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Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Re: Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Post by damptowel »

drewrv wrote: post #78
matwood wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The doom and gloom was of course a lot of fear mongering (the Hitler comparisons grow old very quickly). Trump talked so little of policy during the campaign we really have no idea what he is going to do. That in of itself is also scary because it is an unknown. While he was not my pick for POTUS, I'm holding a wait and see attitude. Historically Trump's public views were liberal, and he leaned democrat so we'll see…

> the Hitler comparisons grow old very quickly I agree in general. But when Auschwitz survivors make the Hitler comparison up we should listen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-age-of-trump-...

Hitler seemed like a more capable leader though, and less of a bigot. I believe he also had better taste in furniture.

(Yeah sure downvote me all you want, gneeeh!)

Re: Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Post by orf »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #18

Kalanick is an obvious choice for Trump, being a self-proclaimed Ayn Rand fanboy. Musk is a much more surprising choice, not just because of his obvious environmentalism. Both Kalanick and Musk are well-known for not being very worker friendly. At least Musk leads by example. He destroyed his own marriage through overwork and expects his employees to do the same.

To be fair to Musk he was managing two pretty revolutionary businesses at once, both of which where going through very very tough times. This puts strain on any marriage and his broke. During this tough times. He still managed to hold it together. That's superhuman.

It's not like he was a mid level white collar exec staying too long at the office.

Re: Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Post by justinzollars »

mattnewton wrote: post #57
justinzollars wrote: post #47

Please no more politics! I thought we were on a one week long hiatus from this crap. Please, down vote this article if you have the ability.

The experiment was called off by dang a while back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251 IMHO This is pretty relevant stuff for anyone interested in the future of the companies these men run.

it was such a refreshing experiment while it lasted.

Re: Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Post by 67726e »

drewrv wrote: post #78
matwood wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The doom and gloom was of course a lot of fear mongering (the Hitler comparisons grow old very quickly). Trump talked so little of policy during the campaign we really have no idea what he is going to do. That in of itself is also scary because it is an unknown. While he was not my pick for POTUS, I'm holding a wait and see attitude. Historically Trump's public views were liberal, and he leaned democrat so we'll see…

> the Hitler comparisons grow old very quickly I agree in general. But when Auschwitz survivors make the Hitler comparison up we should listen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-age-of-trump-...

My grandparents grew up and lived under Hitler. I was practically raised by my grandmother in fact, and I asked a lot of questions. To compare the two is an absolute joke. If you took any politician, I guarantee you could make comparisons. That does not mean they're the next Hitler at all.

Re: Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Post by icpmacdo »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #18

Kalanick is an obvious choice for Trump, being a self-proclaimed Ayn Rand fanboy. Musk is a much more surprising choice, not just because of his obvious environmentalism. Both Kalanick and Musk are well-known for not being very worker friendly. At least Musk leads by example. He destroyed his own marriage through overwork and expects his employees to do the same.

I think this is all Peter Thiel speaking highly of Elon to Trump

Re: Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Post by edblarney »

drewrv wrote: post #75
edblarney wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"in this respect because he clearly values his own opinion over everyone else." Musk or Trump? :) Musk might be liberal on some kind of social issues, but he's more of a libertarian than anything, he's not remotely some kind of 'bernie' guy. Musk told his wife, as they were having their 'first dance at the wedding' - that 'he's the alpha' in the relationship. Does that sound progressive? Or how about dumping his wife…

It's hard to pin Musk down as a libertarian when his companies rely on fat government subsidies and contracts. There probably isn't a real label for someone like him other than pragmatist or opportunist.

"as a libertarian when his companies rely on fat government subsidies and contracts"

People's ideologies and their actions rarely align.

Conservatives talk of 'small government' - and really, truly believe it - but then spend big, especially on defence.

Most bankers would be for 'limited government involvement' but they take bailouts and Fed subsidies.

They are all fairly hypocritical.

Yes, you are right - they are all pragmatically opportunists, trying to build their brands and wealth.

Re: Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

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Post by cholantesh »

edblarney wrote: post #20
balabaster wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but he's a bit of a paradox in this respect because he clearly values his own opinion over everyone else. Given some of the positions he's filled, with some of the personalities he's chosen, to pick a team that's clearly liberal and forward thinking team in this aspect vs. (anecdotally, I haven't read the actual evidence supporting this) the very staunch flat earth, climate denial, intelligent design type conser…

"in this respect because he clearly values his own opinion over everyone else." Musk or Trump? :) Musk might be liberal on some kind of social issues, but he's more of a libertarian than anything, he's not remotely some kind of 'bernie' guy. Musk told his wife, as they were having their 'first dance at the wedding' - that 'he's the alpha' in the relationship. Does that sound progressive? Or how about dumping his wife…

>And you do realize it was Father David LeMaitre - a Catholic Priest and Physicist, who conceived of the 'big bang'?

*Georges Lemaitre, and note that he was Catholic, not Evangelical. It's the latter that has a strong cohort of anti-evolution, arguably anti-science-as-a-whole types.

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