• FaceDeer@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        It’s possible that Musk is good at some things and not good at others, but his success at those things he’s good at have caused him to think he’s good at everything.

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          Becoming a billionaire requires winning so many dice rolls that it’s difficult (impossible?) to really understand that you can lose sometimes.

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          That’s the Techius Bromus Effect. They get too much smoke blown up their asses that they eventually believe they’re capable of solving every problem.

          I made up the term but the idea is true.

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        You don’t think it takes a fucking idiot to be forced into spending 44 billion dollars, some of it other people’s money, to purposely destroy a social media platform because you (and the people who’s money you used) were upset how critical said platform was of you?

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      Ever since he bought it and started basically wrecking the place, I’ve suspected that his goal has been to reduce the usefulness of Twitter to non-conservatives. Obviously he has a incredibly massive stick up his ass regarding politics, and Twitter failing would mean basically nothing to him personally.

      Some people would call that a conspiracy theory or cite maxims such as 'never attribute to malice what could be attributed to incompetence" but I could find some counter-maxims I bet.

    • conductor@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      No way he lost all that money on purpose. He’s just arrogant and makes stupid decisions.