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Downing Street condemns Elon Musk for claim 'civil war is inevitable' in UK

34 points by pera 2y ago

aaron695 2y ago
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quantified 2y ago
It's not at all clear how this messaging fits with his financial interests, as unstable and conservative governments won't invest in electric transport, nor will they purchase more Starlink or satellite launches than the stable ones. Perhaps they will tweet more. So this seems less calculated about wealth and more about power.
- throwaheyy 2y ago
  Elon Musk is like Donald Trump. They will say anything, whether they actually believe it or not, to get more attention on themselves and try to stay relevant.
  - dyauspitr 2y ago
    edit: nvm
    - quantified 2y ago
      "They" is a really good plural pronoun to use for a pair of "he"s. Probably would have been clearer to include "both", as in "they both...".
    - linotype 2y ago
      Clearly “They” was meant in the plural sense. Why the focus on a pronoun?
  - dagaci 2y ago
    They are very similar; they can both say anything (even nonsense) and they have a tribe of sensitive people who will lose the plot if anyone challenges their statements. The biggest problem for Musk is that he can't run for president himself. Which may or may not be a shame for the USA, but I do wish he could run for president anyhow. Perhaps trump could arrange the supreme court to fix that issue.
  - glenndebacker 2y ago
    I think it’s an extreme version of Schadenfreude. Wasn’t that also something that came up in his biography that he is addicted to drama? To be honest I don’t think he believes this extreme right wing ideology but stirs the pot for his own twisted entertainment.
- deleted 2y ago
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- consumer451 2y ago
  > It's not at all clear how this messaging fits with his financial interests Why assume that what he is doing must make sense? Past displays of very smart and logical behavior in no way guarantees future logical behavior. There is even a name for the phenomenon where once a person is recognized for previous accomplishments of their intelligence, they might be more prone to go on flights of fancy: Nobel disease. [0] > being universally hailed as correct appears to bolster the individual laureate's confirmation bias more than it does their skepticism. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease
JSDevOps 2y ago
Might have been a throw away comment but it’s not untrue.
- ablation 2y ago
  Neither is it true. So in essence all we have is a throwaway comment made by someone for the sake of it.
- Zigurd 2y ago
  The comment was intended to have an effect, while pretending to be just an observation.
ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
Who cares what Elon Musk thinks? Like genuinely. Maybe folks outside of hacker space do but does any hacker seriously care about Musk?
- splitstud 2y ago
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rsynnott 2y ago
I’m really not sure that they should be dignifying that idiot’s nonsense with a response. Just ignore him, and he’ll move onto some other attention-seeking behaviour.

34 points by pera 2y ago

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It's not at all clear how this messaging fits with his financial interests, as unstable and conservative governments won't invest in electric transport, nor will they purchase more Starlink or satellite launches than the stable ones. Perhaps they will tweet more. So this seems less calculated about wealth and more about power.

throwaheyy 2y ago
Elon Musk is like Donald Trump. They will say anything, whether they actually believe it or not, to get more attention on themselves and try to stay relevant.
- dyauspitr 2y ago
  edit: nvm
  - quantified 2y ago
    "They" is a really good plural pronoun to use for a pair of "he"s. Probably would have been clearer to include "both", as in "they both...".
  - linotype 2y ago
    Clearly “They” was meant in the plural sense. Why the focus on a pronoun?
- dagaci 2y ago
  They are very similar; they can both say anything (even nonsense) and they have a tribe of sensitive people who will lose the plot if anyone challenges their statements. The biggest problem for Musk is that he can't run for president himself. Which may or may not be a shame for the USA, but I do wish he could run for president anyhow. Perhaps trump could arrange the supreme court to fix that issue.
- glenndebacker 2y ago
  I think it’s an extreme version of Schadenfreude. Wasn’t that also something that came up in his biography that he is addicted to drama? To be honest I don’t think he believes this extreme right wing ideology but stirs the pot for his own twisted entertainment.
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consumer451 2y ago
> It's not at all clear how this messaging fits with his financial interests Why assume that what he is doing must make sense? Past displays of very smart and logical behavior in no way guarantees future logical behavior. There is even a name for the phenomenon where once a person is recognized for previous accomplishments of their intelligence, they might be more prone to go on flights of fancy: Nobel disease. [0] > being universally hailed as correct appears to bolster the individual laureate's confirmation bias more than it does their skepticism. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease

JSDevOps 2y ago

Might have been a throw away comment but it’s not untrue.

ablation 2y ago
Neither is it true. So in essence all we have is a throwaway comment made by someone for the sake of it.
Zigurd 2y ago
The comment was intended to have an effect, while pretending to be just an observation.

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago

Who cares what Elon Musk thinks? Like genuinely. Maybe folks outside of hacker space do but does any hacker seriously care about Musk?

splitstud 2y ago
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rsynnott 2y ago

I’m really not sure that they should be dignifying that idiot’s nonsense with a response. Just ignore him, and he’ll move onto some other attention-seeking behaviour.