The most shocking thing about Elon Musk is that he was a Martin Shkreli

I recently watched an interview with Elon Musk from 2009, and it came off as the type of person who only cares about money and nothing else. He's not the product of hard work. He won the lottery. His first success came from selling an online city guide in 1995, at the age of 24. This was his first company, and he sold it for 300 million dollar, and only owned 7% of the company. His success came overnight, and it all came from venture capital. <br><br>By 2002 he had raised his 3rd startup, SpaceX, with a 220 million dollar investment from powerful investors such as Google. He ran Tesla into the ground with huge investments and in 2008 only .5% of the company was owned by employees. This might explain why he is such a dictator at Tesla, as the employees don't own the company, the investors do. Musk was just a simple career CEO. By 2013 he was billionaires. <br><br>Perhaps that is why he doesn't really sell cars at Tesla. Over the years Tesla has survived on government subsidies, stock trading schemes to enrich investors, government tax credits for cars not sold, and most recently by selling a combination of cars and government subsidies directly to the governments. Musk developed a strategy in which he could buy and sell companies easily, in order to get access to their patents and tax credits. He did this by creating SolarCity, and then he bought it for 2.6 billion dollars, or 2 times the initial investment. <br><br>Tesla's car business developed into a business strategy that the government owns the cars, and Tesla only developed the drivetrain and chassis. Essentially, the governments built the battery factories, then Tesla acquired them for pennies on the dollar. Musk has a strategy in which Tesla develops a market, product, or technology, and then he immediately sells it to the government. This is why the cars are not sold, but Tesla only delivers them to the government service centers that developed the cars in the first place. <br><br>Tesla only receives government subsidies, and investors buy and sell the stock as if it were Bitcoin. Essentially, Tesla is not a manufacturing company, but a holding company that manages the costs of government-built car factories. This is why the stock price of Tesla should be irrelevant, as it only represents the company's ability to get massive government subsidies. If Tesla were to lose its government subsidies the business model would immediately fall apart and the company would lose its value. <br><br>Tesla did not invent the EV car. The first electric cars were invented in 1835, and the first high performance electric cars were invented in 1899. By 1900, 28% of all cars were electric. By 1930, electric cars were wiped out by the gasoline-powered cars due to the discovery of oil and the gasoline-powered cars mass manufacturing due to the assembly line. <br><br>In 1996, the first modern electric car was unveiled by General Motors. General Motors developed an all electric car called the EV1, with a battery range of 260 miles. They built 1,117 of them, and then crushed 1,100 of them. 800 were leased, and those were all taken back and crushed. 40 were donated to museums, and 117 were sold with a covenant that they were not to be driven. 60 cars were not accounted for. In 2008, an outbreak in China killed thousands of people, and the Chinese government took control of the economy. They shut down the most polluting industries, but allowed the electric car industry to remain open, and developed it into a massive industry. <br><br>In 2015, China decided to expand its battery and car industry into developed countries, by acquiring companies and governments. The developed countries then shut down their polluting industries, and developed the electric car industry, with the help of China. This is why the electric car industry did not develop slowly, but was instead developed with massive investments in only 8 years. This is why the electric cars were not sold slowly, but were instead sold quickly, as governments took over the market. <br><br>This is why the development of technology of the electric car was not developed slowly, but was instead developed quickly. With massive investments, special interest groups, and government subsidies, an entire industry was developed. This is why the electric car industry did not develop slowly, but was instead developed quickly, by the government, and for the government. This is why the electric cars were not sold slowly, but were instead sold quickly, as governments took over the market. <br><br>A great example of how the electric car industry is not a market-based business is that Tesla has received billions of dollars in government subsidies. They now receive billions of dollars from government car purchases, and from selling tax credits. This is why the business model of Tesla is not based on selling cars, but in selling government car purchases and tax credits. The governments acquired the patents to the electric cars when they acquired General Motors during the 2008 financial crisis. <br><br>After that, they began immediately building 5 battery factories in the developed countries, and they built 100 more in China. In 2013, they began acquiring the EV startups in the US, and they developed the electric car industry as we know it today. This is why the electric car industry did not develop slowly, but was instead developed quickly. This is why the electric cars were not sold slowly, but were instead sold quickly, as governments took over the market. <br><br>The electric cars were not developed in the free market, but were instead developed in the centrally planned economy. This is why the electric cars were not sold to the consumers, but were instead sold to the government. This is why governments have taken over the market and the electric car industry. This is why the electric car development technology was not developed slowly, but was instead developed quickly. <br><br>From 2013, Tesla has been bought and sold by investors thousands of times, and the stock price has fluctuated wildly. Bitcoin did the same thing. This is why the stock price of Tesla should be irrelevant, as it only represents the company's ability to get massive government subsidies. If Tesla were to lose its government subsidies the business model would immediately fall apart and the company would lose its value. <br><br>Elon Musk developed Tesla into a stock trading scheme to enrich himself and his investors. He developed a strategy in which he would acquire companies, and then immediately sell them to the government for a huge profit. He developed a strategy in which Tesla would acquire the patents to the electric cars, and then he would immediately sell them to the government for a huge profit. <br><br>He developed a strategy in which Tesla would develop the drivetrain and chassis of the cars, and then he would sell them to the government for a huge profit. He developed a strategy in which Tesla would manage the costs of the government-built car factories, and then he would immediately sell the cars to the governments for a huge profit. <br><br>He developed a strategy in which Tesla would develop the battery industry, and then he would immediately sell it to the governments for a huge profit. He developed a strategy in which Tesla would manage the costs of the government's acquisition of the battery industry, and then he would immediately sell it to the government for a huge profit. <br><br>Elon Musk is not a brilliant inventor, he is a simple career CEO. He is not a great definer, as he only has 20 patents in his name. He is not a great entrepreneur, as he has only created 1 company, PayPal. He is not a great businessman, as he has only created 1 profitable company, SpaceX. <br><br>The most shocking thing about Elon Musk is that he was a Martin Shkreli. He is not a great humanitarian, as he is a ruthless capitalist. He is not a great inventor, as he only invented a city guide and a simple online game. He is not a great innovator, as he only has 20 patents in his name. <br><br>The most shocking thing about Elon Musk is that he was a Martin Shkreli. He is not a great humanitarian, as he is a ruthless capitalist. He is not a great inventor, as he only invented a city guide and a simple online game. He is not a great innovator, as he only has 20 patents in his name.