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b_b  ·  3540 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tesla basically just ignited the driverless car era

Don't get me wrong. I respect Musk, and I think he's a man of vision. But he's also a man who's in the luxury car business, and he's not there out of altruism. Luxury car makers are all keenly aware of global trends in wealth distribution and they're all keenly bent on exploiting it to their own benefit. We can't put him on a pedestal in a way we wouldn't for, say, Audi or Cadillac or Volvo. These are all good companies that make good cars, but they all, including Musk, still worship at the alter of the market. I like Teslas as much as the next guy; I'm just sick of everyone continually fighting in line to hold Elon Musk's nutsack for him. He's a businessman, not a saint. His motives need to be evaluated on business grounds like everyone else.