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“Cutting bloat” isn’t the only thing going on here. That happens regularly and we have laws to regulate the process. > I’m unsure where the animus has originat

“Cutting bloat” isn’t the only thing going on here. That happens regularly and we have laws to regulate the process. > I’m unsure where the animus has originated He didn’t pay his workers what they were due in their employment contracts. Is it moral for a multi-billionaire to not pay his workers what they agreed upon? It’s too bad that labor laws are so weak in this country that this isn’t considered a crime with real jail time.

jonhohle 3y ago
That’s the current story and I completely agree that employees must be made whole. However, the disdain for Musk started long before his acquisition of Twitter.
- Jcowell 3y ago
  Probably stayed when he called a guy rescuing kids a Pedofile.
- pixl97 3y ago
  The problem here is you think the current story is the start of his abuse, this crap has been documented for years.
- systemvoltage 3y ago
  It’s ideological and not rational. Once you understand that, everything makes sense.
- breckenedge 3y ago
  If it’s animus now, might it be possible that people were too impressed with him 10 years ago? Maybe building him up into something that he wasn’t, then enjoying seeing him fall from ”grace”? Folks really love that kind of story, and Musk seems happy to play the part.
  - jonhohle 3y ago
    That’s certainly reasonable, and I’m hearing enough anecdotes that I wouldn’t have grouped them together to form an unfavorable opinion (or at least no less favorable than Larry Ellison, Richard Bronson, or any of the other socialite billionaires).
- Aeolun 3y ago
  > However, the disdain for Musk started long before his acquisition of Twitter. Before his acquisition of Twitter I could attribute it to jealousy and a certain childishness on Musk’s part. But all the messages sent out by him surrounding the Twitter acquisition (and everything that happened around it) have made him seem like a slightly smarter Trump.

jonhohle 3y ago

That’s the current story and I completely agree that employees must be made whole. However, the disdain for Musk started long before his acquisition of Twitter.

Jcowell 3y ago
Probably stayed when he called a guy rescuing kids a Pedofile.
pixl97 3y ago
The problem here is you think the current story is the start of his abuse, this crap has been documented for years.
systemvoltage 3y ago
It’s ideological and not rational. Once you understand that, everything makes sense.
breckenedge 3y ago
If it’s animus now, might it be possible that people were too impressed with him 10 years ago? Maybe building him up into something that he wasn’t, then enjoying seeing him fall from ”grace”? Folks really love that kind of story, and Musk seems happy to play the part.
- jonhohle 3y ago
  That’s certainly reasonable, and I’m hearing enough anecdotes that I wouldn’t have grouped them together to form an unfavorable opinion (or at least no less favorable than Larry Ellison, Richard Bronson, or any of the other socialite billionaires).
Aeolun 3y ago
> However, the disdain for Musk started long before his acquisition of Twitter. Before his acquisition of Twitter I could attribute it to jealousy and a certain childishness on Musk’s part. But all the messages sent out by him surrounding the Twitter acquisition (and everything that happened around it) have made him seem like a slightly smarter Trump.