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Elon Musk’s Power Grab: The Largest Data Breach in U.S. History

3 min readFeb 12, 2025

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My feelings on Elon Musk haven’t changed over the years — I still believe he’s a techno-conman. Now, he’s a blatant Nazi too, after not one but two Nazi salutes. Of course, he claimed he did it for laughs, but we can all see through the charade.

This man is less of an inventor and more of a sophisticated investor. Sure, he created his banking company, X, back in 1999, but his company merged with Confinity, which gave rise to PayPal. He was quickly ousted from PayPal.

He took his money and started buying into other companies to get a seat on their boards. Tesla? Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning created and ran it until Musk bought his way onto the board and then ousted the founders.

SpaceX? Musk gave it the name, but he never designed a damn rocket. He just siphoned off government grants and funding.

Yes, he’s smart. In many ways, he is the next Thomas Edison — but not in a good way. History will remember him for stealing other people’s hard work and taking credit for innovations he never touched. The irony? He owns a company named Tesla — a homage…

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Thomas Ott
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Written by Thomas Ott

Startup guy, civil engineer, hyperdimensional writer, and maker. Dogs love me.

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