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What do you mean going 'all-in' on politics. He still doing the exact same thing as before, running SpaceX and Tesla. By 'all-in' you mean make a few statement

What do you mean going 'all-in' on politics. He still doing the exact same thing as before, running SpaceX and Tesla. By 'all-in' you mean make a few statements on twitter about his opinion? Because that is very different definition for 'all-in' then I have. Going 'all-in' would be to try to get elected president or some dumb shit like that.

consumer451 4y ago
> He still doing the exact same thing as before, running SpaceX and Tesla. I think we are living in different realities, which is the new normal I suppose. You missed one company he has recently purchased. You know, the one that is 100% political in nature? Jeez, just imagine the space telescopes or moon bases he could have invested in, but instead we got Twitter allowing self-described Nazis back on the platform. What a tragic waste of Musk's resources, both mental and financial. What I meant by "all-in" was jumping headlong into the hyper-partisan political fray - and loudly choosing a side! Musk 2021: Elon Musk said he prefers to stay out of politics [0] Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1] [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-spend-millions-to-influence-politics-and-policy.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-spend... [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/elon-musk-says-hell-vote-republican-bashes-democrats.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/elon-musk-says-hell-vote-rep...
- panick21_ 4y ago
  Yes running Twitter and Boring as well, but practically the waste majority of his time is Tesla and SpaceX. I believe Musk fought buying Twitter would be both good politically and he could lead the company more successfully. Hence he wanted to get out of it when it was clear that it was a huge as shares dropped. > Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1] I'm not disagreeing that Musk go more political, but calling it 'all-in' is LITERALLY wrong. All-in would be doing politics as his primary occupation.
  - HelloMcFly 4y ago
    Elon Musk went all-in on the culture war of American politics and has vocally sided with the political party on an authoritarian and minoritarian track. He has put his thumb on the scale on more ways than one, including seemingly bad-faith actions e.g. his banning of journalists and unbanning of much less savory characters. He's not running for office, but he's inserted himself part of the larger political narrative.
    - panick21_ 4y ago
      Again, this word 'all-in' simply doesn't mean what you think it means. He is not doing a TV show on Fox News 5 days a weak, he isn't running for president. He occasionally tweets something that is political or runs arguable runs Twitter in a political (not sure if its possible to run Twitter in a politically neutral way). His actual job that he spends 95% of his time on is running SpaceX and Tesla, just like before he bought Twitter.
      - HelloMcFly 4y ago
        > Again, this word 'all-in' simply doesn't mean what you think it means. Ah, you're the "semantic guy". In this case it did mean exactly what I thought it meant, but not what you wanted it to mean. So I'll speak (nay, write) in literal terms instead of common parlance: Elon Musk has used his more widely visible platform as the CEO of Twitter to advance authoritarian agenda, support and endorse authoritarian leaders (in the US and outside of it), make hate speech easier, make journalism harder, make knowledge generation harder by restricting access to data, and basically mock progressives exclusively. He's also endorsed conspiracy theories, and what I like most: he's adjusted the algorithm to ensure you see more content from himself and the people's he's "blessed".
        peterfirefly 4y ago
        > to advance authoritarian agenda > make journalism harder Quite the opposite, as far as I can see.
jackmott42 4y ago
He spent 44 billion to be a right wing twitter troll.

consumer451 4y ago

> He still doing the exact same thing as before, running SpaceX and Tesla. I think we are living in different realities, which is the new normal I suppose. You missed one company he has recently purchased. You know, the one that is 100% political in nature? Jeez, just imagine the space telescopes or moon bases he could have invested in, but instead we got Twitter allowing self-described Nazis back on the platform. What a tragic waste of Musk's resources, both mental and financial. What I meant by "all-in" was jumping headlong into the hyper-partisan political fray - and loudly choosing a side! Musk 2021: Elon Musk said he prefers to stay out of politics [0] Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1] [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-spend-millions-to-influence-politics-and-policy.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-spend... [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/elon-musk-says-hell-vote-republican-bashes-democrats.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/elon-musk-says-hell-vote-rep...

panick21_ 4y ago
Yes running Twitter and Boring as well, but practically the waste majority of his time is Tesla and SpaceX. I believe Musk fought buying Twitter would be both good politically and he could lead the company more successfully. Hence he wanted to get out of it when it was clear that it was a huge as shares dropped. > Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1] I'm not disagreeing that Musk go more political, but calling it 'all-in' is LITERALLY wrong. All-in would be doing politics as his primary occupation.
- HelloMcFly 4y ago
  Elon Musk went all-in on the culture war of American politics and has vocally sided with the political party on an authoritarian and minoritarian track. He has put his thumb on the scale on more ways than one, including seemingly bad-faith actions e.g. his banning of journalists and unbanning of much less savory characters. He's not running for office, but he's inserted himself part of the larger political narrative.
  - panick21_ 4y ago
    Again, this word 'all-in' simply doesn't mean what you think it means. He is not doing a TV show on Fox News 5 days a weak, he isn't running for president. He occasionally tweets something that is political or runs arguable runs Twitter in a political (not sure if its possible to run Twitter in a politically neutral way). His actual job that he spends 95% of his time on is running SpaceX and Tesla, just like before he bought Twitter.
    - HelloMcFly 4y ago
      > Again, this word 'all-in' simply doesn't mean what you think it means. Ah, you're the "semantic guy". In this case it did mean exactly what I thought it meant, but not what you wanted it to mean. So I'll speak (nay, write) in literal terms instead of common parlance: Elon Musk has used his more widely visible platform as the CEO of Twitter to advance authoritarian agenda, support and endorse authoritarian leaders (in the US and outside of it), make hate speech easier, make journalism harder, make knowledge generation harder by restricting access to data, and basically mock progressives exclusively. He's also endorsed conspiracy theories, and what I like most: he's adjusted the algorithm to ensure you see more content from himself and the people's he's "blessed".
      - peterfirefly 4y ago
        > to advance authoritarian agenda > make journalism harder Quite the opposite, as far as I can see.

jackmott42 4y ago

He spent 44 billion to be a right wing twitter troll.