• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Yeah but Hughes ran a magazine empire. Tony Stark was like, “what if someone had Hughes’ charisma but also the knowledge to use his resources to develop world-saving technology”. Musk didn’t have that charisma but was able to fake it for a while and the develop tech part IMO is more of what makes Tony Stark than the rest of it.

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      6 months ago

      Hughes built aircraft, cars, dated addresses and owned casinos.

      He is the guy in charge of the spruce goose.

      Are you thinking of Hearst ?

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          6 months ago

          That’s playboy.

          Howard Hughes is who Tony stark is based on. Fascinating man.

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            6 months ago

            Yeah, that’s why I thought the Stark comparison was stronger with who we thought Musk was at one time lol.

            I see it now though, now that I understand who you actually meant.

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              6 months ago

              If you haven’t read about Hughes, do so. It’s interesting to see everything he did and what a celebrity he was. That’s who Elon wanted to be.

              Sadly Hughes died a horrible death. Was very odd as he got older due to his injuries.