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If you really hate Elon Musk, I have two words for you. "Thanks Obama"
Every single aspect of Elon's "success" has been heavily subsidized or paid for by the US government (aka, tax payers).
EDIT: It seems the "Thanks Obama" meme has fallen into obscurity. It is an older joke in which everything was blamed on Obama, no matter how far fetched. I even used italics.
The point of my comment is that Elon is the biggest "welfare" beneficiary in history. All of his businesses would be a financial failure without billions of dollars in grants, benefits and contracts from the government, and that he's been sucking on that government teet since Obama was in office. In fact, it was Obama who saved Tesla, hence the 'Thanks Obama" joke. Even Obama is aware and why the crashing Teslas scene is in the Netflix movie he produced. Now Elon is looking for federal assistance to block his competition.
Obama did not make Elon a narcissist cry baby now did he?
Everybody is to blame but the gang of assholes that swarmed them.
On the contrary, Obama was an intelligent, well-spoken black (shudder) person that wore tan once. It's obviously his fault.
What is this L take my guy?
Elon was loved by every forward facing democratic liberalism / é o-conscious person for years.
You cannot read people's hearts or minds except from how they act.
And I did not see any favist/overreaching actions, even the actual delusion of grandeur, when Obama was president.
On the contrary.
And if I remember correctly Obama told him off in multiple instances.
Did everyone really forget about the "Thanks Obama" joke? Anyway, I clarified my point in the edit.
If a crook steals a watch, you gonna jail the crook or jail the guy who makes timex?
read my edit
We know the "joke." But that wasn't what you were doing. You are actually literally blaming Obama.
Sure. That's why I put it in quotes AND italics. Let's also ignore the context that Elon is once again begging the federal government to save his ass.
The joke didn't land. I'll take that L.
Well maybe you don't get the joke then... It's meant to be sarcastic. So when you're actually earnestly blaming Obama for something, it doesn't read as a joke anymore.
If I was earnestly blaming Obama, I wouldn't have purposely phrased it and typed it the way I did.
I was too subtle and it didn't land. It happens.
Found another uneducated one.
This very much ignores that there are tangible benefits from the successes of SpaceX’s engineers and scientists.
Also, who’s this Elon guy? He sounds like a twat.
Everything SpaceX is doing and has done could have been done by NASA had NASA been given the equivalent funds and leeway. This has been covered multiple times in many interviews of NASA scientists and engineers. Simply put, NASA cannot afford and is not allowed to take risks. They are not allowed to blow up ships over Florida and the Caribbean until they figure it out. They used to be allowed, but not anymore.
Probably done better since there is no profit motive.
I don’t disagree with that