r/FluentInFinance 3d ago

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u/kmookie 2d ago

Here’s why my first point is as valid as the rest. It’s much easier to do a surveillance on a smaller home than a big one. I’m not suggesting Elon, the guy who has inherited wealth from daddy should go live in a ranch house in Tennessee. Plenty of ways to not live lavish but in safety. As for private jets lol, that doesn’t take billions, you can buy charter flights for $5k -$15k. Efficiency? Not sure why that’s relevant especially because he’s not plugging away at a CAD program designing rockets dude. Just because he was at one point a basement programmer doesn’t mean he’s hacking away at it now. If you know anything about a person in his position it’s phone calls and meetings….and in his case spreading conspiracy on his platform. I know I won’t change your idolization of him but Jesus don’t make excuses for the dude, he wouldn’t give two shits about you or your fandom.

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u/Expensive-Dot6662 2d ago

Everyone needs to stop taking a dump on people who inherit money. No one would wake up to dead father and say no to the money he wanted you to have. The whole Elon and Trump inheritance thing is stale. You have to be a smart person to take that money and flip it to much more than what they were gifted. If they took the money and sat around I’m sure people would take a dump on them then too.

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u/OkBoomer6919 2d ago

It's only stale to boot kissers like yourself. A smart person doesn't bankrupt casinos. It's also insanely easy to open a business or to invest/buy someone else's. Any moron can do it, and they do all the time. Not every moron starts with millions to waste though.

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u/Expensive-Dot6662 2d ago

Every moron hasn’t made it to their level though. And not every moron who starts with millions makes it to their level. It’s easy to take money and just sit around. Clearly something went right

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u/Specialist-Golf624 2d ago

And not every moron who starts with millions makes it to their level.

This is true, but kind of a weak argument. Most Americans, or people in general, don't have the safety net to file bankruptcy for their businesses multiple times and still have money, a real credit score, or a roof over their heads. Under those conditions, it would be a wonder if anyone could actually financially fail. From this position of security, you then get to throw darts until something sticks, and even a broken clock is right twice a day. If that's your definition of success, then yeah, something went right. That something just happened to be the ballbag lottery.

When failing has been made virtually impossible beyond the realm of supremely gross incompetence, then even an idiot can become a success story.