Krugerrand
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Maybe some of what I wrote got lost in (my) translation, or maybe we simply disagree:
I just think that he could have avoided speaking about media "in general" and joking and trolling in the subsequent tweets. He rallied his troops like the others did (that poll), and joked about Pravda (which was even funny, but in the flame the irony got a bit lost too...).
I'm all for Musk defending Tesla and real progress in sustainable energy;
I'm personally less for Musk creating unnecessary adversaries in NGO and indipendent investigative agencies who actually do a good job in speaking truth to power, uncovering war/financial/politica crimes, etc. See for ex. the FoP tweet I poste before.
I just think it's unnecessary and hurtful for Tesla, and I think that people who will benefit from it are the real enemies of Tesla. And given that he's not an omniscient god (you said it yourself), I don't see why I'm not entitled to argue that he made a mistake ;-)
This is the only place where I can criticize him among people who know his work and why he's pissed off about the media, and the perfect place to have a rational discussion about this.
You can definitely argue he made a mistake because he’s human and not an OG. My point was basically, what’s the point of doing that in the first place? Makes no sense to me to judge someone for being human and point out what you feel are their mistakes, which you should have been expecting them to make in the first place. Especially someone who is otherwise a remarkable human doing arguably superhuman things. It’s akin to standing in the shadows and waiting for the mistake and then popping out and yelling, ‘Aha! I knew you weren’t an OG!’ Did everyone see that? Mistake!’.
He’s at the end of his rope concerning the media butchery. In his shoes I’d have gotten there several years ago and I’m pretty sure I’d have foibled the retort by an order of magnitude that you think he did.
I get you don’t like his approach and you’re entitled to those thoughts and feelings on the topic. I take no issue with that. My objection is the public judgement of the man from people who have no idea what he goes through day in and day out. Walk in his shoes a bit and you might find that your judgements/criticisms are better kept to an internal eyeroll or head shake.
I hope he crushes everything and everyone in his path to the end game, including the media if needs be. I’m tired of all the crap going on on this planet. People suck.