Ach, the foibles!
This nazi is indispensable to the progress of our country.
When I was young I used to say, "Hitler wasn't all bad. He created the Volkswagen." until I had a TA in a college German class who called that out as bullshit. I also used to think the Civil War was about something other than slavery. It's the same old rationalizations and it's wrong
Not at all the main issue here, but yes, I do think Steve Jobs could have made Apple into what it was without being a gigantic asshole much of the time. His assholery was excused and then valorized because he also made people lots of money.
c.f. also, "Trains, Mussolini"
When did human decency get rebranded as Vindmanian guidelines? Nobody is forced to be an asshole, it is not genetically determined, it’s a choice.
none of the innovation is coming from musk, anyway.. he's just taking the credit cause he threw some money at it.. his "innovation" looks like the cybertruck
"He's not targeting me personally. And rockets go 'wooooshhhh bbrrrrr blastoff!' So don't fret about those untermensch and let the pogroms get his brainiac juices flowing."
Jobs’ being known as an asshole who abandoned his daughter feels downright quaint in comparison