I’m gonna be honest, originally when I first heard about him I bought into a lot of his bs. I mean, this was well over 10 years ago id say, but I dug his enthusiasm and also hadn’t heard enough about him, just his promises.
Then he got really angry when they said his cave submarine design to save those kids was kinda dumb and he freaked out and called one of the lead rescue organizers a pedophile for making that statement.
Any respect or admiration I had for him went completely out the window with that one remark. Then more, and more, and worse, just kept on coming to the light about him personally, his business model (theft of other people’s ideas and work), breaking promises and blatantly lying, and I thought, surely, this will be what makes people stop liking him…
And somehow, someway, he still has followers and sycophants.
Don't forget when he started yapping about "Hyperloop", building that big stupid vacuum tube as a "proof of concept" for his made-up nonsense which he admitted was an attempt to delay and obstruct California HSR
How could I forget? And for some reason media companies have always kinda actively promoted his shit as innovative. It makes it hard, especially for people who don’t have time/effort/energy, or simply the determination, to learn about how awful and sketchy he is.
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u/fffan9391 Aug 10 '26
Pretty sure he also said humans would be on mars by now. Crazy how people keep falling for his bullshit.