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The Galaxy brain thing is to realise that’s true of literally all of them.

by moomin 4y ago

Spivak 4y ago
- RivieraKid 4y ago
  The current US president is a reasonably well-meaning and ethical person, very likely above the 50% percentile in the population. On the other hand, Musk's personality is way out of the range of normality, in a bad way. He's narcissistic, psychopatic, manipulative, pathologically dishonest, cruel. And he's always been like this, although perhaps with money and power he's starting to lose the self-control necessary to keep the mask on. I'm kind of proud that I realized who he was in early 2018, which was before any of the big scandals (e.g. pedo guy, funding secured, ...).
- pessimizer 4y ago
  > How can you say that when we’re surrounded by sincerity. Hell it’s true of our current president. Biden has consistently lied throughout his entire political career to the point that it's been a running joke for decades. He doesn't even know when he's lying - he still repeats lies that he was publicly called out on a decade or more ago. Trump lies to make people like him and pay attention to him. Biden lies compulsively. > He quietly became the most progressive president in history What a bizarre claim. He literally just overruled a union strike vote so an industry claiming record profits wouldn't have to give its employees sick days.
  - Spivak 4y ago
    So you’re saying that Biden says incorrect information he sincerely believes while Trump doesn’t believe the things he says. And your takeaway is that Biden is insincere. You do you but I’ll always throw my hat with the person who is wrong accidentally over the one who lies purposely. I don’t see it as strength or 84d chess or whatever, I think it just makes you a bad person. > What a bizarre claim Your recency bias is showing. More overtly progressive legislation has been passed during his term than any other president. Like it is absolutely insane (meant positively) the amendments to Title IX that explicitly protect lgbt folks and he is threatening taking away funding from schools who ignore them. Like god damn that’s the opposite of posturing. Obama would have been called the literal antichrist with 24/7 news coverage for months if he did that but this is the norm for Biden. I have no idea if it’s purposeful on his part or if people are just burnt out on politics but just doing it and keeping out of the news cycle has been working out really well for him. He will probably get votes just from people who have been enjoying being able to tune out for a bit.
    - heleninboodler 4y ago
      > Like it is absolutely insane (meant positively) the amendments to Title IX that explicitly protect lgbt folks and he is threatening taking away funding from schools who ignore them. Like god damn that’s the opposite of posturing. Interesting view. I don't really see the new amendments to Title IX as any more "overtly progressive" as the original amendment. It's just an adjustment to definitions to recognize some more people who are typically discriminated against (and to whom we believe that is unjust). The concept is really no different.
wongarsu 4y ago
It's easier to get into a position of power, wealth or fame if you act like this, so people like this are overrepresented in those we see in the news and media. Even more so because those people have more reason to make their voices heard. But infering from that that it's common or generally accepted outside of very specific circles would be a mistake.
sidibe 4y ago
That's the attitude that creates things like the Russian government. People are all over the place morally/politically/how they treat people, even within non-random groups like billionaires. Better to differentiate between the good and bad behaviors specifically so people strive to do better.

The Galaxy brain thing is to realise that’s true of literally all of them.

by moomin 4y ago

The Galaxy brain thing is to realise that’s true of literally all of them.

Spivak 4y ago

RivieraKid 4y ago
The current US president is a reasonably well-meaning and ethical person, very likely above the 50% percentile in the population. On the other hand, Musk's personality is way out of the range of normality, in a bad way. He's narcissistic, psychopatic, manipulative, pathologically dishonest, cruel. And he's always been like this, although perhaps with money and power he's starting to lose the self-control necessary to keep the mask on. I'm kind of proud that I realized who he was in early 2018, which was before any of the big scandals (e.g. pedo guy, funding secured, ...).
pessimizer 4y ago
> How can you say that when we’re surrounded by sincerity. Hell it’s true of our current president. Biden has consistently lied throughout his entire political career to the point that it's been a running joke for decades. He doesn't even know when he's lying - he still repeats lies that he was publicly called out on a decade or more ago. Trump lies to make people like him and pay attention to him. Biden lies compulsively. > He quietly became the most progressive president in history What a bizarre claim. He literally just overruled a union strike vote so an industry claiming record profits wouldn't have to give its employees sick days.
- Spivak 4y ago
  So you’re saying that Biden says incorrect information he sincerely believes while Trump doesn’t believe the things he says. And your takeaway is that Biden is insincere. You do you but I’ll always throw my hat with the person who is wrong accidentally over the one who lies purposely. I don’t see it as strength or 84d chess or whatever, I think it just makes you a bad person. > What a bizarre claim Your recency bias is showing. More overtly progressive legislation has been passed during his term than any other president. Like it is absolutely insane (meant positively) the amendments to Title IX that explicitly protect lgbt folks and he is threatening taking away funding from schools who ignore them. Like god damn that’s the opposite of posturing. Obama would have been called the literal antichrist with 24/7 news coverage for months if he did that but this is the norm for Biden. I have no idea if it’s purposeful on his part or if people are just burnt out on politics but just doing it and keeping out of the news cycle has been working out really well for him. He will probably get votes just from people who have been enjoying being able to tune out for a bit.
  - heleninboodler 4y ago
    > Like it is absolutely insane (meant positively) the amendments to Title IX that explicitly protect lgbt folks and he is threatening taking away funding from schools who ignore them. Like god damn that’s the opposite of posturing. Interesting view. I don't really see the new amendments to Title IX as any more "overtly progressive" as the original amendment. It's just an adjustment to definitions to recognize some more people who are typically discriminated against (and to whom we believe that is unjust). The concept is really no different.

wongarsu 4y ago

It's easier to get into a position of power, wealth or fame if you act like this, so people like this are overrepresented in those we see in the news and media. Even more so because those people have more reason to make their voices heard. But infering from that that it's common or generally accepted outside of very specific circles would be a mistake.

sidibe 4y ago

That's the attitude that creates things like the Russian government. People are all over the place morally/politically/how they treat people, even within non-random groups like billionaires. Better to differentiate between the good and bad behaviors specifically so people strive to do better.