Who’s the best real-life example of “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” and what happened?

[u/DrCompenomics]

[u/yakshack]

It was known back in the late 90's that Elon was a massive megalomaniacal prick.

[u/cassinonorth → u/yakshack]

Great example of both sides sucking but Elon and Thiel hated each other back at Paypal for legitimate reasons.

[u/MilkChocolate21 → u/yakshack]

The first thing I ever read about him showed him to be a big asshole.