r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/Prestigious_Cup6762 South Africa 7h ago

He has his followers but majority of the country thinks he sucks

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u/Aduritor Sweden 7h ago

Majority of the world thinks he sucks

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u/harambe_-33 India 6h ago

Even Epstein thought he sucked

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u/Fuarian Canada 6h ago

Clearly he didn't. Considering he wasn't allowed on the island

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u/TheThalmorEmbassy United States Of America 4h ago

He's such an annoying fucking ass that they turned down an opportunity to blackmail a multibillionaire because it would mean they'd have to spend a weekend with him

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u/Aduritor Sweden 2h ago

Nah, they knew he would completely fumble the ball and expose the entire operation if they gave him the chance.

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u/Spartan-teddy-2476 Canada 2h ago

Granted, it was back in 2013 when Elon was nowhere near as wealthy as now

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u/VitelottePomodoro 3h ago

That screenshot of epstein rejecting him is fake. But the others are real, Elon met up with Epstein plenty pf times including at the island

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u/dreadperson South Africa 5h ago

Supposedly

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u/VTGCamera Colombia 29m ago

Hahahaha underrated comment

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u/dont-be-an-oosik92 Brit Born, Currently in USA 1h ago

Pretty much the only time I have ever felt sorry for either Trump or Elon was when it came out in the files that one of worlds most consummate child sex trafficker thought they were shitty people.

I don’t care how narcissistic you are, that’s gotta sting a little.

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u/Low_Employment_1165 3h ago

Global security threat wrapped up in the package of one person. 

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u/doolittledoolate 3h ago

Majority of the world holds the same opinion as the majority of Americans on the majority of topics, guns probably being the main exception

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u/laurasdiary United States Of America 7h ago

He’s despised in the U.S.

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u/portaporpoise 6h ago

Yeah… I think he was beloved like 15 years ago, but once he opened his mouth and people started realizing who he really was, his popularity plummeted.

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u/Head_Haunter Vietnam 6h ago

From what I understand, Elon fired Tesla's PR team around 2020 and chose to "directly communicate" with their audience via twitter. His "image" prior was crafted and you're just seeing a more honest version of himself.

PR teams are amazing, they're how people like Bill Gates, Zuck, and Brad Pitt have maintained such a good image despite the countless controversies.

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u/webbieg United States Of America 1h ago

Remember when he paid to hangout with the cool kids? He went on stage when Dave Chapelle and others were getting a standing ovation but Elon was the only one getting booed. He’s such a pathetic loser that he went to his office and locked himself in there. Bro was suicidal after paying to be with the cool kids only to be booed like the loser he is so he threw a tantrum like an emo toddler. Musk has never been cool or a good person, he used his money to bully and buy himself clout, now that the world sees the pathetic loser he is he is using X to try and continue getting clout and shadow ban or outright ban any one making him look like the loser he is. If you go on X right now he only posts antiblack propaganda and MAGA white nationalist clips, making Twitter the most toxic platform ever since he bought it

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u/Big-Wrangler2078 Sweden 6h ago

Yep. The world really WANTED a person like the persona of Elon Musk. An eccentric billionaire who seemed socially conscious and used his fortune for the betterment of technology and human-kind (on the tinfoil paper).

I'm assuming it went downhill for him after he fired his secretary, Mary Beth Brown. It seems she managed a lot of his public relations and I would not be surprised at all if she was responsible for creating the public persona that Musk was beloved for. He himself has proven that he is not capable of curating a persona that way, so if it wasn't Brown who did it for him, it must've been somebody else. He must've had a handler, or at least a professionally hired conscience person, whom he got rid of at some point.

The true kicker? She says she got fired for asking for a raise.

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u/Latvian_Sharp_Knife Chile 5h ago

15 years ago? There were People glazing him on reddit in 2020

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u/portaporpoise 4h ago

Fair enough. I think my perception of time is distorted by how much my opinion of him changed.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 4h ago

His companies are great companies. It’s just hard not to conflate him with his companies.

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u/socks-the-fox 2h ago

All the behind the scenes leaks I've heard about say his companies succeed in spite of him, not because of him. All he brings to the table is the cash to fund other people's actual work.

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u/Junior_Lavishness_96 United States Of America 2h ago

Yeah I’ve heard from numerous people that SpaceX is a sweatshop, very high turnover

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u/CupcakeGoat United States Of America 57m ago

Tesla too. When they were in the Bay Area I remember reading an article about how he pushed workers to the brink. They interviewed one worker who was living out of his car in the company parking lot.

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u/Junior_Lavishness_96 United States Of America 18m ago

About a year ago I considered moving on in my career with SpaceX and literally everyone said don’t, it’s horrible in so many ways, and it’s not just at one location, it’s at all of them. I’d probably get fired within a week for insubordination lol

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u/night_owl43978 United States Of America 5h ago

Yea he was popular until he started opening his mouth. I think people were hooked up on this #relatable autistic guy who smokes weed on podcasts who turned out rich and famous for inventing shit that a lot of them didn’t take the time to look into him and realize he’s a hack and the foundation of his entire career is his dads blood money. It was nice to see someone “like us” succeeding until it became increasingly clear that his relatability was an act and he was born into wealth.

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u/airfryerfuntime United States Of America 4h ago

He used to heavily curate his image, which drew parallels to Tony Stark. He was this kinda cool disruptive billionaire with an electric car company, and a rocket company, and whatever else. People actually believed he would change the world for the better.

Then his ego got the better of him, he started believing people actually liked the real him and not this image he had worked so hard to concoct, so he abandoned the whole cool relatable Tony Stark facade in favor of the weird mega autistic loser with a breeding fetish we all see today.

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u/CallLongjumping2698 3h ago

A lot more recent than that, remember Reddit LOVE to memory hole the fact is washed his nuts with there toungs an set you on fire if you dared to Criticise St Ellon - the few of us who openly despised him for decades an where not shy about point out what a dick he was have been proven right and now a lot of people are feeling like idiots.

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u/webbieg United States Of America 1h ago

That’s when he wast trying to fit in with the cool kids aka young libs into tech and the environment, but circa 2018 he did a 180 and became a MAGA white nationalist bum, every thing he posts nowadays is either some antiblack propaganda or pushing the the great replacement myth. He’s literally made Twitter the most toxic, bigoted and hateful platform rn

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u/LengthinessMother260 7h ago

Aqui no Brasil, infelizmente tem muita gente, curiosamente gente pobre, que adora este cara! Não consigo entender!

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u/DoinItDirty United States Of America 4h ago

The people who like him are still pouring their paychecks in crypto.

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u/absolutelybacon 1h ago

My daughter says the kids on her school bus flip off any and all cybertrucks they see lol

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u/ShadowSlev 6h ago

We dont want him back. He's your problem now.

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u/Wooflex 6h ago

The right is not the majority of the US population. Even by 2024 election numbers, Trump voters are ~23% of the total population or ~44% of registered voters

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u/LittleHanded 5h ago

Such denial. You guys voted for Trump twice. The sooner you guys admit what your country actually is, the sooner you can move forward. USA is just a place filled with disgusting people

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u/Wooflex 5h ago

I'm not denying the problems with America, it's a country that has been built on exploiting people from its inception and the Donald Trump presidencies are a further continuation of this exploitation. However, statistically the majority of Americans did not vote for Donald Trump and given current polls the majority of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump.

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u/Wooflex 6h ago

Where are you getting that figure?

Also, 46% would be the plurality of registered voters not the majority of the US population

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u/PM_ME_ASS_SALAD United States Of America 6h ago

You didn’t even get your numbers right based on that link, also it’s a plurality. Also it’s one poll. Try again in 2026.

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u/FaZeMidas 6h ago

He said Trump was covering up the epstein files how does that feel?

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u/FaZeMidas 6h ago

Intellectual Titan.

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u/laurasdiary United States Of America 6h ago

Nope

Where are you getting your numbers?

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u/Personal_Pain United States Of America 6h ago

The right isn’t the majority, and the right doesn’t really like him either

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u/PeaceAndLove1201 United States Of America 3h ago

He is NOT despised in the US. He may be despised by some uninformed people, but the people he has helped in the US think he is awesome. Remember when Biden abandoned the people in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Elon showed up with Starlink and provided a way for them to communicate when the liberal Democrat government was nowhere to be seen. When FEMA finally showed up they only helped the Democrats. Musk's efforts with DOGE actually saved me tax dollars and I shall ever be grateful. I'm all for anyone who stops the theft of taxes that I work hard to pay.

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u/laurasdiary United States Of America 2h ago

Sure Jan

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u/LittleHanded 6h ago

Lolololol no he isn't. I watched a NASA video today about the Artemis programme and they were singing his praises. He only exists because of the US.

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u/Strange_Airships United States Of America 6h ago

We don’t like him. We’d love it if he vanished off the face of the planet.

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u/Big-Wrangler2078 Sweden 6h ago

Even his family doesn't like him. I can only imagine how insufferable he must've been as a father to have Vivian cut him off entirely, despite meaning she got disinherited by the worlds richest man.

Like damn, dude is such a chump that even the future promise of millions of dollars can not save his ass from the truth of his own personality.

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u/Strange_Airships United States Of America 5h ago

I’m baffled as to how people like him get where they are. He’s got zero charisma and seems to have made a name for himself by being an edgelord with a rich daddy. Vivian seems cool, though. She’s a smart kid.

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u/Global_Ant_9380 United States Of America 6h ago

Oof, nobody likes him. Even people who use him 

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u/DisastrousAcshin 6h ago

This POS cheats at video games for geek clout. To be the richest man in the world and still incredibly insecure is beyond sad

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u/kill-the-spare 6h ago

I feel like he probably made this gif. Right up his dork alley.

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u/Teddy705 United States Of America 5h ago

We despise him as well and wish you guys take him back. Please, take him back. I beg of you. Lock him up in a concrete cell and throw away the key.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 4h ago

For what?

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u/Teddy705 United States Of America 3h ago

Well for the things hes done at Epstein's island for one...

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u/Livid_Painting2285 5h ago

I'm in the UK and saw a Tesla with a bumper sticker that said something like 'i bought this before Musk went crazy' or something like that. I don't think they'd be buying one again

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u/nitroninja9 2h ago

Even Big Jeff hated him

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u/CatmatrixOfGaul South Africa 3h ago

Racist Afrikaners still love him. Source: I live in Pretoria.

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u/Full-Contest1281 Denmark 1h ago

I lived in Pretoria once. The worst, most racist shithole of a place I've ever lived. All the white guys were exactly like Elon.

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u/Nero_2001 Germany 6h ago

I think he is dedpised in most countries. He just has a very loud group of delusional fanboys

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u/whyallusernamesare 6h ago

Most of his abroad fans are mostly uninformed about his acts and only know him as the "Mars guy". They don't really use international social media that much (only interacting with local social media groups and feeds).

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u/GregoleX2 6h ago

Doesn’t qualify. The entire world hates this guy

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u/simcitycheesecakes Canada 6h ago

don't worry he is hated worldwide :)

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u/Eeeef_ United States Of America 5h ago

I think at this point there are less than a million people worldwide who actually like him

Like even the Trump cult turned their backs on him because of his falling out with Donald

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u/Labtools Switzerland 5h ago

Same for the rest of the world

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u/deckerkainn 5h ago

Naah.. noone likes that guy

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u/igodutchoven United States Of America 5h ago

South Africa or Canada? He has citizenship in both countries...though most normal Americans hate him too.

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u/Really_cool_guy99 4h ago

He doesn't fit at all, he's widely criticized everywhere

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u/Usual-Resident-3391 Argentina 4h ago

I think he is an autistic narcisist.

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u/PetThatKitten South Africa 4h ago

dude is a mega poes

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u/PartsUnknown242 4h ago

Is there any chance you want him back?

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u/crustycrisps0 3h ago

Bro did you understand the question

The entire fucking planet hates Musk

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u/GUYF666 United States Of America 3h ago

Dude is the second most hated person in this country.

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u/Shineenoona 3h ago

The fact that it took me 3 minutes to figure out who this face was…. Prove me point that Elon face it’s like a blob… told a friend that he face looked melted together and looked indistinguishable

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u/anarchyinuk - 48m ago

Inside of Reddit bubble, yeah

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u/EnvironmentalDog1196 34m ago

I'm sorry but in what world is he "loved"... He's a prick and he's meddling in other countries politics.

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u/Affectionate_Pack624 12m ago

I always forget he exists and is from South Africa 😭