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Building rockets, moon bases, making fossil fuels less critical… yes, I agree
by nomdep 11mo ago
Building rockets, moon bases, making fossil fuels less critical… yes, I agree
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 11mo ago[flagged]
- wahnfrieden 11mo agoEscape from pitchforks
- Integrape 11mo agoShooting the billionaires into outer space would make the world a better place.
- gruez 11mo ago>Cutting food stamps. How is Musk involved in the current budget debacle aside from being "republican"? It's easy to blame stuff on him when he was running DOGE, but since his falling out with trump blaming every cut on Musk is a tired and expired meme.
- mayneack 11mo agoGiven how much he contributed to the election outcome it hardly seems tired to blame him for the consequences. Plus he's on Twitter every week publicly discussing how much he uses the platform to put his thumb on the scale of discourse towards his personal beliefs. In what world is he not involved?
- 1234letshaveatw 11mo agoThe consequences of blocking a CR?
- mayneack 11mo agoThe consequences of the 2024 election in which he played a significant role. This "budget debacle" is a direct consequence. Also, Elon has weighed in quite aggressively on prior budgetary fights, so it would be crazy to say his influence isn't being felt here. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5046887-elon-musk-slams-spending-deal/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5046887-elon-musk-slam...
- oulipo2 11mo agoIt's not because he no longer works there that he doesn't have the exact same ideology. And now he's trying to push a Trump-like figure in the UK
- rootlocus 11mo agoActions speak to the character of a person. And some actions have long lasting consequences.
- nutjob2 11mo ago"He gave the federal government organizational cancer, but he left now so he's not to blame" Americans will be living with Musk's legacy for decades.
- 1234letshaveatw 11mo agoHopefully, fingers crossed
- hn_acc1 11mo agoI hope, of all people here, you most directly feel the influence of Musk in your life.. Trust me, it will not be pleasant..
- 1234letshaveatw 11mo agoI don't know, you make it kind of sound pleasant...
- platevoltage 11mo agoI'm okay with blaming him along with all of these Austin turds with podcasts.
- 1234letshaveatw 11mo agoSchumer isn't engineering anything lol
- throwawaysoxjje 11mo agoRepublicans control all three branches the government.
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- selectodude 11mo agoNext time the party in power should consider not burning its reconciliation power on handing tens of billions to create a new secret police.
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- thrance 11mo agoEither the democrats vote the budgets in which republicans have removed all healthcare funding and millions die of preventable diseases, or they don't and millions starve because republicans are illegally holding onto the money for food stamps. How is it on the democrats again?
- 1234letshaveatw 11mo agoYou are ignoring the possibility of a CR, which would continue SNAP funding while allowing discussion on healthcare funding to continue.
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- rocketpastsix 11mo agothose rockets use a lot of those same fossil fuels. And he can't even complete a project in Las Vegas, so lets not think he knows how to build on the moon. I live in Nashville, the site of his next little Tesla tunnel. I promise you none of us are holding our breath on that one.
- sporkxrocket 11mo agoWhat moon bases?
- ceejayoz 11mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Landing_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Landing_System / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
- sporkxrocket 11mo agoThese don't exist.
- nomdep 11mo agoYet
- sporkxrocket 11mo agoMore Musk vaporware.
- ceejayoz 11mo agoThey did say building, not built. Starship R&D work is… tough to deny.
- sporkxrocket 11mo agoMusk constantly promises to build things that never get built. He's 99% vaporware. Unless it actually exists, it's safe to assume that it never will.
- ceejayoz 11mo agoI'm very much in the Musk hater category, but it really takes some doing to dismiss SpaceX as vaporware.
- afavour 11mo agoLiteral moon shots, while he contributes meaningfully to worsening conditions on Earth. His dismantling of USAID will have a more consequential effect than 90% of his fever dreams ever will.
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- CaptWillard 11mo agoI am a messenger, and it turns out I've got some bad news as well. My contention is that this kind of emotional appeal has been exploited to the point of (quickly) diminishing returns. People are scratching the surface and following the money. Those who used such maudlin tactics to protect money laundering, war mongering and such things would do well to go and sin no more, lest more serious consequences come knocking.
- mapontosevenths 11mo ago> this kind of emotional appeal It is not an emotional appeal. It is a statement of objective and provable fact that cutting off funding for food resulted in people not having food. It's also obvious that this would be the result. The grandparent posted a link to one study. There are others if you do a quick search. > People are scratching the surface and following the money. Those who used such maudlin tactics to protect money laundering, war mongering and such things would do well to go and sin no more, lest more serious consequences come knocking. I have no idea what any of this even means. I don't live in whatever bubble you do, but it sounds like you believe there is some kind of global cabal of "them" that profited by these children not starving and you're out to stop that?
- tiberius_p 11mo agoStarship will never get to the moon.
- darkwater 11mo agoThat was 5-10-15 years ago Elon.
- ryukoposting 11mo agohttps://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4
- 0xAFFFF 11mo agoHe didn't need to own Twitter for this, so even if you give Musk some slack about his God-awful opinions, his (real and hypothetical) achievements are still not a good reason at all to stay on X.
- oulipo2 11mo agoWhat does he do except making fossil fuel MORE critical? What do you think rockets are powered with?
- nutjob2 11mo ago> making fossil fuels less critical Tesla for years made billions by enabling others to pollute, and it still does so. Every EV Musk sells enables more ICE cars to stay on the road. If you want to drink the kool-aid thats fine, but the facts are not on your side.
- jfoster 11mo agoCan you explain this a bit? How does Tesla enable ICE cars to stay on the road?
- rcpt 11mo agoIt's not 2014 anymore. Check his tweets, right wing slop occupies most of his brain these days.
- code_for_monkey 11mo agoI have a bridge in downtown NYC, interested in buying?