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In reply to the discussion: Everyone has an Achilles heel. What is Musk's? [View all]localroger
(3,719 posts)A lot of his early business success mirrors people who had early luck gambling. Even though Elon is capable of understanding the odds (unlike TFG, who I think can't do math at all and trusts "his gut" over numbers) Elon no longer realistically believes that he will lose. The longer that luck holds the worse it will be for him when it fails. There are signs he is already pushing way beyond his limits even as the world's financially richest man in his manipulations of politics and statecraft. He is impulsive and not at all prepared for the war he is picking with people who may not be able to match his raw resources, but are much craftier and more experienced than he is. He is riding high right moment but I think he's forgotten that he has no political power at all. Once TFG crashes (which at this rate may be before the inauguration) he is going to be exposed bare-assed to the wind he has stirred up, and he's going to find out there are some things even his money can't buy.