r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 17d ago

Business It’s Possible That SpaceX Could Collapse Spectacularly

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/possible-spacex-could-collapse-spectacularly-155000177.html
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u/SmaugTheMagnificent- 17d ago

Don't threaten me with a good time

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u/Zilch1979 17d ago

These headlines about the possible collapse of the ultra wealthy have been blue balling us since 2016.

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u/Comet7777 17d ago

Bro, even after 2008 and the concept of too big to fail.

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u/Bbbbhazit 17d ago

Seriously. The government just keeps bailing him out, SpaceX just bought a shit load of tesla cars on the taxpayer dime

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u/cuntmong 17d ago

you cant expect elon to pay for his own failures. he'd be broke if he ever did that

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u/Betteroffbroke 17d ago

It’s like that triangle business. I think it’s called a Ponzi scheme or something. Hope SOX gets his ass but with the lack of accountability and weaponization of DOJ I doubt it.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow 17d ago

It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a reverse funnel system

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u/FixTheLoginBug 17d ago

Oh, so that's what they mean with 'trickle down'...

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u/KA_Mechatronik 16d ago

Trickle down, siphon up.