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by gscho 1039 days ago
Not the OP but we could mention that time where he called a hero a pedophile or when he bought twitter to promote free speech and then banned anyone who said negative things about him. No one human should have 260 billion dollars and be thought of as a good person unless they do a ton of philanthropy.
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Now, I'm not saying this is the case for Musk, but surely if a person that rich was heavily investing in technological research that resulted in positive feedback loops that benefitted humankind then they would be a pretty good person, right? Who was really a better person: Mother Teresa or Norman Borlaug?
greater then 259 billion dollars of philanthropy
None of this is objective
Objectively it is bad to defame and distract from a public servant rescuing kids from a cave.

(Objectively.)