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gopher2 on July 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down

For me it's mostly that I don't like overly-promotional liars. And the "saving the world" schtick wears thin. Hate would be a strong word though.

sergiosgc on July 25, 2019 [–]

Every CEO is a salesman. Anyone who believes every word of a salesman is a fool. I'd not paint it as Trump-style, bona fide lying. It's just inflating promises, or being overly optimistic. Par for the course.

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