by advertisers. You as a brand never want to come between "nations", religion, color and political parties. IT will just destroy your addressable consumer base. Also, Musk will constantly target BOB openly, which will make his position very vulnerable.

[@ed7002]

I doubt Bob cares, he had previously retired and Disney dismissed his successor and asked him back to stay for at least 2 years recently extended until end 2026 so they could find a new successor so he knows its a time limited role and he's already made his money.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Fuck nations. Fuck religion. Nobody within nations or religions even agrees on everything. Taking sides in ANY conflict - no matter between a criminal defendant (e.g. some one on trial in Afghanistan versus the Taliban or Julian Assange versus the UK) - is a political position. So it is IMPOSSIBLE NOT to take sides if you treat one party better than another.@@archigoel

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

It was an extremely stupid move by Musk. Musk is anti-free speech. That is why he blocked my Reductionist Party account on twitter. And Musk has taken sides against Marxists, Communists, and Antinatalists. Again - TAKING SIDES - thus AUTOMATICALLY PROVING you are full of shit and Musk is full of shit -- neither of you taking your own advice. @@archigoel

[@dansplain2393]

Andrew RS is such a pro for holding that interview together

[@SteveMHN]

Do you mean Jonathan?

[@itemushmush]

yeah even with the profanities he was professional. what a guy, i dont think i could listen to elons replies and not laugh my ass off

[@alphakevin687]

As a middle aged man and divorced dad myself, I get how he feels alone and angry at times. But then again the "middle aged aka not a toddler" kicks in and I don't go full Karen.

[@victorgofron8039]

I mean elon elaborated on the response in this same interview and elon is entirely justified in what he was saying, too bad a lot of parrots online are clueless

[@towboat4213]

You'd think the richest man in the world with nothing but time on his hands would you know, get a hobby or something if he's feeling lonely. Not be a petulant moron on the world stage

[@Emerald_Forge]

​@@victorgofron8039I mean if someone says you're blackmailing them for wanting good pr after they said something controversial I'd imagine you wouldn't want to associate with them whether or not what they said is okay. They burnt the bridge by cussing you out for having common sense. Even if all of that didn't matter, someone willing to sink the ship they're on isn't reliable

[@johnpablo7716]

You go half Karen???

[@TheStephaneAdam]

@@victorgofron8039 Dude, you're not gonna stay in business with a guy who tells you to go f--- yourself. Murkrats don'd undestand what it is to act like an adult, probabbly why they're fans of that manchild in the first place. This is not what a businessman acts like.

[@skilledwarman]

Elon pausing for the crowd to laugh after the first "Go f**k yourself," and the audience just being dead silent is funnier than anything he's ever said

[@Gazur-Trading]

"THESE PEOPLE WERE ALSO INVESTORS IN FTX, SO INTELLIGENCE MAY BE TOO MUCH TO EXPECT" - Snap! oh you didn't xD

[@LuKiSCraft]

LOL yeah that was a good one

[@ekwem]

Nobody bothers to call it X 😂

[@rhobesauce]

worst rebrand since hbo became max

[@tobysbreathisverybad]

Billy Zoom and co own that name. Forever.

[@gangsta8929]

I feel like Elon Musk is the next SBF

[@freemantle85]

Before 2018 I was ambivalent to Elon Musk. I thought good for him that he was making electric cars more marketable but that was as far as it went. The mask slipped during the Tham Luang cave rescue since his ego was fall show when he tried to get the rescuers to use his mini-sub and Verb Unsworth told him it was worse than useless. Musk's reaction was petulant since he called Unsworth a P-word. He wanted the good press and was unhappy that someone called him out. Musk was good at PR before 2018 since he got cameos in Iron Man 2, The Big Bang Theory, and Young Sheldon, and his Simpsons appearance made the Lady Gaga episode look like a biting critique of the pop star. Those appearances are awkwardly funny in hindsight.

[@MuantanamoMobile]

Exactly. The cave thing showed me a glimpse of his fragile-ego, and I dug deeper didn't like what I saw. Confirmed my belief that media can pretty much get your believing almost any kind of bs-made up fantasy origin fairytale about anyone from the class which they serve.

[@Tie509]

The combination of "funding secured" lie and cave rescue issue turned me 100% against Musk. Those two events revealed that Musk is a failure as a human being, regardless of his business success.

[@michaelramon2411]

@@Tie509 I'm in a pretty similar situation - those two incidents shifted me from "neutral" to "against." I don't trust a man that unserious with control of actual infrastructure. On the plus side, that Iron Man 2 cameo lets me headcanon an Iron Man 4 where Musk is the main antagonist. Because let's be honest - he wouldn't be able to live in the MCU for very long without becoming a supervillain.

[@SampsoniteR]

He’s doing just fine.

[@andyboom2004]

You have to bear in mind this is only his 2nd business venture that doesn't rely heavily on government subsidy programs for profit. He has spent decades siphoning local and federal money that he doesn't remember how to actually market to people.

[@princemc35]

His 2nd business venture is tesla

[@king_big_pp]

It's only tragic if you're dumb enough to look up to billionaires

[@HappyBike-et4lu]

Shitttt i wanna be a billionaire too.. I don't want to look up to a middle class. Or a street criminal... 😂Or look up for a demoncratic communist leader

[@morgan3392]

"I've done more for the environment than anyone on Earth." Every astronomer whose telescopes are rendered useless by Starlink's carpet of space debris would beg to differ.

[@miket.4192]

This man is a character just like on TV or in the movies - his life is scripted. Time to start a new 'show'

[@sqbronco1]

while i would never buy an EV of any kind, but Elon the man is hands down the greatest CEO in the country! How can anyone not like this guy?

[@magamike1800]

Musks commitment to free speech on Twitter will turn it into a juggernaut. I think this will be Musks greatest gift to humanity.

[@5kplamse]

this is what happens when you don't do 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats every f**king Day !!!!!

[@matttran7161]

What about the 10km run?

[@crapshot321]

Lol!! Got the reference, thanks.

[@wolfeflambe]

Careful not to lose your hair…😂

[@ktktktktktktkt]

Boycott = blackmail. Imagine all the poor companies being blackmailed by their customers. Or the big automakers being blackmailed by their employees.

[@wastedpotentiel]

It's ironic richest man in the world also thinks he's most poorly treated.

[@MiTaReX]

@@wastedpotentiel Funny, that's one of the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder: they play the victim and don't acknowledge their mistakes, changing the story to somehow blame someone else.

[@LuKiSCraft]

@@MiTaReX Yeah he definitely has narcissistic tendencies. That said, so did Steve Jobs, Alan Turing, and Ludwig Boltzmann. All 3 of them still did great things. I take a pretty mixed view on Musk lol

[@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii]

@@LuKiSCraft Alan Turing was gay. Also he ki11ed himself.

[@LuKiSCraft]

@@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii yeah. What does that have to do with it though? Haha. Boltzmann also killed himself because no one would believe him that gas was made of very small particles.

[@cttommy73]

I never understood how this is "tragic" nor do I and many more people care. Elon Musk has always been what he presented. He acts like he made his wealth on his own, but fact of the matter is, he had the luxury of being born rich and with support from his parents. He was always gonna "make it". His greatest talent was finding people who could actually make something and profiting off of that. He then let his own ego get to his head, buying his own bs like he made things like Tesla, PayPal, SpaceX and more, when all those things were made by people who were competent. He only put up his money. End of story. When he bragged about buying Twitter and making it profitable, what does he do? Destroy it. Of course, that was only after being forced to buy the company because he was a big mouth and let his own ego caused him to spend on something he didn't want nor could run because, again, bs. His stans might not want I admit it, but Elon Musk is just a lucky lottery winner. That's it. In fact, the fact you have people still supporting people like Elon Musk, when he has time and again shown his sheer incompetence, is one of the reasons why I have no faith in humanity.

[@mikestanmore2614]

Exactly.

[@23mrcash]

Jealous much?

[@HNedel]

„He was gonna make it no matter what“ 😅 really? Rich kids never lose money? Every rich college kid with a million dollars from his parents turns it into a trillion? He just got lucky and hired some people?😆 Hiring smart people is 99% of the job! The copium is really strong with these comments.

[@imperator_odin]

Crazy, this next gen is truly doomed 😂. Insanely stupid.

[@rachelmaechel]

This is not accurate. Elon's childhood was not great. Please tell us how "he had the luxury of being born rich and with support from his parents" WHY DOES EVERYBODY THINK THIS?? It's not true. Go learn about his life, learn the truth of his upbringing.

[@scarvalho1]

Really good video. Excellent reporting. Excellent research. Perfect explanation of the data. Overall, this video is wow. I own a Tesla , and I'm glad someone took the time to do an indepth analysis like this. Very helpful

[@joeking433]

Musk will be remembered as the billionaire that didn’t give a crap.. He didn’t give a crap about popularity, didn’t give a crap about money, didn’t give a crap about business, just didn’t give a crap, period. I admire a man who can do that for it’s extremely rare. He needs to find the Lord, though. He has reached Solomon’s wisdom but needs to find the Lord for the complete solution.

[@RaphaelAlejandro]

It’s narcissism, it’s has always been. But now he’s even more delusional. He see proverty, but doesn’t realise he contributes to it by his actions and behaviours with employees.

[@clam_baked]

Just wondering how do you think he contributes to poverty? *not proverty*

[@rickagfoster]

How does he contribute to poverty? By firing useless employees? I think he did them a favour. It's on everyone to manage their own career in way to ensure they are competitive and useful.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

I don’t see one hint of narcissism in his behaviour. He dresses humbly, doesn’t preen himself; ok, so he’s had a hair transplant maybe. I’ve never heard him brag about how brilliant he is, and this is the first interview where he’s alluded to his considerable wealth. His only delusions have been things like thinking we can build bases on Mars within a decade or so. But, as the song goes “If you don’t have a dream, how’re ya gonna make a dream come true?”

[@rickagfoster]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 thank you for injecting some sanity here. I agree, Elon isn’t a narcissist, Trump certainly is. And Elon can’t stand Trump.

[@RaphaelAlejandro]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 he’s delusional about his knowledge which includes what he says about neuralink and what he says about being the one who knows the most in the whole world about manufacturing. He lies about many of his promises (from self driving, to acquisition of solar city and mars). He’s delusional with his own ideas (hyperloop and the bore company). He’s an absolute asshole with employees. He seems to be an asshole with wives too. I could keep going. There are plenty of examples. He lied about Asperger’s. he change the algorithm just so his tweets could have more exposure. I can keep going.

[@frenchyroastify]

Trusting Tesla's self driving steering reminds me of man's first attempts of flight when a French man jumped off the Eiffel tower with Batman style wings without a doubt in his mind there would not be failure.

[@sneezygibz6403]

Can confirm here, autopilot almost killed me

[@richardcoughlin8931]

I stopped using Autopilot when it tried to take a 90° turn from a highway into a private road at 50 miles an hour.

[@calicoesblue4703]

@@sneezygibz6403 I can't believe you really thought that crap would work.

[@larion2336]

They weren't "batman style wings", it was the worlds first parachute. And his popularisation of the concept led to the creation of the first working parachutes, which makes him a pioneer. This is what Musk is as well, you have to be willing to go against the overwhelming majority of mindless sheep who cling to the status quo at all times in order to achieve anything new.

[@frenchyroastify]

I guess those dead Tesla drivers are pioneers then. I didn't know car owners are also test pilots.@@larion2336

[@TomSeliman99]

He is doing fine. But this channel has made several wrong predictions I've noticed.

[@LuKiSCraft]

Yeah but I do agree with a lot of what WSM says. Twitter acquisition is (thus far) a disaster. The other companies? Not so much. They are actually doing great.

[@BlurryFace-zz2ro]

You're doing amazing work on this channel. I've watched 2 videos and youve got a new subscriber.

[@Kelfaless1]

To all the people posting on here about how you think WSM is wrong because you agree with Elon's political views or stated objectives for Twitter... do y'all remember the phrase 'facts don't care about your feelings?' Alienating wide swathes of your user base and especially the advertisers that make up 90% of your income is never going to be a good business move, regardless of the reasoning behind it. That's just reality. Yet this comment section is flooded with people who seem personally offended that WSM would point this out. Is Twitter going to un-bankrupt itself if it destroys 50,000 wokes or something?

[@mrb152]

I frankly don’t care. What I do care about is all of the people who think Musk is the worst rich person while defending the rest simply because musk is more openly eccentric and open about his beliefs. Half of the billionaires would opt for an authoritarian oligarchy where they control every aspect of your life, but for some reason people are angry about a libertarian who runs twitter poorly. People’s priorities are fucked.

[@poorrandall8982]

im more disappointed that WSM is a typical libtard than anything

[@duncanmaddox6688]

IMHO The most telling thing he said was... "Youre gonna try and blackmail me...!?" Its not blackmail, its business. And its not about him its about Twitter / X. But in his mind its always all about him!

[@WhiteWolfos]

What I find funny is that you probably don't realize you're under a left style channel that uses a bot voice loosely trained on daily dose of the internet 😂

[@kant12]

It's so weird thinking your site is owed advertisers.

[@johnnyjitsu7014]

don’t think it’s tragic I think it’s comical

[@FitzyD5]

I hope this starts spelling the end for the belief in our system being a meritocracy. Making money doesn’t mean you are smart, it means you are willing to treat people however you want to make money and climb on their backs. The few people who are successes while treating people right are amazing, but they generally don’t reach into even the top 10k richest people in the US. Think your regional and local businesses still connected to their employees and community. This guy was just a contrarian that was rich to start and lucky.

[@LuKiSCraft]

There is no perfect meritocracy. But that doesn't mean capitalism shouldn't exist. It is, after all, the most efficient way to allocate resources. That said, capitalism needs a referee. Government should be the referee and regulations are the rules.

[@nikitaovt159]

lol, you really think he accidentally ended up being involved in some of the most important companies today (Tesla, space x, PayPal, open ai) just because he’s an asshole, I’d love to see you try

[@CommanderRiker0]

Standard socialist garbage. Someone is richer than you therefore they are a bad person. Same logic Mao used to kill 10’s of thousands of people.

[@philliptemple9841]

He wasn't rich or lucky. You need to read up more. Phillip.

[@mrb152]

Reflexive musk haters are just as dumb as his most ardent cultists.

[@alliu6562]

“Radical Silicon Valley leftists” is like one of the funniest ways to describe a bunch of trust fund babies lmao the furthest left those guys go is taking a left on a red light

[@chimchim2_]

"left on a red light" 😂

[@Deriv44]

Elon Musk is just the richest brat in the world.

[@gund89123]

Advertisers have right to choose where they want to spend their money. Welcome to free market.

[@burstingwizard975]

As if we have a free market...

[@lnostdal]

Musk has the right to tell advertisers that make nasty demands to get lost. Welcome to the free market.

[@TheRonster1957]

The advertisers are just taking instructions from BlackRock and Vanguard. How would you like your predatory, collusive behaviour served ?

[@unclvinny]

“Kick Nazis off your platform, or, if you can’t do that, at least don’t put my ads next to them” isn’t exactly a nasty demand.

[@nkugwamarkwilliam8878]

We have a saying in Uganda that the more money a man has the more his manhood starts to ich so he becomes unstable also shouting probably the same is happening to elon Musk

[@aes0p895]

Not tragic. Tragic is watching the entire world get conned. SpaceX is the only project he's ever had major influence on in that isn't terrible.

[@hgm8337]

News just in: Space X is terrible.

[@buzzvuzz]

@@hgm8337 what happened with space x?

[@rock3tcatU233]

SpaceX loses money on every commercial rocket launch...

[@aes0p895]

@@rock3tcatU233 I'm loathe to defend them, but that's pretty standard in some industries, and was definitely true of NASA pretty much throughout its lifetime. Takes a while to get positive cash flow. Anyway I would prefer they fail as well (I don't think space should be privatized) but as of now they're doing okay.

[@medes5597]

Based on Walter Issacsons book, he didn't have much influence and the people who work there spend a lot of time trying to keep Elon busy so he can't interfere with anything important.

[@br9377]

I remember in 2014 I looked up so much to this guy. The old saying “never meet your heroes” is magnified 1000x in the age of social media

[@fubar12345]

Social media has proven to be the most effective form of propaganda ever devised. Very few people have independent thoughts on issues anymore, people just go along with whatever beliefs get them the most upvotes. Of course the evidence is everywhere that upvotes are manipulated constantly. You only need look at the scammer comments in this very comment section - see how they have hundreds of upvotes. It all means nothing now. Do yourself a favour: Unplug. Turn off. Spend more time with people face to face, with the people you love. Spend time in nature, eat well, exercise and sleep well. Choose a happier life.

[@wellbi]

I bought his first biography written by Ashlee Vance in 2015. From that time until the manned Demo-2 flight, I really rooted for Elon and what he does. But it was really hard to be a fan of his in the last couple of years. I still hope he will be able to pull off what he said is his plan, but for quite some time now I have rooted for his endeavors, not partially because of him (As in the past.), but despite him.

[@mfdu84]

I read somewhere a while back that Musk gets by on very little sleep. I can't help but feel that (mixed with drug use) is not working wonders for his mental acuity, which may help at least partially explain what is going on with him

[@kenon6968]

He wouldn't be the first guy to go on a post-divorce bender

[@shadow1up]

Lmfao you pulled that "mix with drug use" far deep from your ass 😂

[@rhobot75]

Plus Narcissism, do-gooder Narcissism. And with all respect, you read it, it does not mean it's true. No one knows how much sleep anyone gets short of sleeping with them night after night. A lot of golly gee whiz reporting by fawning journalists and tv magazines over the years. He did not get where he got without a lot of help from media. Cheers.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

He reminds me of someone that I know very well whose diet consists of a high dose of Zoloft and endless cups of all sorts of herbal tea. Constantly busy, but cannot stand not to be controlling something, every minute of the day. That SSRI induced "the whole world depends on me" way of thinking is a real thing.

[@mfdu84]

@@rhobot75 I went back and looked at the articles in question, and that information came from Musk himself. He only very recently acknowledged how bad it was for him and he's upped it to six hours a night.

[@uselessDM]

The question with Musk was always how much was his idea and how much was the idea of the people he hired. I mean most of his ideas are frankly stupid and even with the ones that work he mostly had very good timing and good marketing and that's about it. I think deep inside he knows that he hasn't really achived anything of substance because of his own intellect or great business sense and that's why he grows more and more frustrated, especially after that Twitter deal went so south for him. Of course I don't know him, so this is all pure speculation, but I can't really see him being happy with where he is personally.

[@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii]

You seem to be mixing up vision and ideas. Musk is a visionary not the 'ideas' man.

[@harleyfdxc]

Says the one who is a failure at everything.

[@azhp42069]

I'm not a Musk defender by any means but it's worth pointing out that for the crash talked about at 23:09, investigators found a portable DVD player in the wreckage which was still playing Harry Potter, so it's possible the man was not paying attention at all to the road when he T-boned the semi. The man unfortunately trusted too much in the technology.

[@LuKiSCraft]

Yeah, exactly. And he was using basic autopilot, not FSD. Basic autopilot does not receive frequent updates. It is, also, free.

[@epicrotfl7017]

Yeah, but it’s also worth considering that Musk has been calling this a “full self driving” system for so long that it’s not unlikely that someone would just assume the car is perfectly autonomous.

[@LuKiSCraft]

@@epicrotfl7017 I agree that regulators should force them to rename it to "Advanced Driver Assist" or "Advanced Autopilot" or something like that. Until it is actually L4 autonomy. But I am fairly confident that it will, ultimately, become FSD. Just might take a while (certainly a lot longer than Musk has predicted, lmao)

[@azhp42069]

@@epicrotfl7017 I assume that the dude mentioned in the video, who was running a channel showing off his autopilot in every video would know the car is not perfectly autonomous, but I agree that in general, Musk's statements are incredibly dangerous and irresponsible.

[@novadea1643]

The system is touted as full self driving in pretty much all material and every time Elon talks about it, yes you should be keeping your hands on the wheel and paying attention 100% of the time to be ready to take over from the car making mistakes... at which point you might as well be driving yourself and not worry about the car suddenly doing something unexpected like blasting under a semi. Also nice way to ignore that an exact same kind of incidents have happened afterwards, because a suitably colored semi in front of a Tesla will just seem like open sky to it and it'll blast straight thought it.

[@Merle1987]

Disney is kind of tanking, if you haven't noticed.

[@stevenkothenbeutel448]

Yup Disney is face planting pretty hard at the moment

[@azzajohnson2123]

Go woke, go broke!

[@gotseoul123]

Disney...the largest media company in the world is doomed. Better go grab those $5 puts ASAP 😂

[@bewing77]

No it isn’t. It’s stock value is almost exactly what it was a year ago and slightly below what it was five years ago. It had a peak 2020 to early 2022, similar to many other media corporations and has dropped since then, but it’s not at all “tanking”.

[@ianispress1430]

great reporting... we should always remember...daddy was a prat....apple didnt fall far from the tree with the son..

[@oldschoolben438]

Yes he hates his father but has become him.

[@thedeadbatterydepot]

Never let a computer drive for you, the control of your own life is in your hands, read your insurance coverage policy.

[@cafepwnage]

Elon Musk is a dream salesman but delivers only nightmares.

[@NothingIsKnown00]

Musk’s big mistake was thinking he could simultaneously be 4chan and Facebook. The truth is, you can be either unregulated or massively profitable.

[@youtux2]

11:50 jesus christ, that man is seriously deluded, and the worst part is he really seems to be believing it, not simply being arrogant.

[@gund89123]

Musk forgot to say how many companies are buying carbon credits from Tesla and what % of Tesla’s revenue is from selling carbon credits.

[@harrydent8182]

About 1.8%..

[@trod5902]

you have been fact checked sir. any response?

[@trod5902]

he aint gonna respond @@harrydent8182

[@LuKiSCraft]

It's actually a lot less $ than you think. And Tesla also defers revenue from FSD, so the vast majority of that is not being counted in cash flows, either. Tesla is actually extremely profitable regardless of external influences (unlike X, lmfao)

[@kenon6968]

The list of successful American automakers founded postwar is exactly one company long (2 if you count Kaiser), gotta give him that

[@oksanayermolenko7173]

So if the company fails it will be because of the advertisers and not because he lost the advisers

[@Antonio-Russell]

Because they decided to leave and virtue signal upon the takeover and exposure of the FBI.

[@micksylvestre2887]

The ultra-rich are not regarded to be "normal," and their impression of poverty alone is often viewed and acted upon with such apathy and exploitation.

[@gr8danemom98]

he's killing X. don't disagree with him there, you will get blocked forever!!

[@lukang72]

His views are actually right

[@Beverly-e5v]

This was the Moment Elon became a 'GOD' thank the gods for Elon Musk

[@PersimmonHurmo]

holy fucking shit this man is more unhinged each time i see him he really needs to be humbled for his own sake

[@BranislavB-hx9zy]

From white nationalists and antisemitic conspiracy theorists, Musk is now eagerly engaging with the far right in the UK and Germany. Musk’s grandfather J. N. Haldeman, whom he presents as a risk-taking adventurer and whose politics he dismisses as “quirky.” In fact, Haldeman was a pro-apartheid, antisemitic conspiracy theorist who blamed much of what bothered him about the world on Jewish financiers.

[@brawnbenson552]

You need to pay attention when using driver aids. That means looking straight ahead, being ready to take the wheel or use the brakes. DO NOT watch movies, text or sleep. You and only you are responsible for the safety of yourself and those around you.

[@canttakeanymore]

Aren't geniuses supposed to be good at math? The population of auto accidents, if Elon was being honest, would be self-driving cars using autopilot at the time with fatalities. I'd like to know what percentage those 42 fatalities was of how many cars using the self-driving feature. Really good video.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Elon is a shithead at math.

[@joetreadonme]

I love all the fake math..."if you assume these ten figures i completely fabricated and you assume that for some reason the report was based on a flawed methodology then my conclusions are true.". Hahaha

[@Studeb]

Excellent video, now the simps will attack you forever though.

[@millenialmusings8451]

Haha yeah. Just check the comments. All muskrats are attacking him lol

[@LiterallyJustAnActualPotato]

Wow. One of the cringiest interviews I’ve ever seen. Seeing people his age have such low maturity and emotional regulation always gives me so much existential anxiety. I don’t want to live my whole entire life with the maturity of a middle schooler, but the resources and responsibilities of an adult. I’m not even sure people like that have the self awareness to resolve it. Even if they suddenly developed the awareness, then they realize they’ve spent their whole lives that way 😩 what a nightmare… the only anecdote/prevention for that level of immaturity/delusion is maintaining a totally honest standard of personal accountability and healthy humility.

[@mrb152]

Oh did he offend Bob Iger, your favorite billionaire?

[@thegrumpydeveloper]

Twitter won’t go away it’ll just get sold for closer to what it’s worth

[@guydreamr]

Which, given its track record of near zero profitability, is next to nothing.

[@phebelle04]

It’s called X.

[@guydreamr]

@@phebelle04 *Karen alert*

[@thegrumpydeveloper]

@@phebelle04 it’s worth more as Twitter. X would be good for a porn site perhaps.

[@bogatyr2473]

​@@phebelle04it's Twitter.

[@allhailderpfestor4839]

I wonder whether he was visionary changed by money and power or always like this and just hid himself well until last few years. But its funny and sad to see how one of richest and most influencial person on Earth has been going down shithole last few years.

[@Mehwhatevr]

these men die doing what they love. Driving a Tesla with auto pilot on. It's the way they would've wanted to go

[@althunder4269]

EVs do not help the environment. They just shift emissions from the tailpipe to other areas.

[@LuKiSCraft]

The emissions per mile are still much lower for an EV than for an ICE car. But yes, the emissions are not zero. I'll certainly agree with that.

[@jeffberwick]

EVs DO help the environment. They need to be driven more than about 13K miles to be ahead of ICE cars in terms of lifetime CO2 emissions. Also the grid gets cleaner over time so EVs are better and better. Just wish someone other than ***king Elon were as successful at making them work in the real world.

[@LuKiSCraft]

@@jeffberwick yeah and 30% of US emissions comes from transportation. So even if the grid was 100% renewable, that would only solve 70% of the problem without EV's. EV's are a necessary piece of the puzzle.

[@althunder4269]

@@jeffberwick automobiles create 8% of global carbon emissions so EVs are a solution to a non-existent problem. China and India are burning coal at ever increasing rates. EVs consume metals from mining at exorbitant levels (copper, nickel etc.) which creates more GGE than producing an ICE car. EVs are just virtue signalling. There are so many issues with EV cars that they are not worth the effort.

[@cherubin7th]

Tragic, but not as tragic as the plebs who think voting makes a difference.

[@ybergik]

I wouldn't buy a car from him, but I do appreciate his attitude of not letting himself being controlled (or blackmailed as he put it) by advertisers - that's the right attitude.

[@Preetvnd]

the "right attitude " is to blame others for not giving you money. ok kid

[@jahjoeka]

Not smart business. This is not some school yard bullying, this is $44 billion dollars.

[@tattletalestrangler8084]

It's good to have a spine. But this is a $44 billion dollars business we are talking about here. And 25% of that 44 billion elon borrowed from the bank with 1+ billion dollars interest each year. When owning a business, you have to cater to your customers. Moreover, like it or not there are people whose savings and livelihood depends on twitter. This might also negatively affects other companies that elon owns.

[@r3dp1ll]

@@Preetvnd so he shoulf be a prostitute ? You guys have no spine. There's more to life than making money.

[@Preetvnd]

@@r3dp1ll so dramatic

[@mbg9650]

If 499 cies out of S&P 500 no more advertise on X, it must mean something...

[@alaakela]

Disney blames ppl for not watching their movies. Twitter blames advertisers for not advertising. FFS take responsibility for your business. You CEOs yup about free market (there isn't any bc you fixed it for yourself) and capitalism. But when you can't succeed (fix market for your benefit) than it's everyone else's fault but yours. Go take your own advice, Elon.

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

I agree %100 with Elon Musk he will get richer nothing to worry. X will soon become a very rich company.

[@RaycrowX]

Thanks for presenting a non-political video with all claims backed up with facts. That’s refreshing these days. Nice work ❤

[@MrPDawes]

These are not facts. Most of this is largely taken out of context.

[@RaycrowX]

@@MrPDawes A statement stripped of context can still be a fact. But anyway, what is the missing context? I will read it in good faith if you provide it.

[@RaycrowX]

@synfiguring I have no allegiance to WSM nor is he my sole source of news. What did he get wrong?

[@gs8323]

Watching Elon torch anything he touches as the false facade of tech-genius fades away from his public persona, gives me a a vey deep sense of schadenfreude.

[@daveroche6522]

Todays fun fact - 'epicaricacy' is the English word for schadenfreude. You're welcome!

[@LiterallyJustAnActualPotato]

@@daveroche6522didn’t expect to find a cool new vocab word here, but I’m glad I did! Thank you!

[@soki.gakiya]

@@daveroche6522 Interesting, wikipedia mentions there's no direct translation, but your definition seems to be correct. Wikipedia: "It is a borrowed word from German, with no direct translation,"

[@GizelleQuant]

@@daveroche6522ooh! 👀

[@portiasnowdon9443]

Not sure it’s tragic but it is an implosion 😂

[@colim2595]

Its tragic because people viewed him as a messiah. Its an indictment of society.

[@Anon282828]

good piece of analysis and reporting! thank you & keep it up!

[@nived3211]

Building consumer trust is better than short term advertisement revenue.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Correction: He was the world's richest man briefly a few years ago due to absurd stock valuations.

[@Astros-dz4bx]

He still is. SpaceX was valued at $180 billion recently.

[@LuKiSCraft]

? He is still worth over $200B. Did you not realize that?

[@mikegilbert2329]

Musk is the P. T. Barnum of this generation.

[@TheNaldiin]

Barnum embraced his reputation and could take a joke. Yeah, some shady business actions by both, but gotta say the humbug deserves better comparison.

[@lo-fidevil2950]

Tbf the zombie apocalypse comment is on point. Have you seen downtown SF lately?

[@icemanleo]

Great Video champ!

[@tossed_about]

Elon has had serious personality problems for a long time (see posts by his ex-wife and others). These problems can get much worse as people age and the problems remain untreated or otherwise unresolved. Rich people can fail to see the seriousness of their problems as their money convinces them they are a genius at everything. They also get surrounded by 'yes men' who fail to make them aware of obvious shortcomings and generally pander to their 'genius at everything' view of themselves. If you think Elon is crazy now .. watch this space as he ages further !!

[@arizonajoe6813]

The sarcasm dripping off this video is a true chef's kiss. Well done!

[@LeoCesar-yr1wp]

That guy is just another very stable "genius" winer, that loves to be worship it by brainless fanboys.

[@ageoflove1980]

It seems to me he bought Twitter purely out of spite and he is now paying for the consequences. Combine that with all the overpromising (or even false advertising, who knows?) Tesla and SpaceX made to investors, it seems everything is just falling apart.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Les Knight is a RARE GENIUS who says FUCK YOU to musk and breeders like him.

[@phebelle04]

It’s all so perfectly representative of our times.

[@mattpierre891]

Happens all the time- someone with a small, damaged personality gets too big, too fast implodes.

[@defundhollywood3259]

I'm kind of witnessing that on a small scale IRL... it's very true for a certain personality type.

[@losfromla1480]

Small? He's like 6'4", not small at all. He's got a big guy personality.

[@WhiteWolfos]

All I see is signs of lack of sleep, body tiredness and thoughts bouncing around. Perhaps behavior boosted by caffeine which is surprisingly common in people who juggle several involved businesses/hobbies/projects.

[@mrb152]

Musk has a big personality. Musk derangement syndrome is wild.