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I respectfully disagree, a person wilfully harming and exploiting others should not be praised regardless of their accomplishments. However, if he is humble eno
by _8j50 4y ago
I respectfully disagree, a person wilfully harming and exploiting others should not be praised regardless of their accomplishments. However, if he is humble enough to admit his mistakes and make amends it should not be held against him in perpetuity.
The thing that pisses me off about Elon is that he craves attention and you give it to him despite what he does. It is his license to do as he pleases because people are supporting him and others will be empowered to follow in his footsteps. Real people will be harmed as a result and you share responsibility for supporting his behavior and he shows absolutley no remorse. Trump is the same, they ignored all the shit he did because of what he acheived for his supporters. Shame on all of you and I will say this everytime I see elon worship.
I don't care if you cure cancer and invent intergalactic space travel, you are still a human being and especially as a public figure you do not get away with promoting behavior that harms other people, especially if they are vulnerable or under you -- that is what gets to be remembered about you and your accomplishments are but a footnote, not the other way around. We cannot keep refusing to learn from the past like this.
The rich and powerful harm and exploit without consequences because of the people tolerate their behavior.
- google234123 4y agoI don’t think Elon memeing/trolling is really such a big deal. What’s the specific things that he has promoted that offended you so much?
- _8j50 4y agoOff the top of my head: anti-vaxx, sleeping with step daughter he raised since she was 4 , sleeping with and knocking up people who work under him (still do), did not take responsibility for the race issues at the fremont location just paid off the fine and it kept hapenning againand again to the point the state is suing him, a lot of pro-trump b.s. , fired diversity staff for "woke mind virus", fired spacex people who spoke up asking him to stop with all the public scandals. he is a public figure, like it or not a trend setter. I guess he himself was emboldened only after trump did the same thing and he too was without remorse, who is following elon? What does he need to do? Grope women and make fun of disabled people like trump (oops, people still supported trump and looked the other way). This shit needs to stop.
- yellowapple 4y ago> I don't care if you cure cancer and invent intergalactic space travel I mean, at some point I do care. I'd much prefer a world in which society would do the things SpaceX is doing without needing some centibillionaire manchild to be the face of it. I'm also cognizant of perfect being the enemy of good. You can praise the ways Musk is influencing the world for the better while simultaneously condemning the ways Musk is influencing the world for the worse; those are not mutually exclusive, despite the insistence otherwise by Elon "fanboys" and "haters" alike.
- _8j50 4y agoIt is natural when you are powerful to let your worst impulses get the best of you and it is human to make mistakes but when you are a public figure people will imitate you and when you cause harm to others on purpose and you refuse to admit it was a mistake you are enabling others in some capacity to do the same. I said I don't care what he did because the harm he is causing due to his unapologetic arrogance is in the present and future, it is ongoing. Overlooking it means supporting and enabling his behavior in society. Not that I won't be grateful if he cures cancer, just that he and everyone else in this society need to know when you cross certain lines you will always be held to accountability.