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by adityamwagh 50 days ago
And somehow he’s worth $655B. Pays to lie I guess haha.
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Lying is a competitive advantage, yes. Why do you think companies have marketing budgets?
Didn't Musk famously shutter Tesla's marketing department two years ago, nearly to the day?[1] It seems it's quite possible to lie effectively, repeatedly, and pervasively even without a marking department. Maybe Musk is just that good.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/tesla-cut...

They shuttered a marketing department -- the Content Growth team -- and Tesla still has marketing teams around the world.
The army of YouTube stock pumpers didn't appear spontaneously. There's a budget for that.