The thing people don’t grok about @elonmusk’s $1T pay package is that it was never about the money. Elon risked everything and slept on a friend’s couch to bring electric cars and rockets to the masses. It’s about recognition for his extraordinary contributions to human progress.

Nov 8, 2025 · 7:52 PM UTC

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Cry me a river with elons fairytales🤮🤮🤮there are kids sleeping on streets while you whine for a man sleeping on a couch since he was to cheap to sleep on a curb,just using his friends and playing the eternal victime ,total covert narc
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I hope he brings SpaceX public!
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Elon’s payday isn’t cash it’s a standing ovation for changing the world 🌎✨
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Elon mask risk everything to bring value to human kind . I like the dude
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Elon. The most important and productive person who has ever lived.
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Bro it’s also a hedge against people turning on him after he creates a robot army
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With that kind of money, he can fix Europe in 2 years. At this point Europe is very close to the event horizon and some countries like Belgian, Sweden and the UK are gone!
He doesn’t want the company to fall in the wrong hands. It’s about control
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🙏 but no it’s his fault the poor are living in squalor 👀
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The compensation package is something to be studied and emulated by all companies. It is not the compensation that matters so much but the structure that incentivizes actions that bring the vision to fruition. The value thus created is immeasurable.
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Fact!!!
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So did you spoke to him yet?
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It is also about the money because without it he wouldn't be able to accomplish any dream.
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When we have AGI humanoids, Elon wants to retain control. He said so himself.
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Replying to @mikealfred
People complaining about @elonmusk are the same people who couldn’t make a fire if they needed to and don’t realize how insane it is what he provides humanity
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I am really glad to hear your view on this. Thank You!
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Also about enough control of the company that he has influence over the future of ai/robotics
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Elon wins, every investor wins. Elon is a driven man…
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Even once Elon worth $100B he's sleeping wherever like the break room.
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A $1T pay package is a crazy huge amount of money, but I guess he deserved it🧐
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He needs to challenge himself and this will do it. He’s self motivated anyway but this puts it on in public.
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Nope… in his own words… it’s about him getting enough voting rights so he can protect the world from the Terminator scenario…
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yeah he is next level
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Hey Mike any thoughts on the TXSE coming 2026 and how you might play this? Seems like it will be very important considering what’s going on in ny
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Even in your ass kissing you’re still wrong
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No, it’s only about voting control of Tesla. He doesn’t want unhinged liberals taking control of a robot and AI army. That’s literally it.
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you forgot that he only had one orange and a piece of meat for his first gig. He also never used the restroom during that time.
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All left wing woke type people believe he has too much power. Half of our country is walking around with short circuiting wires. Book smart people who one would think be logical are in the twilight zone. Not sure of the cause but they appear to have gone whacko.
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Right he still has to earn it. It’s not a given.
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Actually, I think it’s about being able to retain decision control of the company
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It’s about maintaining control over a an army of tens if not hundreds of millions of humanoid robots. The responsibility that comes with that is immense, but it should not fall in the wrong hands.
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My general truth limiter is often simplification. Would the world be a better place with or without Elon? Or even more broadly simplifying it. Would the world be a better or worse place with or without billionaires? People love to gripe about the wealth disparity gap, but in reality, this is not billionaires faults. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Every person who has made wealth through the capitalist system had relatively the same opportunity as Elon, Jeff, Zuck to make MILLIONS. All you had to do was invest your entire net worth into one of these founders.. but you didn’t. And now you’re crying?.. because they did? The truth is if you think billionaires are the problem, then you don’t understand how money works and I would suggest you spend a little more time understanding the root of the capitalist system. I’m not saying it’s fair, at all. But don’t hate the player, hate the game. In my mind, without these founders, these products would not exist and I think in general people who want things not to change or to stop innovation are those who essentially want regression. And to keep life simple. It doesn’t matter whether Elon, Jeff, or Zuck are billionaires, that’s doesn’t change the fact why you don’t have money. Because if they did not exist, then somebody else would. That’s the premise of capitalism, and I agree. It’s not fair. But it errs to reward those who are the most productive. So if you’re productive, you can be rewarded too. But sorry, stop crying. America was built on capitalism and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I try to remind myself everyday how we have unlimited access to the cumulative knowledge of the human civilization in our pockets… sometimes even for free. It’s called the internet. But even when I find myself struggling, I remind myself that this is the system. Either play the game or get left behind $TSLA $META $AMZN @elonmusk @JeffBezos @finkd
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Probably the one person to actually deserve this amount
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Replying to @mikealfred
To an extent you are right with the recognition. But moreso, It is about money, just not personal wealth to him. @elonmusk has said he wants to use his wealth for the sustainability of humanity by making us multiplanetary. Its expensive to get to Mars with earthlings.
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