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People of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good. (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Elon Musk. Without him, electric cars wouldn't be the almost-mainstream thing they are today. We also would be a decade behind on space launch.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wrong

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Care to explain ? Everyone knows hes not the founder but without elon Tesla won't be what its today.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what is it today? a bunch of garbage cars that record you and send the recordings to tesla employees to laugh at and get you in an accident when you use their bullshit autopilot?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

True but thats for you and me but for people who are ignorant and don't care about their personal data, for them , its a car from heaven that Jesus itself drives

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Made electric cars 'almost-mainstream'

Launched some spacecraft

Who does this help, exactly? I mean directly?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now name everything bad Elon did!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You asked to name a billionaire that has done anything good. That is not a good thing in your view then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Tesla (which he did not start) sells luxury electric cars, exactly the opposite of "mainstream".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'll give him Space X pushed us forward but Tesla existed without him. His contributions there may have happened anyways.