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You’re too stuck on terminology and you’re going off topic. It’s not controversial to say Elon has low EQ towards individuals. He’s demonstrated this over and

You’re too stuck on terminology and you’re going off topic. It’s not controversial to say Elon has low EQ towards individuals. He’s demonstrated this over and over again. It’s not controversial to say that Elon pays more attention to the masses and large scale issues over individuals.

soganess 4y ago
I'm not fond of "well actually"ing people, but your argument presupposes two things that I simply do not agree with. (1) A person's SOP can be disparaging others and yet they still earnestly care about the "masses". (2) Saying you care about something is more than tangentially related to caring about it. I'm not in Elon's head/heart/whatever and I don't claim to know his true reasons for doing anything. That said, I generally only give people the benefit of their word when they aren't constantly demonstrating traits to the contrary.
Zigurd 4y ago
You are trying to whitewash an asshole by diagnosing him psychologically. Also his "care for masses" is disingenuous. He isn't going to Mars. His cars don't self drive and likely never will. His giant steel rocket is a Spruce Goose. And without his Spruce Goose flying several times a month, his ISP-in-space can't launch high-capacity satellites. He's an asshole. At any scale. To any audience.
- senttoschool 4y ago
  >You are trying to whitewash an asshole by diagnosing him psychologically I'm not. You can check my post history. My views on Elon are trending to the negative territory. What I'm not however, is someone who is part of the angry internet culture that wants to cancel everyone for any mistake and disparage everything they've done no matter what. I do not believe what I've stated in this thread is wrong.
  - eesmith 4y ago
    > I do not believe what I've stated in this thread is wrong. I was asking for an example of what you meant, and why you thought is particularly relevant to mention this about Musk, as I can't see how Musk stands out on this topic compared to any other big company CEO. That isn't a right-or-wrong. How this is tied to cancel culture is beyond me. You're talking about BBC writer who's being cancelled by a wave of hate, right?
    - senttoschool 4y ago
      >How this is tied to cancel culture is beyond me. You're talking about BBC writer who's being cancelled by a wave of hate, right? No. I was referring to you and the author I replied to.
      - eesmith 4y ago
        ??? I'm not feeling canceled.
        senttoschool 4y ago
        You like to do the canceling. :D
        eesmith 4y ago
        ??? There's some major disconnect between us as I don't understand you. So I'm going to stop. Congratulations, you've cancelled me?

soganess 4y ago

I'm not fond of "well actually"ing people, but your argument presupposes two things that I simply do not agree with. (1) A person's SOP can be disparaging others and yet they still earnestly care about the "masses". (2) Saying you care about something is more than tangentially related to caring about it. I'm not in Elon's head/heart/whatever and I don't claim to know his true reasons for doing anything. That said, I generally only give people the benefit of their word when they aren't constantly demonstrating traits to the contrary.

Zigurd 4y ago

You are trying to whitewash an asshole by diagnosing him psychologically. Also his "care for masses" is disingenuous. He isn't going to Mars. His cars don't self drive and likely never will. His giant steel rocket is a Spruce Goose. And without his Spruce Goose flying several times a month, his ISP-in-space can't launch high-capacity satellites. He's an asshole. At any scale. To any audience.

senttoschool 4y ago
>You are trying to whitewash an asshole by diagnosing him psychologically I'm not. You can check my post history. My views on Elon are trending to the negative territory. What I'm not however, is someone who is part of the angry internet culture that wants to cancel everyone for any mistake and disparage everything they've done no matter what. I do not believe what I've stated in this thread is wrong.
- eesmith 4y ago
  > I do not believe what I've stated in this thread is wrong. I was asking for an example of what you meant, and why you thought is particularly relevant to mention this about Musk, as I can't see how Musk stands out on this topic compared to any other big company CEO. That isn't a right-or-wrong. How this is tied to cancel culture is beyond me. You're talking about BBC writer who's being cancelled by a wave of hate, right?
  - senttoschool 4y ago
    >How this is tied to cancel culture is beyond me. You're talking about BBC writer who's being cancelled by a wave of hate, right? No. I was referring to you and the author I replied to.
    - eesmith 4y ago
      ??? I'm not feeling canceled.
      - senttoschool 4y ago
        You like to do the canceling. :D
        eesmith 4y ago
        ??? There's some major disconnect between us as I don't understand you. So I'm going to stop. Congratulations, you've cancelled me?