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thereitgoes456today at 4:39 PM4 repliesview on HN

He has had many failures, SolarCity and xAI and X and DOGE to name a few, but he has often bailed them out with his larger ventures.

Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage.


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sssilvertoday at 4:49 PM

I take issue with your use of the word "bend" here.

Can you provide specific examples of where Elon has bent the levers of government?

voidfunctoday at 4:47 PM

> Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage.

So what? Thats called being a maverick. He is very very good at executing on making money which is the point of business.

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redox99today at 4:49 PM

xAI is the most profitable part of SpaceX by far.

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brandonagr2today at 4:53 PM

What failed with X? Usage today is higher than ever

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