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You don’t understand the Musk business model. It has been the same for years. His wealth doesn’t come from his products, but from his fanbase buying his stock. The purpose of everything he does is to influence the public opinion to make him the tech genius of today in the collective psyche. Of course, he needs to do impressive things, stuff that a normal person wouldn’t have the resources to achieve. It’s similar to…
I'm interested in what you're saying about classical business terms. Can you elaborate on that a little? I've always found these kinds of people hard to understand. The man has almost unlimited wealth and his motivations seem consistently petty and strange or just downright ludicrous. He's like an alien to me. I've noted the same feeling when seeing VCs/business people speak when I've encountered them.
The modern era post-business is about dipping into everyone’s pockets, by securing cash flow from the stock market and the government.
Here building a profitable business model is less important than convincing people and the government to give you that dough. And the best way to do it is to have clout.