• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    But that’s the thing and it’s the reason why the praise for him always went way too far- he funded the Falcon 9. He didn’t help design it. He’s an investor, not an inventor. I wish people understood that even if they admired him.

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      1 year ago

      Clarification, he didn’t fund falcon 9. Other investors funded it. He just takes all the praise.

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      1 year ago

      You highlight a very important distinction my friend. Any rich asshole can fund something. It doesn’t make you smart, it just makes you loaded with capital.

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      Yes, the wording was very deliberate. Has to be when the subject isn’t entirely good or entirely evil.