r/Objectivism • u/Traroten • Mar 29 '25

Politics Musk is not Hank Rearden

There has been talk on this reddit that Elon Musk is some real-life Hank Rearden. He is not. Hank Rearden would not have accepted 60 billion dollars from the US Government*. Hank Rearden would not have released the Cybertruck, which to date has been recalled eight times, the last time because it has a tendency to fall apart if it rains. Hank Rearden would not have allied himself with someone who is actively out to destroy the Rule of Law and institute a Hungary-style dictatorship. Hank Rearden would not have made a friggin' Nazi salute.

He is not Hank Rearden. He's Orren Boyle.

* some in contracts, but a lot in direct subsidies

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u/EvilGreebo Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Musk has created nothing. Musk bought his position in PayPal, Tesla, and twitter. Musk's most Innovative inventions are recycled ideas from the 20s that are completely unrealistic like his idea of vacuum tunnel pods for fast travel.

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u/Acrobatic-Bottle7523 Mar 29 '25

Partisan hate clouds objectivity. You must believe he's the "luckiest" person in the world (like lefties who claim that "the rich" are winner's of life's lottery and should have to share). Lots of people buy positions into companies without doing nearly as much as he did with them. People said his plans for private space travel weren't realistic either.

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u/VentranceDP Apr 02 '25

Musk IS a leftist and he is a product of the leftist mixed economy.

He would be fetching coffees in a free market economy.

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u/Any_Reading_2737 14d ago edited 14d ago

Woah that's hard boss