It's ludicrous how many people are convinced he's some kind of real-life Tony Stark and is going to lead us into a Star Trek future when the reality is most likely Blade Runner.

Musk is like someone who got an executive producer credit on a film for investing a bit of money in it, but then talks about it as though he wrote, directed, and edited the entire thing.

People born with a silverspoon in their mouth are so obsessed with pretending they are selfmade even though they had so much benefit from rich parents. Not just money but also contacts, friendships with other silverspoons and so on.

Musk and Bezos, being 2 of the wealthiest people, are indicative of the state of our society. Bezos' wealth exposes our predisposition with consumption and Musk's wealth shows our inability to think critically.

There is a great book from the 1990s called "The Honda Myth". It's a good book about how Honda Motor made its founder Soichiro Honda, to be some genius, that created a scrappy, clever startup. Only, none of it was true. I read that book many years ago, and the rise of Tesla and Musk very much reminds me of this thing at Honda, except on a much bigger scale. I find it strange that so many people need a hero to believe in, an illusion. Be your own hero.

Gotta love that quote: 'It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.' People are in such need for hero worship, that they blindly follow people like Musk when I wish they would just work on themselves.

"I sleep on the floor so I can experience worse than what my workers' situation is" Yeah, not really the same when your bank account is exploding. Having peace of mind is priceless. It's like the 'activists' who sleep outside for a week to 'experience' homelessness and think they're heroes for it.

It really hits home when you start to think about all the poor people in 3rd world countries, both children and adults that massive companies regularly exploit for their profits. So much of consumer culture relies on never questioning where anything comes from or how it was made. I wish these companies could at least stop pretending that they're in it to help people. The idea of them or their frontmen being 'relatable' is unsettling.

Apparently he’s a huge Deus Ex fan. The irony is he probably thinks of himself as JC Denton, when in reality he’s Bob Page.

The fact that he made those comments about the "workers" in his factory in China in a public forum really says it all.

I worked with a guy that was just the most naturally gifted narcissist sociopath I've ever met. Amongst his many talents for manipulation was a constant habit of putting himself into carefully chosen "difficult situations" and then going on and on about how hard he struggled through it for years and years afterward. At first it was like "Wow, that's tough. Good job." After a couple years it seemed suspicious, and after several it was just fucking nauseating watching him shop for the right situation to get into the middle of and then complain endlessly about how tough he had it, while people that hadn't already had the benefit of listening to YEARS of this bullshit were like "Oh wow you poor guy, you're so GREAT." I see the exact same patterns in Musk. I think his main motivator in life is being seen as great, and I think no amount of being that person will ever be enough, just like that guy I worked with. Up and up that ladder and still crushing people underfoot and using what they worked for to make himself look _AMAZING,_ and it's never ever enough. Think about this: When he's busy touting his latest innovation, are you ever in doubt that it's HIS innovation? Does he ever go out of his way to make it plain that HIS innovations are the result of hundreds, thousands of people working tirelessly to make these things a reality? Or do you always feel like it's his personal work because that's the image he's putting out there? This is a very Thomas Edison approach to success, NOT a Nikola Tesla approach.

I am gonna disagree with the "Elon isn't evil" comment. Evil isn't just moustache twirling. Its all the awful shit he condones/benefits from when it comes to terrible wages, harassing detractors, horrifying working conditions, and the perpetuation of an economic system that is actively killing the planet. If you pull yourself back and try to ignore all those feelings of "normalcy" that has been deeply set in societies across the world, you come to realize how truly fucked we all are because around 10,000 people in the last 200 years decided unchecked greed was the best choice. Now we are fully experiencing the consequences of these people's actions and it will likely be too late for any of them to suffer with us.

Elon has been backtracking on all his environmentalism claims. He has said in interviews that he doesn't think climate change will be as bad as scientists are predicting. He's very anti-public transportation even though improving public transit systems and city planning to get more people to ride buses, trains, ride bikes, and walk will reduce CO2 emissions more than switching all cars to electric. Plus it would have the added advantage of reducing the obesity rate.

His dad also bought him a 10 bedroom house in Canada for him at University when musk claims he got nothing

If Twitter is an important part of your life, I don't know how to help you. No matter who owns it.

This channel has made it obvious we should always be very suspicious of anyone with power or influence. Especially if they state they are saviours of some sort.

also, musk is not a scientist, he has a degree in buiseness and a TEACHING degree in physics, which helps to understand this stuff, but is NOT a scientific or a "real" physics/engineering degree (not saying those degrees are worthless, but they are for teaching, not for scientific research and expanding the field). what he is really good in is, hirering good scientists and taking credit for their work and firing them if something gives bad press

It's like "lol he smoked weed publicly once so he must be on the level!!!!" I'm convinced that's one of the main reasons why people like him, it's nothing to do with his apparent inventions and success, it's all to do with how he presents himself as just some guy, he doesn't wear corporate suits, he's flamboyant and different (in appearance) from the stereotype of a heartless billionaire so people think that makes him down to earth.

I overheard a conversation on a street corner between two rather neat and tidy young men, both looked very aspirational. One was speaking in awed tones about Neuralink, and how amazing its going to be in twenty year's time. I found myself recalling the words of the neurologist Frank Vertosick Jr, who was once told by a mentor of his, "Once the air hits your brain it's never the same." Looking further into this statement, Vertosick Jr elaborates: “to have the audacity to cut into a person’s brain without the slightest clue of his life, his occupation . . . I find that most simply appalling.” I also found myself thinking back to videos of neural implants from the 1960s. There doesn't seem to have been a lot of progress in this frontier of corporate colonisation: the installation of planned technological obsolescence into the human interiors. I felt rather sorry for these naively optimistic young men.

Musk has watched a bunch of bio-pics of rich respected people (Steve Jobs etc) and wants to be remembered like them. So he is doing a "self-start" bingo. "I slept on a coach" "I slept in an office" No; you are a billionaire because you invested in successful companies. You are not John Carmack.

"pretoria" sound exactly like "land of the praetor". I am South African, I live in a dystopian fascist nightmare. My father was an architect, the kind of guy musk's dad would hire. My dad was murdered for trying to build a hospital in a poor area for a reasonable price.

One of the other reasons Tesla has so much money is that they sell their excess pollution allotment to other car manufacturers, ensuring that they have a zero positive environmental impact. A car company can get a lot of money from selling their unused pollution allotment to another car company, and Tesla has loads because their cars are electric.

His Boring company and the environmental aspect of it actively opposing any type of mass transportation would be entirely another topic for itself. Channel named Adam Something has some decent quality videos about it.

It’s kinda funny how Elon musk seems to be trying so hard to make his business empire into a real world version of Weyland Yutani. If SpaceX one day discovers an alien xenomorph parasite that has bio weapon potential then I’d say we’re all screwed

A nasty human being who exploits his position as much as he exploits his workforce. A terrible symptom of the time we live in, he won't be fondly remembered.

this needs to be known, I am sick of so many people eating up all of his sh*t

Elon Musk: “I am not like the other girls.”

First time I ever heard of Elon Musk was when he tried to sue Top Gear (UK) for giving his Tesla Roadster a bad review in 2008. Musk lost, then appealed and lost again, dragging it out to 2013 when the case was finally thrown out.

You said the words "Musk Trumpets" next to each other and now I have a name for the world's worst ska band.

I found that during the period they "owned a mine" in zambia, all mining was nationalized in Zambia in order to reduce illegal diamond trade. This is likely why there's so few details, because that would mean it was illegal trade.

His smartest move was dumping Amber Heard before she started dumping on his bedspread.

He's mastered his sociopathic skills really well, and also has pretty good pr team.

More than anyone else on this platform it's you that I want tackling such a subject. You're way of breaking down the seemingly limitless number of outright grifters is among the few things I find comfort in. You are an absolute treasure.

14:57 Tesla is one of the most overvalued car companies in the world. At one point I believe when he became the richest man in the world if you calculated his wealth by how many Tesla cars were actually produced plus his other wealth he wouldn't have $200 billion, he'd have less than $3 billion. Issue is he has more than that out in personal loans.

Violating whistleblower laws and having nothing happen. Sounds about right for Tesla.

Back in 2015 I had an ex who gave this dude endless praise and researched what Elon was and wondered why people treat him as their god-king. It's creepy and cult-like how his weird fans will leap in to protect him from any criticism which just shows how well he manicured this mirage of himself. People like Elon are all the same and don't have the workers' best interest at heart, it'd be foolish and to a person's own detriment to think otherwise.

Rage: The Closest Emotion to the Scientific Method

Elon Musk is the Kim Kardashian for men

There was a time i thought of Musk as Tony Stark. Now i see he's more like Lex Luthor

Musk was not a founder of PayPal

The richest man on earth owns one company that makes a profit (tesla) Which is highly subsidized by the government and it is actually Panasonic that makes the batteries. It doesn't add up, maybe its just above my head. But one thing it has taught me is, It doesn't matter if you are right in this world, only that the masses think you are right.

Thanks for breaking this down. I had a feeling Musk was a bit shady, but he’s so good at selling himself as just a hapless neurodivergent savant that it’s hard to tell what’s real with him. Ultimately I don’t think people get that rich, like richest person on the planet rich, without being casually callous and exploitative. If the richest man in the world were really such a charitable humanitarian, things probably wouldn’t be so f*cked right now. It makes sense that he actually has links to forced child labour and praises the work ethic of indentured factory workers in a communist authoritarian hellscape over “lazy” Americans who just want a living wage, healthcare and to sleep in their own beds at night. Jfc.

He’s good at flipping stuff for more than he paid for it (good for him); but he’s better at self promotion and controlling the narrative. Elon doesn’t care about kids picking lithium out of the ground, he is focused on his cult of personality which allows him to make even more money.

Finally someone is brave enough to puncture the myth... Another great video from an unique content producer!

So, basically; he's simply another poor, little rich boy, needy for attention and desirous of approval. He wants to do what he wants to do, but he wants everyone to like him while he does it.

6:05 I have to point out Musk's code in PayPal had to be rewritten as it was so poorly written and he stepped back from the company when they wanted to call it PayPal, so he actually he did nothing to it but adds it to his resume of grand achievements extending his myth.

What's that stench? Oh, it's just Elon's musk.

My biggest worry is that Musk might go into politics. Think about it this way. He's already created a personality cult among his followers(one of the few billionaires to actually care about that). Imagine how north korean Musk would be if he took over? The only limitation is that he needs to work around the whole natural born citizen part in the US Constitution. Once he has that solution Musk will not hesitate to take over. And make no mistake he won't give two craps about free speech once he's running the show.

Even Elon's hairline contradicts itself thru the years.

he's not the richest human on the planet. he's the richest human we know about.

Look at the date this was uploaded, and compare that date with what Musk has said about politics, politicians, freedom of speech and of course Twitter! It is pretty clear from what direction the wind blows, you can tell it by the stench.

It is fashionable to hate on someone who is super rich to the point of it being nauseating.

I have never understood why people have such a hard-on for this man

Long time viewer, first time commentor. Your videos really are outstanding Georg. Please keep doing what you're doing!

"What does Grimes think?" is something I think about every time elons character comes into question

Daddy didn't give me any money. He simply invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in my company. It was from his shady deals...er...I mean Emerald mine...yeah, that's the ticket!

A few things you missed, mainly how his fortune is actually tied to Tesla's massively inflated stock and him running the company's founder out of the company, so he can call himself the founder of Tesla. It's important to understanding as to why he does the things he does where Tesla goings on are concerned, largely because of point one. Also there was that whole SolarCity debacle he's tangentially related to. Lots of boardroom drama during his paypal days too, but I need to read up on that again. And finally, Twitter has never turned a profit, that is since 2007, not since 2017. Lol. Lmao. It's seemingly impossible to monetize, but people keep investing in it for some reason.

Probably doesn't mention horses 2/10

I've seen this characters before in bond films. I'm just waiting for the moment when we all find out the boring company is used to drill into the centre of the earth so Tesla can run off the core of the planet. Which would explain why Elon wants to fast track his mars mission

We're not lazy, it's 2022 we feel we should get a fair shake. An honest wage for an honest day of work. A fucking house. Not 3 jobs to live in a car. These people are so outta touch I hope he comes back as a child soldier or a slave himself

And here I thought Thunderfoot did brilliant take downs of Elon Musk. He does, but it's about his claims, not the man himself. This was very well put together.

The quality of your videos is beyond your subscriber count. You have the most unique atmosphere of any creator I watch. I dislike musk, and greatly enjoy this video.

Plutocracy 101: A very rich individual embodying the problem, buys himself the right to induce the perception of the problem and its remedy. When are you addressing the elephants in the room? Alphabet, Google and Susan Wojcicki.

He founded Tesla. As in he found the company as he walked by lol

I feel like "Emerald Mine" is a euphemism for drug or perhaps weapons smuggling, based on what is said.

Musk = an old timey billionaire who wishes he were a Da Vinci that was also "in with the cool kids" after discovering the internet for the first time

remember: musk's utopia is not star trek; it's bladerunner.

"The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always Only a False-Face for the Urge to Rule It" H.L. Mencken

I'm concerned less with people who craft cults of personality than I am with those who follow and believe. Remember, you can't escape the fact that half of the world is below average...by definition.

I never bothered with Musk. I thought he was a billionaire by being inventor , rocket scientist, and an obvious capitalist a-hole .Then i became curious. By now i know about his taxi tunnel, his broken promises, his complete BS. These people are never satisfied. Always More, more , more.

Watch out for all the dudebros who will breathlessly come to their messiah's defence. Great work with this video.

It's nice to see a video focusing on the negative side of Musk when most if the internet is constantly focused on his positive side.

When Musk announced he was buying Twitter I didn't believe him, but when all the media reported, I had to give props to the guy for actually doing it. Now he's in some weird cringe-fest of complaints against the real number of Twitter users and fainting ignorance when asked about due diligence. Why do so many journalists and people in media act like Musk is the real-life Tony Stark? Somehow the guy manages to keep this charade going. Also, does anyone know what's going on with all the cryptocurrency Musk has been pushing? My KZfaq feed has been full of recommendations with Elon Musk's live streams on crypto and his giveaways, even if I don't follow the guy or the crypto world.

"Time is like gravity, the only way is down." Damn. That's gonna stay with me.

"you know rage, the closest emotion to the scientific method" Now that some quality shade thrown 😎⛱️

So basically he's bad* at keeping kayfabe. Also, defending free speech doesn't necessarily mean you need to employ someone who disagrees with you. Just saying because there's many people who misunderstand what free speech means, not to side with Musk * not sure if they're too worried about this, seeing how seemingly successful they still are.

I love how people propped up electric cars like they're the next best thing when in reality they are horrible. If you get one with a battery built into the frame you wasted money given once that battery died you basically lose the car. Tesla batteries are extremely expensive and cant be recycled either. Musk is hyped up for no reason and I'm glad he is finally having his downfall.

15:20 those two charts should be enough to convince anyone that this company is doomed. The fact that it's not yet is why the rest of this video was made.

He thinks he is Tony Stark but he is Saburo Arasaka

During Zip2, Elon says he slept on the couch, according to him he now sleeps on the factory floor! 😅

So, if Elon had an actual mother figure in his life he might not have turned into Lex Luthor.

He's sure provided a lot of job opportunities for children, undoubtedly benefiting many generations to come.

I just like that the dude is pushing space travel and exploration. We need that.

You guys don't get it do you He's an innovator 💡 He replaced the Car with another Car. He replaced the Rocket with another Rocket. And as we speak He's helping to replace money with a different type if money. HUGE INNOVATIONS!

Hey Georg, a few things worth mentioning if you visit this again: - With regards to Tesla and environmentalism, it's a fact that something like 16 ships output as much Co2 as every car in the world. Aka, Tesla is to make you *feel* good, not actually meaningfully decrease emissions. Want another fun fact? Nearly every single electric car manufacturer in the world uses the same standardized charging system. It's honestly amazing that that's happened, it means widespread adoption will be far easier because you don't have to retool things when you change cars, or keep multiple types of charger in public chargers. Guess who the only electric car manufacturer in the world is who refused to use the universal ports.

Georg is throwing truth bombs once again.

I loved the Depeche Mode reference! The grabbing hands - these billionaires - are indeed grabbing all they can

5:55 so what you are saying.. is that Elon is about as authentic as his hair line.

"which is about as sensible as buying MAD magazine to prevent anxiety" fuckin had me rolling 😄

I never bought the idea that this guy would pay nearly three times what a platform is worth rather than just beginning his own platform that could easily rival his purchase in under a month. Billionaires don’t come out of nowhere and do what they want.

They’re not evil … but ‘good fortune is an impediment to good character …’ Speaking if fortunes - ‘show me a great one, and I’ll show you a great crime …’

Frank Herbert was 100% right about the dangers of hero worship.

Love your work as always georg

No single company Musk owns produces anything valuable. He's a grifter through and through

I never liked people praising elon musk like he's god, i always thought he was a narcissist, when i told that to an elon musk fanboy, he said," girls are so dumb to not like elon musk" Im like 😂😂

This channel is magnificent. Come for the interesting analysis, stay for the beautifully unbearably awkward outros.

I was extremely suspect of him and his sustainable goals when he was quoted saying the planet would be fine if the population doubled overnight

Brilliant timing Georg. You must be chuffed.

He's the richest human we know of. There's richer people no doubt! He's new money.

He's grooming the world to accept him as the face of the new technocratic state.