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I would like to remind everyone, as people seem to keep forgetting, Tesla means nothing to Elon. It could go to zero and it wouldn't affect him.
Twitter, or X, means nothing to Elon. It could collapse and shut down and it wouldn't affect him.
SpaceX is his baby. Nothing even comes close. Starlink alone guarantees he will always be one of the richest men in the world.
That's a testable hypothesis: burn Tesla, Twitter, SpaceX etc to the ground. We can measure his reaction to each, and compare.
No, he cares for Twitter.
SpaceX lets him pretend he's some great tech genius, but Twitter is what gives him the validation he craves. All the pro-Elon bots and stans there who fellate him feed his narcissistic desire to be loved.
That's why he "sold" Twitter to xAI. So if Tesla does tank hard enough and he gets margin called, he can't be forced to sell Twitter to cover it.
If Elon is such a genius, let's see him stream Kerbal Space Program. I would love to see him get to Mun and back.
Given his track record with real rockets and real rocket scientists, I would consider it a win for him to make it off the launchpad and back in one piece. 😂
Now this is a stream I would enjoy watching. I have the KSP platinum on PS4, I know exactly how difficult this is.
In fact, since it's his big fantasy, let's see a Duna return trip.
realistically, if that were to happen, any other company interested in an acquisition would have valued it pennies on the dollar
Then why did he ask Trump to shill Teslas for him? He definitely cares, for narcissistic ego reasons if not financial ones.
That's fine, let's still take down Tesla for good measure
He leveraged his Tesla stock to buy Twitter. If the stock drops below a certain price, the banks will confiscate the stock. If it's not enough to cover, they'll confiscate Twitter.
But maybe I'm wrong. I would love to find out either way.
That's why he "sold" Twitter to xAI. It's no longer "his", so he can't be forced to sell it. Loopholes within loopholes, it's the billionaire way.
Not exactly I’m pretty sure he’s using his stocks as collateral for lots of stuff.
He's a huge buy, borrow, die financial strategy guy.
I hear what you are saying, but I still like to see Nazis hurt.
Let’s make Tesla a penny stock.
Yup, this is why we need to either nationalize Starlink or just shut it down completely. This isn't something a single private company should have control of.
Isn't this a ponzi sceme? He uses his starlink as his SpaceX customer. Without Starlink, SpaceX would be a lot less profitable.
Which is probably why he wants to hollow out NASA and have SpaceX take their place.
I swear this was the plot of a Dan Brown novel.
One at a time. Patience is a virtue