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

Question

Me and my homies dislike Elon Musk.

Answer 1

BeMuse | 185 opinions shared on Technology & Internet topic.

Guru

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.

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

Answer 2

Jaximus-Lion | 63 opinions shared on Technology & Internet topic.

Yoda

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.

Answer 3

postempestas

Xper 5

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

Answer 4

sweetcocoa_

Xper 6

I agree with my husband he is very overrated.

Answer 5

Yaaten

Xper 5

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.

Ephemera1

14 d
I think it's because he's more quirky, and active on social media. Possibly when Gates tweets it comes off as fake or someone else behind the screen. When Musk tweets you know it's genuinely him being a psycho.

Answer 6

Ephemera1

I think it's because he's more quirky, and active on social media. Possibly when Gates tweets it comes off as fake or someone else behind the screen. When Musk tweets you know it's genuinely him being a psycho.

Answer 7

Kaazsz

Yoda

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.

Ephemera1

14 d
What the fuck does it have to do with libs. Connies and libbies can be hateful. I rarely see anyone Musk as racist, he's an overall nice guy. He gets hate because the Tesla board (that he leads) decided to give him billions of stocks if he boosts the company's revenue, yet his employees still have shit working conditions. He's on the line himself sometimes and I respect that about the guy, but I was referring to how some people worship him like he's the greatest mind to live.

Answer 8

Ephemera1

What the fuck does it have to do with libs. Connies and libbies can be hateful. I rarely see anyone Musk as racist, he's an overall nice guy. He gets hate because the Tesla board (that he leads) decided to give him billions of stocks if he boosts the company's revenue, yet his employees still have shit working conditions. He's on the line himself sometimes and I respect that about the guy, but I was referring to how some people worship him like he's the greatest mind to live.

Answer 9

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.

Ephemera1

25 d
He doesn't have to be. He might be business savvy and smart but genius is pushing it.

Answer 10

Ephemera1

He doesn't have to be. He might be business savvy and smart but genius is pushing it.

Answer 11

BCA6010 | 332 opinions shared on Technology & Internet topic.

Guru

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.

BCA6010

25 d
Actually in simple terms- people like him because he's the closest thing to a real life Tony Stark.

Answer 12

BCA6010

Actually in simple terms- people like him because he's the closest thing to a real life Tony Stark.

Answer 13

WindAtMyBack

Explorer

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.

Answer 14

Not_Average

Xper 6

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.