[dream66]

Amen, Allahu Akbar.

 

[Rick_L]

Two way street here. There are those that disagree with Twttter's actions and applaud what Musk (might be) doing. It's complicated.

 

[ETriggs]

To put it in perspective, in today’s dollar here are a few adjusted net worths.
Andrew Carnegie: $372 billion
J. D. Rockefeller: $340 billion

And a drumroll for the richest ever:

Augustus Ceasar: adjusted to today, he was worth $4.6 trillion.

In the end, as long as you pursue whatever makes you happy and allows you sleep at night. I have no ill will towards the super-rich, I wish them all the best. I am doing what I love, make enough money to be comfortable, I sleep soundly at night, and do the best I can.

 

[oledad39483]

I am about as far from rich as you can get but the bright side is I never had to worry about my children being kidnapped and held for ransom!! Steve

 

[twin engines]

Why?

Long story, but the fact that so many media sites are terrified of him being an absolutist about free speech is very telling. How far down the tech culture rabbit hole do you really want to go...?

 

[bowtie56jw]

I'm the richest guy i know fellas, financially i am in a bad way due to health bills, but man let me tell you i have three beautiful grand babies and one on the way, two awesome daughters, a queen that loves me and a relationship with my higher power that i never thought i could have.
Yes indeed i feel like the richest cat around!

 

[TheProphet]

I'm the richest guy i know fellas, financially i am in a bad way due to health bills, but man let me tell you i have three beautiful grand babies and one on the way, two awesome daughters, a queen that loves me and a relationship with my higher power that i never thought i could have.
Yes indeed i feel like the richest cat around!

And indeed, you are. Congratulations!

 

[Dragsix]

Last summer I was sitting on my tiny little deck, at my tiny little house, with two of my oldest friends since high school, and we were sitting on cheap deck chairs drinking a couple of cheap ice cold Miller High Life’s. Does not take much for me to feel rich!

 

[davepnw]

Last summer I was sitting on my tiny little deck, with two of my oldest friends since high school, and we were sitting on cheap deck chairs drinking a couple of cheap ice cold Miller high life’s. Does not take much for me to feel rich!

It's almost that time of the year to do it again, yes...life's simple pleasures!

 

[55 Tony]

I agree with a lot here. Success for me, first and foremost, is seeing my daughter and son in law and my two grandchildren all happy and healthy. (well the kids are in their teens now so not always happy of course!)

Having enough to eat, keep a roof over my head, and some extra now and then for the 55 is all good also.

Yes I won't lie, I'd LIKE a lot more, but don't NEED it to be happy.

 

[Dickey]

All that money yet somehow he doesn't strike me a happy man. Constant arguments and name calling, always striving for more. How much is enough for one person to have. As most of us I'd love to have more yet I give a lot of my money toward supporting others people. When I visit my family is Peru and get swamped with healthy little grandkids I often think I'm rich enough. I have very mixed feelings about how wealth seems to affect some people.. When my 2 year old little beastie boy up here Velcro's himself around my neck it's nothing a price tag can measure.

Putin and al-Said are also reputed to be in a league close to Musk but I wouldn't want to be either of them.

I believe you are correct as he has openly stated that he isn't a happy person. I don't imagine anyone can be with the kind of focus he demonstrates. Musk leverages a singular will that is likely going to make humanity into an interplanetary species and he's even mapped out a practical path to do so using whole industries (online payments, automobiles, subterranean construction, space ships that casually land like something off of TV) as stepping stones. As best I can tell, all of the other companies and endeavors are a means to that end. For fun and relaxation, it looks like he trolls the snot out of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world. That's the part that entertains people like me.


Absolute wealth and conquered land are neat historical metrics but throwing a daily driver at the sun so that it becomes an orbiting body within our solar system is the new bar to top so far as interesting history books go.

 

[iquitos46]

I believe you are correct as he has openly stated that he isn't a happy person. I don't imagine anyone can be with the kind of focus he demonstrates. Musk leverages a singular will that is likely going to make humanity into an interplanetary species and he's even mapped out a practical path to do so using whole industries (online payments, automobiles, subterranean construction, space ships that casually land like something off of TV) as stepping stones. As best I can tell, all of the other companies and endeavors are a means to that end. For fun and relaxation, it looks like he trolls the snot out of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world. That's the part that entertains people like me.


Absolute wealth and conquered land are neat historical metrics but throwing a daily driver at the sun so that it becomes an orbiting body within our solar system is the new bar to top so far as interesting history books go.

The thing that Musk has done on more than one occasion is calling someone a pedophile without any basis for thinking that could be true. When the Thai Boys were trapped in that cave a couple of years ago Muck offered to help with a mini submarine. Someone on site declined the offer because they felt it wouldn't be able maneuver in the tight space. Musk replied by calling one of the experienced divers on the rescue team a pedophile who just wanted to have the kid strapped to him in the extraction phase. Again more recently he called someone a Pedo in anger with no context to the issue. As a professional who worked with the Justice System I'm especially aware of how damning such a term is. There is no more disgusting term to label someone. To throw that word around in anger with no knowledge of the fact is very dangerous to a persons reputation. In an era of pointless name-calling the truth gets lost and lies stick. For all the potential good he offers the world reckless damning of someone is reprehensible. To fight it in court would be pointless against his wealth and would only keep the topic open. I give respect where it's due, he well may be one of histories giants in terms of technology but to attain respect even a giant must use caution and not recklessly smash a mere mortal in anger. That particular name is heavily freighted and should never be used in anger.

Steve

 

[69SHEVL]

Since I'm much better looking than him and got some really cool cars,

I think I got him beat.

 

[Richard T]

Hi everyone. I just read on line that Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. His net worth is 269.5 billion dollars. I can't fathom that amount of money. Seriously, how is that possible?? How can anyone amass that amount of money?? I know that private businesses can make many people very wealthy, but this amount?? Just doesn't seem possible. If he wanted all that in 100 dollar bills, I wonder what the weight would be?? Size of the room it would fill?? Just remarkable to me, Carmine.

But think about the deference free speech will make in America Twitter is brain washing the people of the free world .He can have the money protect the Constitution .

 

[Vansmack2]

And he wont be able to spend it in his lifetime, at the end of the day, he took the risk, so good luck to him

That is his net worth, but a lot of it is tied up in his businesses like Tesla. To realize all that wealth he would have to divest himself of all companies, stock, etc. that he owns. Still he is a very wealthy man.

Personally I do not use twitter, but if he can buy it, and make it an unbiased platform then I am all for it. As it is twitter censors quite a lot that they do not agree with, but this is not something we should get into on TriFive.

Best wishes to all.

 

[Sirius]

...throwing a daily driver at the sun so that it becomes an orbiting body within our solar system is the new bar to top so far as interesting history books go.

A little sci-fi for youse guys:

It's 2047. An interstellar mass passes through our Solar System, close to said daily driver altering it's course, increasing its speed to plaid, and sending it hurtling at Earth. Months later the errant Tesla collides with Earth sending Humanity the way of the dinosaur and proving, with incontestable finality, that EVs are not the environmentally friendly solution they portend to be.

Hey, it could happen! 🤣

 

[rcopo69@yahoo.com]

I am a fan of some of what Elon Musk does but other things not so much.

Yes, he's taking risk because he's reinvesting, but he's also very good at getting others to finance his activities. First and foremost the US gov't for being a subsidizer and customer.

And don't forget he doesn't pay as much as we do in taxes, if any at all, but gets all the benefits of our great military personnel to protect his wealth, infrastructure for his cars & space lunches, etc, that our country offers to all, supposedly by all paying a fair share of taxes ??

 

[Vansmack2]

And don't forget he doesn't pay as much as we do in taxes, if any at all, but gets all the benefits of our great military personnel to protect his wealth, infrastructure for his cars & space lunches, etc, that our country offers to all, supposedly by all paying a fair share of taxes ??

He pays whatever taxes our tax code requires him to pay. If you do not like the tax code then you have to work to get it changed.

 

[LEE T]

Everyone has a right to use every deduction the tax code offers them.

 

[johnny57]

Agree 100%. "Success" doesn't automatically mean how much money someone has. It has to do with how happy someones surrounding family is, what one has done to improve the world, and how much the world has become better place for one having contributed a lifetime to it's betterment. One doesn't neccessarily need a large amount of money to be successful. Humility and compassion are also excellent indicators of a successful person.

Always think of: On a gravestone, you'll never see' "He was the Richest Man in Town". What you will see is "Loving Father", Loving Husband", "Beloved Son", and so on.

Musk always seems to be at odds with someone or something, and this recent hissy fit with Twitter doesn't seem to color him as "successful". More like "Greedy", or "Spiteful", neither of which is associated with actual Success.. He never seems to be happy or satisfied with what he has, he wants more, and more, and more. Sounds much more like a character flaw than a successful individual.

Having one single person owning an extremely large media company, or companies, seems to never turn out good.

Free speech is one thing. Hate speech and Propaganda spreading is yet another. It is for the same reason as the Anti-Trust Act. A monopoly on the media moves us ever closer to an Autonomy, or Plutocracy, or Dictatorship. We all need to watch what we wish for at times.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

I would like to see him use his vast wealth towards worthy causes such as giving a billion or two to Ukraine refugees which would be far more reaching than giving high paying customers into space. And what about the people that are paying the astronomical price of 30 million for a few seconds of weightlessness? Think how far that money would go for those in need?