• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    He's going to get people killed because he's trying hard to look like a good billionaire. He wants to distract the public from the Twitter dumpster fire he alone is responsible for. I hate to say it but in at least the short term - it will work.

    • cawsby [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Remember: Tesla was founded by two engineers with PhDs. Musk bought it and fired the founders.

        • booty [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I also heard that. I wonder how far it goes, though. Surely even if the original founders can't advertise themselves as "Founder of Tesla" they could accurately say, "I founded Tesla" if anyone asks. Surely you can't sign away the right to accurately describe an event which is public knowledge.

          • minilogue [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            This is essentially the plot of The Founder, about Ray Croc taking control of mcdonalds