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Re:Elon’s Out by molticrystal on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:24PM (#32040277)
> One of his hobbies is that he sometimes likes to pretend that he will acquire public companies...He seems to find this fun....When Musk pretended in 2018 that he was going to take Tesla Inc. private, he had to pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission a $20 million fine and stop being the chairman of Tesla’s board.

One past example doesn't make a hobby, and I wonder if SEC interference had any impact small or large on the privatization failing. Not to add to the defense to Musk, but deals fall through all the time when scrutiny is applied to them, whether exterior or interior.

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Re:Elon’s Out by KKdU9EXbBhmLznR on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:58PM (#32040503)
You're right, they should've said that his hobby is just pretending things in general. He enjoys very much being Nelson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo].

The "SEC interference", as you called it, came long after he had his Nelson moment in that case. (A more accurate name for it might be "SEC slap-on-the-wrist", because it was both completely ineffective and entirely deserved.)

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