There are better targets out there.
Enron wasn't tackling space challenges, so I guess there's a slight difference there.
Look: fraud is fraud. If someone is lying to the public, it is wrong on that basis alone. Elon Musk could have done everything the same and simply NOT lied about it, and things would have gone far smoother.
The workers at the Gigafactory2 plant have been disenfranchised due to this SolarCity issue.
What in heavens name are you talking about? Are you really claiming that Enron was in the business of replacing petroleum and natural gas with solar and wind energy?
I admire Musk’s obvious engineering prowess (chiefly his ability to find and motivate top talent), and his showmanship, but let’s not pretend that by virtue of being on some holy crusade he’ll never need turn a profit.
It would be great if some sizable fraction of the government budget were used for fabulous projects. Personally, I would like to see our entire economy made fully sustainable, and upon transitioning to the only practical sustainable energy source, nuclear, we will be able to wind down much of our military operations, excepting, of course, Afghanistan.
But that isn’t the world we live in. Instead, we live in the world of two-thirds-of-every-tax-dollar-goes-to-the-healthcare-industry, and much-of-the-rest-to-defense-contractors, and hey-look-kiddies-don’t-you-want-a-literal-chip-in-your-brain (the disheveled homeless guy weeping softly in the corner; he tried to warn people but no one listened).
Look: SolarCity was systematically DESTROYED by Elon Musk, and his supporters continuously defend his behavior. Shouldn't we be asking:
* Where are the solar roofs?
* Why did production at Gigafactory 2 slow down?
* Why did Elon destroy the Home Depot contract?
* How are Tesla's shareholders benefiting from SolarCity being actively destroyed?
* How is anyone benefiting from this collapse of SolarCity?
No one wins when Walmart has 7+ roofs catch on fire due to bad SolarCity installs. This isn't "good vs perfect", we're at the point where SolarCity is actively hampering the name of solar power in the USA. Now people are worried about their roofs catching on fire due to their systematic mistakes.
For how long? The companies he is trying to produce need to at some point be financially sustainable in order to meet their mission. And when should we wonder whether Musk is mixing up the mission with his own narcissistic endeavors?
And what if Musk murdered someone ?
Wondering how slippery this slope goes for you when someone has alleged to have committed a crime.
But I appreciate the honesty about it.