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He's just a real fucking melt. His worshippers see him as some kind of tech superhero, but he's really somewhere between Lex Luthor and Trump.
itsbruce-
His worshippers see him as some kind of tech superhero
I'll never understand this. To be fair, a lot of tech blogs etc. are also completely uncritically pushing that narrative, but still. Most of his 'ideas' are either shit, or not actually his ideas, or both. Not to mention that he is constantly seen as the personal embodiment of everything that his companies have built, as if the umpteen actual engineers working overtime were merely his little helpers.
What drives me really crazy though is his Hyperloop and even more his 'Loop' bullshit. I understand why it's popular in the US, it can't get much more American than the 'Loop', but the number of 'journalists' parroting the claimed benefits and numbers without any critical thinking at all is insane.
This is all completely independent of any character issues he might have, those are on top of this.
SwissChap
He's a real fuckin melt reading what he said yesterday and back tracked loads.