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[–] 156 points 4 months ago (7 children)

When will people realize that Elon only has one trick: lie really baldly really publicly, pressure the shit out of a bunch of smart engineers until they get to their breaking point, and if it works you’re a “genius” — if it doesn’t, just throw it on the pile of other completely outlandish shit that you said that never mattered.

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  • [–] 94 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    You missed the critical middle step of pumping up market valuation so you can borrow against the hype.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Surely there is a dump step following the pump?

    Or is it pump, borrow, repeat?

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Borrowing against shares is the dump.

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