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totpot t1_iy71qk5 wrote

Reply to comment by do_you_even_ship_bro in Elon Musk’s Boring Company ghosts cities across America - The tunnel venture has repeatedly teased local officials with a pledge to ‘solve soul-destroying traffic,’ only to back out by asteriskspace

He specifically targeted cities with well-developed public transportation plans and convinced them to scrap them and wait for him. Just like with his hyperloop scam, this was his one and only goal with the Boring company.

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simbian t1_iy7ewuw wrote

Musk is taking a leaf out of the playbook used by American auto-makers in the early days to scuttle the inner city tramlines.

Once gullible city officials buy into it and scrap their original plans to improve public transportation, he will then disappear into the sunset.

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