Well he definitely didn’t design EVs, rockets, or brain interface technology. The engineers he employs did. He just took their work, sold it, then gave them a slice of the pie and kept the rest.
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DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 day agolol Hmmm, I wonder how he became a multi-billionaire. Maybe he just sat around shitposting on Lemmy, complaining about rich people, and doing nothing. Ya think that’s how he made all that money?
ZebulonP@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 day ago
The engineers he employs did.
And notice how he’s a billionaire and they are not. Seems like he had to have some skills to do that.
Be pissed all you want. He’s more successful than you because he worked harder than you. Accept it.
ZebulonP@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He steals his employees labor to make himself rich. That’s the shameful part. It’s plainly obvious him and all other billionaires do that.
I genuinely don’t care if someone is more successful than me. I’m successful myself. That only means they can live a good life, which I want for everyone. I’m only concerned with being better than I was yesterday, not getting a dopamine hit from trolling.
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 day ago
He steals his employees labor to make himself rich.
Then why do the employees keep letting him do that? Why do do many people want to work for him?
gimmelemmy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
we all KNOW how he made that money
Although, I’m pretty sure none of that matters to you, because the only thing that matters is that he has that money, right?
Maybe one day he’ll share some of that with you and you can both take your yachts to a lovely Caribbean island. Sounds nice, huh?
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 day ago
we all KNOW how he made that money
Oh, so tell us how he made billions.
Maybe one day he’ll share some of that with you and you can both take your yachts to a lovely Caribbean island. Sounds nice, huh?
That’d be sweet. But I’m retired and I travel and have fun plenty on my own, even tho I’m not rich. So I’ll be just fine. I don’t have to work for the rest of my life.
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
Sure it had nothing to do with being born rich?
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Was he born a billionaire?
And you know, there are plenty of people who got rich without being born rich as well. Takes skills. Be mad all you want, but it’s true.
And no, you don’t deserve any of their money and it’s anyone’s right to be a millionaire or billionaire if they wanna be. No one is going to eat the rich, no matter how much Lemmy wants that to happen. There will be no revolution against rich people. lmao
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
I don’t know how much he was born with, but if you have enough money to buy successful companies, then that’s a good strategy. It’s not rocket surgery though and not an option for too many. Self made people are admirable but I wouldn’t put Musk in that category. Billionaires have certainly profited from the labor of many exploited people. I suppose that is a skill but one that harms others.
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 day ago
So you don’t even know how much money he was born with, but you jumped in to infer that him being born rich was the reason he’s the richest person in the world?!
Some info: He didn’t grow up in poverty, and there was no wealthy benefactor that helped him become what he is today. But he did live comfortably with his parents and siblings. Elon grew up in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa. He later moved to Canada, where he acquired citizenship.
Despite eventually building a career as a giant in the tech field, Elon worked random jobs in Saskatchewan. He also attended Queen’s University in Ontario while he lived in Canada. In 1995, he moved to the United States to attend Stanford University and, from there, his education flourished and his career eventually began.
Elon became a millionaire when he was 28 years old. He sold his company Zip2 to Compaq and received $22 million for his ownership in the company. But, as many know now, Elon’s career didn’t stop there or lay stagnant after his company was acquired. Instead, he continued to work toward something bigger.
Wikipedia is your friend.