The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
Elon Musk admitted
I’m not saying it isn’t true, but I’m not seeing any quote from him or link to an interview or anything. Just assertions from third parties of what his motives “seem” to be.
When you lie about shit like this, it undermines valid criticisms and makes anyone actually reading the original article question the trustworthiness of the source.
The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. It was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
That is a blurb that doesn’t resort to lies, and gets the same exact point across, without YOU looking like a liar.
You don’t need to lie about monsters to make them look bad. Just show facts about their monstrous actions.
If you’re spreading lies, regardless of intent, you’re part of the problem, not the solution.
I agree that the original source isn’t 100% unimpeachable, but I also wouldn’t call OP’s post a “lie.” A reporter included this assertion as fact in a biography of Musk based on extensive reporting. It’s always difficult to gauge the veracity of anonymous sources, but Vance seems very confident that the Hyperloop thing is true. Whether that’s based on a conversation with Musk himself or someone close to him, we don’t really know.
The quote from that biography is “It seemed that Musk…” - Using the phrase “Musk admitted” Is quite directly a lie.
The admission was never part of the original biography, nor the source article this is linking to. It was specifically added by the tooter, and was completely unnecessary.
Not that I’m doubting Elon’s a big enough POS to have done this, but I don’t see any quotes here of him actually admitting to it
Trust me bro
As if I needed another reason to hate his ass… 😡
Please just crawl in a hole and shit the fuck up Elon.
Not surprising, elon is a pretty shitty person. Plus this would help tesla
Dudes a huge piece of shit
As far as I can tell this is just an article where someone’s theorizes Musk’s plan?
Musk never claimed in any way, shape or form that he was going to build the Hyperloop. In fact he explicitly ruled out doing it. You can blame the guy for a lot of things but this is just nonsense. Full disclosure: I also never intended to build a Hyperloop.
What a fucking butthole. We need some kind of rapid transport able to get from one end of the state to the other quickly. How backed up does traffic in LA/SD or between the valley and the bay need to get before people stop being hella stupid about this?
This has been posted many many times.
And each time some poor person has to point out that the quoted text doesn’t have Elon admitting any such thing directly. It is an possibly floated by Ashlee Vance (who is a good journalist).
Apparently today I’m that poor person. Now I just feel like a rube.
no he didnt
My favorite American past time is gaming the government subsidy system in favor of corporations so they can get tax money for projects that go nowhere or don’t get done at all. Verizon and national broadband was a government deal so well played I think that American politicians should be hailed as heroes and awarded Medals of Honor.
