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> The Twitter buyout was maybe the very last major business decision executed entirely on 2021 moon logic. You know, a part of me hopes he makes it to Mars in
by solardev 3y ago
> The Twitter buyout was maybe the very last major business decision executed entirely on 2021 moon logic.
You know, a part of me hopes he makes it to Mars in my lifetime and just proceeds to take over the planet, running an alternative society there. Planet Musk: The Reality Show™ would be quite the thing to watch... from 140 million miles away.
- babypuncher 3y agoI feel like this is how we get a much dumber version of the MCR from The Expanse. Like, they wouldn't be justifying their weird space fascism as a means to terraform Mars, it would all just be one big joke to fuel Musk's ego, and somehow a bunch of people end up being stupid enough to buy into it.
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoI was thinking it would be sort of Martian Time Slip, only just Elon Musk instead of Ernie Kott all the time.
- rsynnott 3y agoIn the past few years, I’ve read at least two sci-fi novels (an Alastair Reynolds one and one other, maybe Ken MacLeod) which made passing reference to a failed Musk Mars base. Seems to be a popular idea.
- 15457345234 3y ago> Alastair Reynolds I always did wonder if the Musk Dogs species from Pushing Ice - who trick the colonists into blowing up their planet or something along those lines - was a vague dig at Musk...