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Those who "dislike Musk" usually cannot come up with any solid example of what he has done to deserve the hate. It's ironic that the guy loved by the left for t

Those who "dislike Musk" usually cannot come up with any solid example of what he has done to deserve the hate. It's ironic that the guy loved by the left for the EV / green energy a few years ago is suddenly the most hated figure because he chose to expose government fraud and wastes, and decided to switch off the gravy train for politicians / NGO spider web.

watersb 2y ago
He didn't choose to "expose" government fraud and waste. He chose to embark upon a ketamine-fueled, delusional disassembly of government infrastructure that will take decades to replace. The libertarian fantasy of rampant waste is willfully ignorant at least, intellectually dishonest. Bullying those who only wish to serve the public interred is stupid. (I cast this in terms of stupid-smart dichotomy because libertarians like short words. Yeah, I'm angry.)
UltraSane 2y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-power.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-musk-do... Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
tbrownaw 2y ago
> suddenly the most hated figure because he chose to expose government fraud and wastes People started hating on him when he was an asshat about that one cave rescue incident. Which was somewhat entertaining to watch people instantly change opinions on what technical skills or expertise he did or didn't have based on having to acknowledge that his personality was less than ideal.
lawn 2y ago
Those who "like Musk" usually cannot come up with any proof that he's exposing government fraud or saving the government money, and instead are simply repeating talking points they've come across.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
  I still hate him for bullying that caver helping in the thai rescue by calling pedoguy and sicking his Twitter mob at him. Musk is and always has been a POS.
__MatrixMan__ 2y ago
That's not irony, that's just him changing his behavior and people changing their feelings accordingly. > the most hated figure I don't see any hate in it. He opted into a space where consent of the governed matters, and he's been acting like it doesn't. He has essentially asked us: "Will you let this be profitable for me?" This is just some people answering "No". It was different before he posed the question, before he started trying to act like a king.
Martinussen 2y ago
> Those who "dislike Musk" usually cannot come up with any solid example of what he has done to deserve the hate. If this is a genuine belief you have, I think you need to break out of your echo chambers a lot more.
tim333 2y ago
The Tesla protests correlate quite well with the nazi salute. France where the burning happened had a rough time with the nazis. I've got a theory that part of the issue is South Africa never really had much much problem with nazis - they were pro nazi in WW2 but never got involved in the fighting. Whereas in Europe the nazi thing was a bit of a disaster for all involved and the US fought against them. The Russians were a bit complicated in that they started pro nazi as partners and then fought them when they turned. And now accuse all their opponents of being nazi when they are the country that acts that way, which is confusing, probably deliberately so.
JohnFen 2y ago
> he chose to expose government fraud and wastes He's doing no such thing.
root_axis 2y ago
The problem isn't what Musk is cutting, the reason for the hate is the illegal and unconstitutional manner in which he is doing it, as well as the blatant self dealing and conflicts of interest. If you excuse these things, you're part of the problem.
mcphage 2y ago
> is suddenly the most hated figure because he chose to expose government fraud and wastes Wait until you see all the hate people get simply because they hang out in vans offering free candy to children. People are so hypocritical when they tell kids to stay away—yeah right, like your kids magically don’t like candy. It’s not fair.

watersb 2y ago

He didn't choose to "expose" government fraud and waste. He chose to embark upon a ketamine-fueled, delusional disassembly of government infrastructure that will take decades to replace. The libertarian fantasy of rampant waste is willfully ignorant at least, intellectually dishonest. Bullying those who only wish to serve the public interred is stupid. (I cast this in terms of stupid-smart dichotomy because libertarians like short words. Yeah, I'm angry.)

UltraSane 2y ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-power.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-musk-do... Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.

tbrownaw 2y ago

> suddenly the most hated figure because he chose to expose government fraud and wastes People started hating on him when he was an asshat about that one cave rescue incident. Which was somewhat entertaining to watch people instantly change opinions on what technical skills or expertise he did or didn't have based on having to acknowledge that his personality was less than ideal.

lawn 2y ago

Those who "like Musk" usually cannot come up with any proof that he's exposing government fraud or saving the government money, and instead are simply repeating talking points they've come across.

Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
I still hate him for bullying that caver helping in the thai rescue by calling pedoguy and sicking his Twitter mob at him. Musk is and always has been a POS.

__MatrixMan__ 2y ago

That's not irony, that's just him changing his behavior and people changing their feelings accordingly. > the most hated figure I don't see any hate in it. He opted into a space where consent of the governed matters, and he's been acting like it doesn't. He has essentially asked us: "Will you let this be profitable for me?" This is just some people answering "No". It was different before he posed the question, before he started trying to act like a king.

Martinussen 2y ago

> Those who "dislike Musk" usually cannot come up with any solid example of what he has done to deserve the hate. If this is a genuine belief you have, I think you need to break out of your echo chambers a lot more.

tim333 2y ago

The Tesla protests correlate quite well with the nazi salute. France where the burning happened had a rough time with the nazis. I've got a theory that part of the issue is South Africa never really had much much problem with nazis - they were pro nazi in WW2 but never got involved in the fighting. Whereas in Europe the nazi thing was a bit of a disaster for all involved and the US fought against them. The Russians were a bit complicated in that they started pro nazi as partners and then fought them when they turned. And now accuse all their opponents of being nazi when they are the country that acts that way, which is confusing, probably deliberately so.

JohnFen 2y ago

> he chose to expose government fraud and wastes He's doing no such thing.

root_axis 2y ago

The problem isn't what Musk is cutting, the reason for the hate is the illegal and unconstitutional manner in which he is doing it, as well as the blatant self dealing and conflicts of interest. If you excuse these things, you're part of the problem.

mcphage 2y ago

> is suddenly the most hated figure because he chose to expose government fraud and wastes Wait until you see all the hate people get simply because they hang out in vans offering free candy to children. People are so hypocritical when they tell kids to stay away—yeah right, like your kids magically don’t like candy. It’s not fair.