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[Video] Elon Musk at the Davos peace summit: “I heard about the peace summit. I was like, P‑I‑E‑C‑E? A little piece of Greenland, a little piece of Venezuela.” (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 months ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How the fuck did this guy get rich let alone billions? He’s not clever. At all.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

His dad had an apartheid emerald mine, so born rich and raised by sociopaths

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

None of that is where his current fortune came from. That just gave him the ability to get to the US, via Canada, from South Africa.

The base of his fortune came from selling PayPal to eBay back in 2002.

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, actually it came from his brother starting a multimillion dollar business and give musk a handout with a job that regular joe would never get. His brother got the start up money from daddy. When it sold, musk got 22 million, which he then invested into PayPal. He did not start paypal, he was just an investor. Just like he did not start tesla, he was just an investor.

[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not quite - after selling Zip2 with his brother, Musk co-founded x.com which merged with Cofinity, the combined company becoming PayPal. Relevant Wikipedia page. And if he was just an

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

So, after he was given a handout most everyone would never get that made him a multimillionaire…

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

And he moved to a country where people who can't do basic math revere tech bros like Gods because they think their gadget is magic.

[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

What an absolute PIECE of human garbage

[–] weegee90@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Just casually "Mambo No. 5"ing the western hemisphere.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Man I can't wait for this dudes obituary

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

It’ll be a great day

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

Hahahahah. Ha. Haaaaaaaaaaayduejdkfhsjkskd

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago

What the fuck is that dickhead doing there?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

A missed opportunity for the crowd and host to be dead silent with a poker face.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

"A little bit of Adolf in my life..."

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I wonder if I'll ever see someone more lame in my lifetime.

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 3 points 3 months ago

The shadow moving up across the backdrop is like...what? A t-rex? Is this a clip that just ended too early? Right before impending doom? What's going on?

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This dude watched The Producers and said bet.