Elon Musk is the ghost of a 19th century robber baron and the ghost of a 14-year-old redditor (who died c. 2016) both trying to possess the same body. From that dialectic comes… strange results.
Obviously he has no real conscience, but the stuff with Starlink there seemed to change his mind. Maybe he saw how things really are there. Certainly not defending him, but sometimes reality just becomes unavoidable.
I am 100% convinced that the Starlink stuff was just a stunt to secure funding. Around the same that story was happening, Richard Branson has secured a contract for his private aerospace company to build and operate an aerial start spaceport in Luxemburg. “In the interests of NATO”.
I’d love that to be true and maybe it is but it doesn’t erase his scummy horseshit including his pandering to the American state and the subsequent contacts and help he received.
I’m fully ready to accept anyone who gets a grip and grows up, but the emerald mine slavery sion is not someone I expect to change.
That said I hope I’m proven wrong because one more converted individual especially with his power and influence is great. I just don’t see it happening.
Probably. He’s just another privileged idiot who conned his way to success. His true talent is actually conning people.
The YouTube channel ‘Common Sense Skeptic’ has several videos on his history. Terrible channel name tbh but they are from Canada, so maybe debate bro idiots haven’t coopted that language there yet. Their videos on Musk are good at least.
Libertarians are odd. They will have a correct analysis once in a blue moon, but never a good solution to fix it.
I’m usually very skeptical (get it 🤣) of the YouTube skeptic community given all the reactionary bigotry I’ve seen come out of it but if you vouch for them I’ll have a look.
Their Elon Musk videos were very informative and eye opening. Can’t vouch for anything else on the channel (have no reason to believe it’s bad - just haven’t watched) but those I recommend.
Musk taking “based” stances on Ukraine is just in pattern with Republicans being “based” by now officially running their campaigns on pulling aid to Ukraine. It’s fascists and the ruling class adopting anti-imperialist rhetoric in order to alienate progressives from anti-imperialist ideas. Because liberals are too fucking dumb to think deeper about the issue and will just think “Republicans support this so it must be evil.”
It’s literally the extreme right superficially co-opting leftism, like they do over and over again.
When one of the worst people you know has a good take it leaves you feeling dirty.
Please Elon have shitty opinions again
Please stop making me feel dirty Elon 😔
Elon Musk is the ghost of a 19th century robber baron and the ghost of a 14-year-old redditor (who died c. 2016) both trying to possess the same body. From that dialectic comes… strange results.
This is the head canon I now subscribe to.
Honey, new isekai plot just dropped.
Obviously he has no real conscience, but the stuff with Starlink there seemed to change his mind. Maybe he saw how things really are there. Certainly not defending him, but sometimes reality just becomes unavoidable.
I am 100% convinced that the Starlink stuff was just a stunt to secure funding. Around the same that story was happening, Richard Branson has secured a contract for his private aerospace company to build and operate an aerial start spaceport in Luxemburg. “In the interests of NATO”.
I’d love that to be true and maybe it is but it doesn’t erase his scummy horseshit including his pandering to the American state and the subsequent contacts and help he received.
I’m fully ready to accept anyone who gets a grip and grows up, but the emerald mine slavery sion is not someone I expect to change.
That said I hope I’m proven wrong because one more converted individual especially with his power and influence is great. I just don’t see it happening.
I don’t think he’ll ever be anything other than a turd. He’s a total conman POS, but sometimes people can be right about certain things.
He’s a bit of a tech libertarian type isn’t he? Which I guess would go ways to explain his takes on this.
Probably. He’s just another privileged idiot who conned his way to success. His true talent is actually conning people.
The YouTube channel ‘Common Sense Skeptic’ has several videos on his history. Terrible channel name tbh but they are from Canada, so maybe debate bro idiots haven’t coopted that language there yet. Their videos on Musk are good at least.
Libertarians are odd. They will have a correct analysis once in a blue moon, but never a good solution to fix it.
Yep lol he is a A-grade conman.
I’m usually very skeptical (get it 🤣) of the YouTube skeptic community given all the reactionary bigotry I’ve seen come out of it but if you vouch for them I’ll have a look.
Sounds just like anarchists! Ba dum tis.
Their Elon Musk videos were very informative and eye opening. Can’t vouch for anything else on the channel (have no reason to believe it’s bad - just haven’t watched) but those I recommend.
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Musk taking “based” stances on Ukraine is just in pattern with Republicans being “based” by now officially running their campaigns on pulling aid to Ukraine. It’s fascists and the ruling class adopting anti-imperialist rhetoric in order to alienate progressives from anti-imperialist ideas. Because liberals are too fucking dumb to think deeper about the issue and will just think “Republicans support this so it must be evil.”
It’s literally the extreme right superficially co-opting leftism, like they do over and over again.