What is it that people aren't getting about this guy? Why are people so charitable?
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I certainly gave him credit for longer than I should have. I'd say it stemmed mostly from a belief that scientific and technological progress will help solve a lot of large scale problems, and he seemed to be aligned with and guiding some of that progress.
His ideas on science and technology sound great only if you know nothing about science or technology.
Which ideas? Like electric cars are a pretty legitimately good alternative to ICE cars. Ofc investing into public transit would be better, but that's a social problem, not a tech one. Reusable rocketry seems pretty legit. Starlink does seems like it'll be a massively taxpayer subsidized money black hole, though.
I'd say most of the issues I have with the Elon are his social policies (anti-worker) and views.
I would've suggested a few years ago that people simply didn't know the monster behind his public facade, but that mask has long since broken.
At this point I can only guess it's a mix of right-wing facists and the "disgraced billionaires" of the world worshipping him in the hopes that they can "one day" be like him.
He's rich and white.
'Murica.
I think it's that the richest (and thus arguably the most powerful) person in the world is a full-blown fascist is very hard to take.
Nowhere near the most powerful man... definitely not the richest. Remember that in most countries (china) wealth isn't publicly announced.
He still wields incredible power, it's rough just to think about it for me. I honestly find it a lot harder to think about Musk than Trump, reason being that Musk actually has some smart people working under him.
Musk was born in S. Africa. He cannot become President of the United States. Trump is much scarier because of this.
arguably the most powerful
Lol no. He wishes.
Hey Tim Cook, is this the line? Or is Apple gonna continue to advertise?
Hey Tim Apple
If Apple cared, they wouldn't be using modern slave labour.
Remember when Tumblr had porn on it and Apple got pissy about it and briefly dropped it from the app store? Yeah i wonder where that attitude is with Twitter...
Tim Apple*
American Jew here- I've been terrified since Charlottesville. I'm especially terrified for my daughter, who is also on the LGBTQ spectrum. Please do everything you can to stop Trump.
As a lone voter in a red state, I'm trying, but the electoral college will fuck us again. Goddamn ~~secret Republican Billionaire ruling class servants~~ Democrats when it comes to trying to get rid of it, "yOu wOuLdN'T WaNt tO GeT RiD Of iT If iT WaS In yOuR FaVoR."
At least you're trying! That's all you can do! I'm in Indiana, so I feel your pain.
Crazy. It's like the guy who grew up with hyper wealthy parents, who benefited from the South African apartheid regime, went to spoiled rich boy schools, and has generally acted like a moronic 12 year old his entire life, might be a racist buffoon.
It's worse. The original comment basically says Jews are responsible for non-white immigration in an attempt to replace white people, but now the Jews are learning that the non-white people don't like Jews because people are protesting for Palestinian rights.
What a fantasy world these people live in.
Surprise Surprise, post has been deleted from X. Anyone get a screenshot before dickhead deleted it?
Oh hey OP been a minute hope you're well.
Update: the link in the article did not work for me, however OP provides a working link for the post and I've seen more than a few screenshots of Musk's reply.
The post is still on Twitter! And things are going well, thanks! You?
https://x.com/breakingbaht/status/1724892505647296620?s=46&t=EUtgwMByNj4sQbVP9INV-Q
Oh shit! Thanks yo this'll be wonderful the next time I have to listen to a conservative ball gargle muskrat.
Life is good when I'm not working. When I'm working I'm constantly tempted to scream at my team leads about being inconsistent with their bullshit and causing unnecessary delays.
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Super taboo to say but I think its fair to claim that all cults/religions discriminate against outsiders.
Yeah, but he was just thinking about lost $.
Musk in September threatened to sue the ADL for defamation, claiming that the organization’s reports have hurt advertising sales on X
Right, exactly. He is the "white" he is referring to.
The whole thing is a strange statement. I've been critical of Israel's government, but "hatred against whites"? Huh?
What's interesting is that this is yet another example about how Jews are only white when it's convenient.
You are confusing the issue with an out of context comment.
While I personally agree with your observation, the ADL group exist specifically to fight antisemitism.
Your comment helps normalizing Elon Musk insanity. Musk is just butthurt, because he was called out for being an idiot.
Why did "pushing hatred against" get softened to "discriminate against"? That's not at all what was said.
" we don't hate those people, we just think they're not as good as we are"
Splitting the hair might thin there?
" we don't hate those people, we just think they're not as good as we are"
That's where it starts.
No. And why now are we pretending that hating and pushing hate are the same thing? My grandfather hating Chinese people isn't the same thing as my grandfather's community organizing to push anti-Chinese propaganda.
Why can't we just address what was actually said?
Jewish communties have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.
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There's some historical baggage (you know, the Holocaust and also generations of nasty antisemitism) associated with Judaism that makes it worth being a little more nuanced with criticism, though.
Well, Elon Musk is a piece of shit, so there's that.
What in the world Elon ?
Are you surprised that he's becoming a nazi out of sheer braindead convenience, having been caught in the web spun by big oil companies who support people like Ben Shapiro and other ghouls in an effort to destabilize the world so they can go on poisoning it. Which in turn coddles these braindead narcicists because they were raised so intensely sheltered that they almost kill themselves when an audience boos at them?
Because I'm not really surprised. This was actually rather expected.
his innate weakness makes playing the victim card a simple reflex action