I understand why he is unpopular with many people and to be frank I have quite the distaste for all billionaires, but he is not stupid which is something that is often claimed.

No-one becomes a multi-billionaire due to a lack of intelligence or common sense.

Musk knows exactly what he is doing, he didn’t buy Twitter to make a quick buck, he bought it derail it and he’s done that quite thoroughly. $35bn to Musk is pocket change.

I mean I get it, if I was a big Twitter user and a new CEO made it something that I now hated, I’d think the bloke was an idiot, but that is actually just a difference of opinion and has nothing to do with intelligence.

In short, whilst Musk is clearly very unpopular with some people and I can understand why, the man clearly is not an idiot. Some people really don’t like it when you tell them that.

Edit: 14 downvotes in 30 minutes lol, I can’t say I wasn’t expecting this but judging by the replies so far, I think it just proves that it’s an unpopular opinion!

  • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    7 days ago

    He has no technical aptitude, he just had the right money at the right time, born in the right place.

    • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      310·
      7 days ago

      I’m not claiming he’s a genius. Just saying he’s not stupid.

      The image you shared doesn’t actually prove anything, it’s a difference of opinion unless you can source what he actually said. And at the end of the day, you don’t need to be a bean expert to run a successful baked bean company, you just need to know how to hire bean experts.

      • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        7 days ago

        He said “please print out the last 50 pages of code you’ve in the last 30 days” to his engineers.

        Any idiot with a bag of money can get those bean experts and just let them do their thing.

        • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          15·
          7 days ago

          If you’re referring to Twitter, I’ve already stated that I think he intentionally wanted to derail it.

        • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          25·
          7 days ago

          Once again this is an opinion and you’re fully entitled to that. But I think what you really mean is “I think he’s stupid for what he’s trying to be”.

            • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              23·
              7 days ago

              I think a lot of people hate Musk (understandably) so they call him stupid to make themselves feel better with disregard to the meaning of the word.