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In reply to the discussion: Elon Musk acquires Twitter for roughly $44 billion [View all]BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)when I finally watched it a bunch of years ago. It still astounds me given Orson Wells' age at the time he wrote/directed/starred in it and even when it was made, with its use of some unique story-telling techniques.
However I think the Kane character, although supposedly patterned off of William R. Hearst, was shown to have come from a very poor family and was taken in under the wing of a wealthy benefactor (in exchange for money given to his family), where the whole "Rosebud" theme (as a childhood loss) seemed to hint at why he would forever be "flawed" and doomed. He was also shown to be a micromanager and perfectionist.
This was as opposed to Hearst having come from multi-generational wealth and firmly believed in the credos "If it bleeds, it leads", pushing at something until it almost breaks. Similarly Musk came out of a wealthy family, so if anything, the two of them are more directly relatable (although Hearst and his father had also been involved in elected politics).
It would seem that in the modern era, Musk is along with Bill Gates as well (family wealth-wise and oddity wise). Both were rather cutthroat to get where they were.