Do you think Elon Musk is overrated or a true genius?

[Ephemera1]

Me and my homies dislike Elon Musk.

Updates:

[BeMuse]

He's a welfare king that steals from the American tax payer. He has skills as a conman and lobbyist. Other than that, no he is a bad engineer, scientist, industrialist, and businessman. Tesla depend completely on subsidization from the government. They are not competitive at all with other industry leaders. This is Tesla’s trailing 12 month earnings going back a decade. The company doesn’t turn a profit and the stock has never paid a dividend. Telsla’s P/E ratio is often over 1000 which is just stupid. It’s a gambling stock for hipsters.

[Jaximus-Lion]

I don't dislike anyone just because they claim them selves as "genius" but the guy did a revolutionary adjustment for veichals industry. I think the Tesla cars are stupidly over hyped and the prices are insane, him sending a car into the space playing songs is hilarious and dumb at the same time but still what he did is remarkable. A genius? No. Brilliant? Yes.

[postempestas]

he's a genius with dumb looks, just like this dude from Fb Zack, everyone understimates dumb looking people.

[sweetcocoa_]

I agree with my husband he is very overrated.

[Yaaten]

Hey, someone else who doesn't think he's the Messiah! Yes, I just do not understand the adulation some (misguided, in my view) people have for him. Okay, I get it that he's a celebrity billionaire who came up with an original idea at one point in time (PayPal), but there are others equally successful, if not more so (Bezos, Gates, Branson), and yet they are not worshipped in the same manner as he. What is it that sets him apart from the others? Not much, as far as I can see.

[Kaazsz]

I like him. I think most people’s opinions are based on what the media they consume tells them to think.


I recently learned that a lot of people hate him. Well that’s liberals for you. If you aren’t crying to everyone about income inequality and racism, you’re a bad person by definition.

[Anonymous]

oh come on. He has to be a genius. Of all the competition the auto industry has faced over the years, he's by far the biggest threat to them. They failed to squash him like they've done to every other competitor since the invention of the automobile. That takes genius to overcome. He has douchebag tendencies, but that doesn't negate the things he's been able to do.

[WindAtMyBack]

He's vastly over rated. I can't stand the guy myself. He's a salesman who talks the talk, much of it BS. All he really does is bring people together, which is something anyone can do if they sell the idea.

[BCA6010]

He's popular because he has virtually no competition, and acts like an unapologetically spoiled child. His two most prominent companies (Tesla and SpaceX) likewise have no serious competition so people ooh and aah at everything they do.

[Not_Average]

He’s brilliant. From an innovation standpoint, he’s far ahead of everyone else. I think people who say he’s overrated are ignorant towards what he’s created and how he’s pioneering his sector.

[Anonymous]

All capitalists are the same to me

[Bandit74]

I think he's most likely smarter than the average person, but I think his fans have a tendency to exaggerate his intellect.

[jshm2]

He's more market hype than anything. But he does try in business.

[SHREYASH007]

A little bit, even i though he is someone really gifted but I think we are exaggerating he is just working on something others aren't.

[ABritonInAmerica]

he's an asshole but not Jeff Bezos levels of asshole

[MountAverage]

A genius at his field. Other than that he seems like he's wack.

[CreamySeed]

He is just a super rich kid with pet projects that pique his interest. It’s never impressive when you get your start from rich parents

[Dave31989]

why cause he's more successful than you

sounds like ur a trumptard

[Account]

He has lots of smart people working for him.

That doesn't necessarily make him a genius.

I don't know if he is smart himself.

[RolandCuthbert]

Of course he is a genius. He is just an asshole. But lots of geniuses are.

[douride2]

He is a genius. To bad he is still so overrated though.

[supercutebutt]

He is a genius. But I can understand why people would hate him because he is also an asshole. :)

[Tea-Spaghetti]

He does seem highly intelligent but I don't know enough to say if he's a true genius or not.

[Dchrls78104]

Take him, send him to Mars, give him a Model S to drive on a Martian highway, and find out!