Hey Redleg,
I guess I can understand what you are saying. I mean, now we all know what a HORRIBLE human being Steve Jobs was (at least if you take into account how he treated people around him on a daily basis.... and that is just for starters).
And we also now realize how Harvey Weinstein was thoroughly brilliant in producing movies as he simultaneously acted like a selfish pig towards women (even though the vast majority of women who turned on him were more than willing to “sell” their bodies to get into movie roles, etc.).
So maybe Musk will prove to be more consequential than any of those other people - as he plays his PR game and looks for new ways to get money from the US gov’t and states and cities.
But to me the most consequential people in America are the ones who helped to get Trump elected as President.
You see, even though Trump is a “deeply flawed” person, that is true of all people.
But with Trump you get someone who is working for the good of America and Americans. I am not sure you can say the same about Musk, or Zuck, or Jobs, or Bezos
As I said this morning on another thread, the “Principled Conservative” is the reliable, secret weapon of the Left.
I see the criticism of Musk as more yapping of the “Principled Conservative”.
I grew up, inspired towards a career in engineering by the early efforts of the space race. I see SpaceX as a way of salvaging some of this generation who are being so betrayed by the public education racket. Some will be inspired to reach and SpaceX will be one of the platforms for them.
We stand on the shoulders of giants who went before us!
Yeah, all the Steve Jobs groupies poo-pooh the fact that he denied his own daughter. His daughter and her mother that he abandoned were living in abject poverty in an apartment in the worst part of town when he had $50 million in the bank. He was putting out press releases that she was a shyster and a gold-digger. He saw his daughter for the 2nd time when she was 13, that’s the kind of great guy he was. If I was an immediate relative, I would’ve caught him coming out his front door to go to work and kneecapped him.
I’ve heard some stories about Musk firing people on the spot for things that were never their fault but he still isn’t half the skunk that Steve Jobs was. Job 1: put Tesla out of its misery, it’s a money pit. Legitimate car makers are laughing at the rookie mistakes, it’s a glorified golf cart that nobody wants.