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That tweet was a very typical Muskian joke, goading the supporters of what he sees as an obviously crazy conspiracy theory. (See "Tesla bankwupt" for a more dev

That tweet was a very typical Muskian joke, goading the supporters of what he sees as an obviously crazy conspiracy theory. (See "Tesla bankwupt" for a more developed version.) It's probably the best indication he doesn't have anything to do with anything in Bolivia. Besides the fact that even proponents of the theory can't come up with any better connection than "one of his products uses lithium", of course.

TaylorAlexander 6y ago
I’m not suggesting he had anything to do with it (though I wouldn’t rule out the possibility). The question was just what he thinks of it, and I thought his response wasn’t funny in the slightest. The coup in Bolivia is horrible. Not even remotely funny. It’s tone deaf and insensitive at best.
- perl4ever 6y ago
  I am not in favor of the US interfering, to whatever extent it may have, but it seems that for Morales to run in the first place was unconstitutional due to term limits. His party tried to overturn the term limits in a referendum, failed, and then presto, the Supreme Court ruled it was a violation of human rights. So if he has a case for it being a coup, it seems like the opposition has a comparably good case that he was moving towards what people call an "autogolpe" or self-coup. This is not to say the current government is preferable. I have not been paying attention to Bolivia recently, like most Americans, so my information is from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_general_election
  - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
    Glenn Greenwald has been covering the situation since the coup occurred: https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/the-u-s-supported-coup-in-bolivia-continues-to-produce-repression-and-tyranny-while-revealing-how-u-s-media-propaganda-works/ https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/the-u-s-supported-coup-i...
    - perl4ever 6y ago
      I tend to avoid The Intercept since the whole Reality Winner thing sensitized me to possible Russian connections. Without knowing what the true relationship is, I have written them off as providing a manipulative propaganda line. Of course, sometimes propaganda is written by the best; I was just reading about Eric Blair's wartime efforts for the BBC, and how he tried to avoid damaging his credibility as an anti-imperialist. I understand the election irregularities in the Bolivia election are controversial, and I don't take a side on whether that was a pretext to get rid of Morales. My point was only that the act of running in the first place was questionable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Winner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Winner
      - gdy 6y ago
        >Russian connections You say it like it's something bad.
        perl4ever 6y ago
        That's shorthand for Russian government intelligence; I didn't mean to cast aspersions at the Russian people. I hesitate to declare it worse than being a CIA front. But in any case, I think it's better to look for other sources of information and never, ever, trust them with your freedom or life, like Ms. Winner did.
KorfmannArno 6y ago
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1287165288799252480 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1287165288799252480
CamperBob2 6y ago
At some point, he needs to decide if he wants to be a CEO or a comedian. He can't be both.
- ywhjaknskkkw 6y ago
  He 100% can and is.
- mlindner 6y ago
  The idea that CEOs tend to become inhuman is a bad thing, not a good thing. If we say they should be come inhuman machines then they will, and all the corporations will be led by inhuman machine-like humans. So yes, he definitely can be both, and more CEOs need to act like him, not less.
  - CamperBob2 6y ago
    They don't need to become inhuman machines, they just need to understand that their words have effects beyond the obvious. You might not want to joke about blowing up the plane while you're standing in line at the X-ray machine, and you might not want to joke about conspiracy theories (or stock prices, or buyout offers, or pedophilia, or Kanye's presidential campaign, or...) when you have reason to believe that people will take you seriously. If recent history has taught us anything, it's that large numbers of motivated morons are nothing to fuck around with.

TaylorAlexander 6y ago

I’m not suggesting he had anything to do with it (though I wouldn’t rule out the possibility). The question was just what he thinks of it, and I thought his response wasn’t funny in the slightest. The coup in Bolivia is horrible. Not even remotely funny. It’s tone deaf and insensitive at best.

perl4ever 6y ago
I am not in favor of the US interfering, to whatever extent it may have, but it seems that for Morales to run in the first place was unconstitutional due to term limits. His party tried to overturn the term limits in a referendum, failed, and then presto, the Supreme Court ruled it was a violation of human rights. So if he has a case for it being a coup, it seems like the opposition has a comparably good case that he was moving towards what people call an "autogolpe" or self-coup. This is not to say the current government is preferable. I have not been paying attention to Bolivia recently, like most Americans, so my information is from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_general_election
- TaylorAlexander 6y ago
  Glenn Greenwald has been covering the situation since the coup occurred: https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/the-u-s-supported-coup-in-bolivia-continues-to-produce-repression-and-tyranny-while-revealing-how-u-s-media-propaganda-works/ https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/the-u-s-supported-coup-i...
  - perl4ever 6y ago
    I tend to avoid The Intercept since the whole Reality Winner thing sensitized me to possible Russian connections. Without knowing what the true relationship is, I have written them off as providing a manipulative propaganda line. Of course, sometimes propaganda is written by the best; I was just reading about Eric Blair's wartime efforts for the BBC, and how he tried to avoid damaging his credibility as an anti-imperialist. I understand the election irregularities in the Bolivia election are controversial, and I don't take a side on whether that was a pretext to get rid of Morales. My point was only that the act of running in the first place was questionable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Winner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Winner
    - gdy 6y ago
      >Russian connections You say it like it's something bad.
      - perl4ever 6y ago
        That's shorthand for Russian government intelligence; I didn't mean to cast aspersions at the Russian people. I hesitate to declare it worse than being a CIA front. But in any case, I think it's better to look for other sources of information and never, ever, trust them with your freedom or life, like Ms. Winner did.

KorfmannArno 6y ago

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1287165288799252480 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1287165288799252480

CamperBob2 6y ago

At some point, he needs to decide if he wants to be a CEO or a comedian. He can't be both.

ywhjaknskkkw 6y ago
He 100% can and is.
mlindner 6y ago
The idea that CEOs tend to become inhuman is a bad thing, not a good thing. If we say they should be come inhuman machines then they will, and all the corporations will be led by inhuman machine-like humans. So yes, he definitely can be both, and more CEOs need to act like him, not less.
- CamperBob2 6y ago
  They don't need to become inhuman machines, they just need to understand that their words have effects beyond the obvious. You might not want to joke about blowing up the plane while you're standing in line at the X-ray machine, and you might not want to joke about conspiracy theories (or stock prices, or buyout offers, or pedophilia, or Kanye's presidential campaign, or...) when you have reason to believe that people will take you seriously. If recent history has taught us anything, it's that large numbers of motivated morons are nothing to fuck around with.