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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by masklinn on Friday August 17, 2018 @07:52AM (#17782068)
> The VC chose the best CEO (which happened to be himself) for the company, in the best interest of the company, its employees and its shareholders.

In the same way Dick Cheney chose the best VP (which happened to be himself).

> History absolves him.

History absolves nothing. We've got no idea whatsoever how Tesla would have fared without a self-aggrandising marketer at the helm.

Chances are it might have killed fewer people.

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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by gliboc on Friday August 17, 2018 @08:46AM (#17782364)
What the fuck ? You might as well call Musk a murderer. What a crippling bias you have there.
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Re:Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’... by masklinn on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:00AM (#17782452)
Tesla released a half-baked lane detection system and essentially marketed it as autonomous self-driving, completely in line with Musk's usual MO. Saying so is not bias, let alone crippling.
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