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> I think it's a bit more complex than that. Because we can always go one level deeper... When I ask people why they dislike Musk, the answer I get is usually
by rablackburn 5y ago
> I think it's a bit more complex than that.
Because we can always go one level deeper...
When I ask people why they dislike Musk, the answer I get is usually not for some bleak, reasoned belief but because of his internet persona. He makes shitty, immature jokes. People think he's a bit of a dick.
Interestingly, engineers I know tend to be a bit more positive on him. I wonder if it's because they're exposed to more of his YouTube persona than his Twitter one.
> If you genuinely believe that society is a zero-sum-game...
The rest of this is strawman-ing pretty hard. I'm sure there are some people as described, but I think there's a larger more nuanced population who are uncomfortable with the huge growth of wealth inequality that's been going on. Some of their ire with the system is directed at those doing best under it.
That's probably not entirely unjustified either, what group in human history did nothing to preserve the status quo when it worked for them?
Society may not be a zero-sum game, but it's not a zero-harm game either.
- kiba 5y agoElon Musk is actually pretty much a dick, but he's also very smart and thoughtful and did a lot of engineering works himself. Would be great if Elon Musk isn't a dick, but he's the hero we have, not the hero we want. People, however, don't care about nuance.
- mlindner 5y ago> He makes shitty, immature jokes. People think he's a bit of a dick. See that doesn't make sense though. If he were a normal person you met at a party then yeah you'd say "whatever" about him and not talk to him any more. But he's not at all so saying people dislike him just because of a few personality quirks doesn't make any sense.