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This makes me sad. No one’s perfect but I've never met anyone who goes through more personal pain to fight for an inspiring future for humanity - and has done so tirelessly for decades. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion but mine is that there’s no one I respect and admire more

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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

@LorenaSGonzalez

· May 10, 2020

F*ck Elon Musk.

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Protect billionaires.

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So tired of communist twitter. Billionaires like Elon Musk are the reason society has progressed this far. He is not the problem.

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Its progressed this far due to all the people working under the billionaires. Its not unreasonable to suggest they also deserve to have equity (20%) so they can also have some of the company's wealth. "Communist" Twitter is code for people who want some sensible economic change.

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My dude, that's how the free market works. Man gets an idea (PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX) and then he assembles the company(very fucking HARD to do) Society needs these extraordinary minds to get the ball rolling on innovation. I'm not defending capitalism, I'm simply being realistic.

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Right and thats good. I'm talking about having a MERE 20% of those companies equity to be spread to ALL employees like GM used to do. Equity is what actually generates wealth and people like Elon can easily lose 20% equity without a scratch. The free market needs to work for all.

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My Dude, he didn't create Tesla. Also, public money funds SpaceX. PayPal is all his but starting a company is much easier when your father can give you more cash than most people earn in 3 years. Just sayin'.

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He is the co-founder and CEO of Tesla I'm sorry I didnt specify. Public money funds SpaceX because of contracts with NASA, he still leads operations. I really dont think you guys are seeing the point. Elon does things that create jobs revenue. Plenty of other CEOs to go after