A con man? lol. What a weird con.
Most people that invested in the con is making money, except for shorts. Elon's personal fortune is significant, but it is directly tied to Tesla. If Tesla fails he loses billions. His compensation structure is tied to the performance of Tesla. If Tesla is a success, he'll make billions. If Tesla fails he loses billions. How is that a con?
The stock market does not have anything to do with whether the company is financially sound.
Musk's fortune is based off of a wildly overvalued stock, billions of tax payer dollars due to tax credits, and huge investor infusions for years of money chasing a dream of big profits. They are 5 billion in the hole plus the billions in tax credits and still heading south.
His compensation was only tied to performance in the last quarter not before that and it is due to their not approaching making a profit yet.
The con is not being honest about what he is doing. He knows full well that there is a very high likelyhood that all the billions invested are not likely to pan out. In the meantime he is getting to be rich, famous and he gets to play at any fun thing he thinks he would like to do.[/quote]
People that buy his products get arguably the best cars in the world. How is that a con?
Barf! Nonsense. The quality of Teslas is not the best all you have to do is look that up. Plus one of the biggest critiques about Tesla and its mythology is that they are implying that they are building a technology which will help save us from climate change. But if they were really doing that they would not be building luxury cars for the rich. There never has been and never will be a need for the Model S or X. The world has no need for more luxury cars. Period. Full stop. Even the Model 3 is an expensive car at $40,000 plus. Need I point out that personal vehicle need to be subcompact size at worst and at best we would be phasing out the use of personal vehicles all together?
[/quote] The mission statement of Tesla is clear for all to see. To accelerate the advent of the electric car, and despite the difficulties he has done that. How is that a con?[/quote]
He is selling BAU. That is the biggest con there is. There is zero chance we maintain our current lifestyles in the world fast approaching us. Every time someone like Musk gets up and tells people this or that will allow them to continue their affluent way of life that is a con.
His rockets are already the cheapest and they are working hard to make them even cheaper He could have gone the ULA route and charge the government millions for corrupt beaurocracy, instead he keeps striving for cheaper rockets. How is that a con?
Perhaps you could explain to me just a little bit how his or any space program has anything to do with solving climate change. He is playing in space because he thinks we can't fix things here and he is looking for an out. And he is not taking you with him btw. This is a deep con in that it leads us away from solutions not towards them. We are already on a space ship called Earth and it is dying. We save it or we die with it.
Sorry but I fail to see a conman. What I see is a man trying very hard to do things that have never been done before and things that will make our lives better. Does he fails sometimes? Of course. He is as human as anyone of us, but considering the huge challenges he subjects himself it is not surprising.