The only reason idiots like me can see through Musk, but all the massive brains on Wall Street plainly can't is because they're gambling addicts and I'm not.

And gambling addicts that always seem to get funding to lose it all over and over

I think it's more because they have Ayn Rand leanings, which is to say they think it's cool and good to cheat all you can and steal all you can

Now sir!

He is the world’s best private/investment banking client RN. Constant capital raises and margin loans out the wazoo. iBank analysts are never, ever allowed to trash important clients. Elon saved SolarCity because he knew that to keep his credit good, a public bankruptcy was not an option.

Zero chance of colonizing mars, it will never happen. This is a colossal fantasy con being played on simple-minded, greedy investors. And who wants a car that can be remotely disabled at the whims of an immature, unstable technocrat?

They can’t afford for him to fail.

He's a living and breathing pump and dump scheme.

That anecdote from Isaacson's biography really captures the entire guy but not remotely in the way Isaacson believed it did (per @davekarpf.bsky.social )

Also they can leverage his Wierdness for more money and power. We offer none that nor opportunity.

I think I like that. How are you ?