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> It's baffling to me that Elon seems to be taking the opposite of a first-principles view on Twitter. Power corrupts. The radical idealist who becomes a desp
by mr_toad 4y ago
> It's baffling to me that Elon seems to be taking the opposite of a first-principles view on Twitter.
Power corrupts. The radical idealist who becomes a despotic tyrant is practically a meme.
- rainsford 4y agoI think power can in fact corrupt, but I think the simpler explanation in many cases (as it almost certainly is with Elon and Twitter) is that the expressed ideals were in fact complete bullshit and despotic tyranny was always the intended outcome. Noble ideals are always a good cover for less than noble goals, and while actual idealists definitely exist, everything Elon Musk has ever said or done suggests it's smart to assume he's in the former camp until proven otherwise.