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A decade ago his antics were seen as whimsical and perhaps funny, especially to his fan base. With that fan base ever shrinking his antics today are disgusting
by buran77 1y ago
A decade ago his antics were seen as whimsical and perhaps funny, especially to his fan base. With that fan base ever shrinking his antics today are disgusting and trying to appeal to the crowd which still appreciates something this low-brow.
- whendiduassume 1y agoIt's like a different dumb jackass assumed that role some time ago. Why would they use what was a science role model that way?
- dylan604 1y agoWhy the boards of directors of any of his companies do not ban him from making social media posts from his personal account is beyond me.
- AtlasBarfed 1y agoNazi salutes won't be forgotten. On national TV. In a presidential inauguration. A permanent stain on US history.
- xyst 1y agoAll billionaires are permanent stains on US history. Musk is just the poster child for this behavior.
- lpa22 1y agoIn your world view, what would you personally do if you start one, or multiple, incredibly successful companies and amass $ billion(s) of equity in the process?
- wat10000 1y agoShut the hell up and stay the hell out of politics.
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- ChicagoDave 1y agoWithout subsidies from the Obama administration, Tesla never succeeds. Without government contracts, SpaceX never succeeds. Without a mysterious visa, Musk never stays legally in the U.S.
- fragmede 1y agoAll of those are true, but what do they have to do with the question posed?
- danny_codes 1y agoDonate aggressively to the local community, mostly towards public transit, education, child development, and housing. Try to socialize LVT and other policies that will improve everyone’s lives.
- llbbdd 1y agoThankfully all of these problems are just money problems - price tags on a shelf no billionaire wants to pay apparently. If it turns out these are actually just hard problems, whoever will we blame?
- madaxe_again 1y ago[flagged]
- hvb2 1y agoIf you actually read that link you posted you would've found that it was discontinued in 1942. So no, you're not because its meaning became muddy at best
- madaxe_again 1y agoThe U.S. only switched to hand-over-heart in 1942, and not because anyone had a sudden change of heart about mass saluting the flag - just that it became embarrassingly identical to the enemy’s gesture.
- llbbdd 1y agoAnd therefore no longer "as American as it gets".
- wahnfrieden 1y agoDoes the Bellamy salute include a repeated motion from chest outward?
- privatelypublic 1y agoNeed more info on this, because its really easy for somebody to stick a camera at an angle that if somebody waves at the crowd it becomes iffy. Was interesting to see actual video of a newish public figure wave at the crowd, wince and look in the direction of the camera. Clearly newly trained not to wave at the crowd.
- riffraff 1y agoA decade ago the antics seemed less childish, imo. E.g. calling the starship "BFR" or racing the snail with the boring machine, or the Tesla "plaid" mode. The obsession with 420, 69 and dick jokes seems another level.