xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B

Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by nmisty920 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @12:31AM (#43512741)

I have no opinion about Musk or Trump. I just want to give counter-examples to your claims: Saddam Hussain, Mussoloni, Ceausescu. At the peak of their power, they all seemed untouchable. Would they even have thought, when they were ruling their countries, that one day their fortunes would turn?

Quoting Gandhi: "There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Always."

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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by kelnos on Saturday March 29, 2025 @01:52AM (#43513108)

I think if we look around the world we can find plenty of counterexamples to Ganhi's quote.

Sure, they always "fall" in the sense that they're not immortal and they'll eventually die, but it's often (usually?) the case that a family member or some sort of protege steps up to fill their shoes.

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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by muragekibicho on Saturday March 29, 2025 @03:11AM (#43513467)

The first counteraxample that comes to mid is Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator. He murdered, pillaged and lived out the rest of his years (happily and luxuriously) in Saudi Arabia.

He lived "in a villa rented for him by the government of Saudi Arabia in the posh Al Hamra district". https://www.dawn.com/news/135283/idi-amin-led-quiet-life-in-...

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