Elon inherited apartheid wealth and then got lucky in addition to that. He would have a fine life without his "investment genius" or how they call it.

You support me = genius. You don't support me = asshole, woke, liberal, loser, commie, ect. Ass kissers at their best.

Genius = born into wealth

These pricks were both born on third base and think they hit a triple.

Only a Batchelor degree and college drop out. Genius seems to be a broad term nowadays.

It goes beyond that and is largely related to the same anti-intellectual propaganda we have had shoved down our throats for decades (basically since reagan).

Think back to basically every single movie/tv show with a "smart" character. Invariably, they are "cool" and have anti-authority tendencies. And, invariably, there is a character who is a conventional nerd who is actually an idiot compared to this cool kid with an ice rink in their basement because they pronounced a word wrong or got a single question wrong.

And what has that done? It has raised generations of people to value "genius" over "smart" where someone who is quirky and weird is WAY more intelligent than the person who actually just sits down and reads things. THOSE people are losers.

And what does a balding techbro with hairplugs who has driven double digit companies into the ground have? That's right, he thinks he is a living meme and thus must be a genius.

The term genius might have its place, but IMO it has nothing to do with how good you are at making money or exploiting your workers. Like in the world of investing maybe you could argue Warren Buffet is a genius, but that certainly doesn’t go for every asshole that’s hoarded millions to billions of dollars.

It’s also overused in most cases anyway. Much like saying something is “awesome” when it fills nobody with awe, saying somebody is a “genius” usually means as little as “pretty good, even solidly above average” rather than somebody who taught us something new about the world or ourselves.

I would even say he had a good run of picking good ideas and making them work. But I think he's too rich and crazy and out of touch now, he has lost his drive.

under 500 million

Do you have a source? We know it's way down, but the only stuff I'd seen with real numbers was pure speculation. And none of them were as bad as dropping to 10%.

That's just at par with Trump. Bankrupt several casinos, businesses. Etc

Just like trump's last cabinet where he appointed people who donated large amounts of money to him.

This is flagrant corruption, or nepotism, or both, right?

Pretty sure every president does that. Aren't ambassador jobs to allied foreign governments essentially gifts to friends or donors? Of course were talking about cabinet positions but it seems to me cabinets positions usually go to who kissed the most ass instead of who's most qualified. When's the last time secretary of education went to some who has actually taught a class?

A scary large number of people still seem to see him as a genius. It sounds dumb to those who pay any real attention, but those that don't still (in my experience) see him as smart.

Born on third base with a chauffeured ride to home.

I mean unless he's falsifying his IQ records, he is technically. 30 points higher than genius.

That said: 1) he's probably falsifying and 2) he's a fuckwit genius or no

Kristi Noem - Wildlife/DomesticAnimal Management

Head of Henry Kissinger in a jar - Secretary of Offense

Maybe one of them will become black like Kamala.

Wilbur Ross got a bargain. Well, that was last time before facing sentencing for 34 felonies.

We can't be cherishing our geniuses if we waste them on things like a Trump cabinet, so he's going with Elon instead.

$135 million.

Russian ties

Promoting his campaign

Paid for it

Reminds me of a joke.

Guy walks into a bar and sits at the counter. He pulls out a little piano from one pocket and sets it down, from another pocket he produces a little man in a tuxedo who he sits at the piano and he starts playing a jaunty little tune.

Bartender looks over and is like "Whoa! Where'd you get that?" Guy at the bar says "Well the other day I was cleaning up this old attic for a client and I accidentally knocked over an old oil lamp and, wouldn't you know it, a real live genie appeared and offered to grant me a single wish. Unfortunately, the genie seems to have been hard of hearing so now I have a 10 inch pianist."

It’s really easy when you inherit wealth… hard part is inheriting wealth for most people though

I do not think musk is stupid but he is an idiot.

This is truly one of the observations of all time.

People forget emotional intelligence is also just as much if not more important than logical intelligence when attempting to change the world for the better. And both Trump and Musk rank among the lowest of low there.

What has AI wrought

That doesn't look very much like RFK.

The squid giveth laughter, and the squid taketh away.

Truly he works in mysterious ways.

You seem to think Musk is putting in a lot of time doing important work, and not shitposting on Xitter. You also seem to assume he would actually give the cabinet position the full attention and effort it deserves.

He is planning on becoming our supreme leader.

Does VP count as a cabinet position? I honestly don't know.