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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by kibwen on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:24PM (#40422456)
Once you have enough money for you and your children to live comfortably for the rest of your lives without lifting a finger, there is no risk whatsoever to spending whatever money you have left over. At no point was Elon Musk ever risking his comfort or the future of his family's financial well-being, unlike actual rags-to-riches entrepreneurs with skin in the game and actual consequences for failure.
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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by WalterBright on Monday May 20, 2024 @11:46PM (#40423879)
If you read his biography, he was at one point within 4 hours of being reduced to a net worth of about $100,000.

He risked everything he had.

He also came to this country with nothing but a suitcase, slept in youth hostels, and took sanitation jobs to support himself.

He's exactly the classic American self-made zillionaire industrialist.

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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by mensetmanusman on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:31PM (#40422521)
This applies to every billionaire and millionaire, he risked a larger percentage of his wealth than 99% of them.
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