De-Earth Man Elon Musk has made another de-Earth news.
On Nov. 7, 2025, Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation plan worth up to $1 trillion (W1,400 trillion) for Elon Musk with more than 75% approval.
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund opposed it,
Most shareholders approved of giving Elon this astronomical amount of money.
The objectives to be achieved are as follows
- hit $8.5 trillion in market capitalization (now $1.4 trillion),
- Sales of 20 million vehicles per year,
- Commercialization of 1 million robotaxi,
- 1M HUMANOID ROBOT OPTIMUS PRODUCTION
Let’s put aside the feasibility for a moment and think about the implications of these compensation proposals.
1,400 trillion won is close to half of Korea’s annual GDP.
The total amount of added value that Korea earns in a year is about 2,600 trillion won.
Namely,
The value the Korean economy produces for half a year = the equivalent of potential incentives handed to Elon Musk.
The question that appears here 🤔
Which of the following is this compensation package after all?
- excessive adoration of a genius founder
- Unprecedented Betting for Future Technology Hegemon
The answer is neither, nor both.
In fact, the real core of this compensation package is the capital mobilization of a “personal brand” called Elon Musk.
- Traditionally, companies move in the next order.
Capital → Technology → Product → Users - Elon reversed the order.
narrative (vision) → user (fandom/trust) → capital → technology → product
Paying Elon is
I don’t believe in his technology
Believing in the story of redesigning his civilization.
What would have happened if Elon Musk came out of South Korea?
Suddenly, a really smart weirdo came out
What if I said I would build a rocket to move mankind to Mars?
I believe that the potential of Koreans is too underestimated.
The virtues of humility and humility are so trained that I think there are still many opportunities to achieve bigger dreams on the world stage.
I want to keep meeting people like that.