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I trust his gargantuan insecurity Sometimes the flaws of someone make him completely predictable. Very trustworthy to repeatedly pour billions in an attempt to
by juleiie 6mo ago
I trust his gargantuan insecurity
Sometimes the flaws of someone make him completely predictable. Very trustworthy to repeatedly pour billions in an attempt to become someone he fantasizes to be.
There are innumerable amount of assholes in history that sold things we use daily, sometimes at the expense of original inventors. It is hard to cope with the idea that greed, ambition and ruthlessness are the building blocks of everything that stands around us.
Sometimes it makes me want to reject everything I know of good and human and feed these traits until they fill the hollow parts of mind with wealth, empty fame and too many lonely sunsets on a private island.
- WalterBright 6mo agoHis stated and oft-repeated goal is to save mankind by making it interplanetary. It doesn't seem to be about personal aggrandizement. He has built no monuments to himself, has not named his company "Musk Inc", he doesn't run for office, etc. Musk does not own a yacht or even a house. > lonely If he feels lonely, he can message me and I'd treat him to dinner.
- juleiie 6mo agoWell he is a piece of shit no matter what theoretical ideals he holds. I am sure many evil people in history wanted to “save mankind” I don’t think I need to remind you how he treated his transgender daughter and that’s just single example
- WalterBright 6mo agoSteve Jobs rejected his daughter. George Washington declined being crowned king and set the tone for a modest and limited Executive branch. Yet he also owned slaves. Saint Thomas More burned people at the stake. You'll have a hard time finding any faultless people.
- juleiie 6mo agoIt's pretty annoying to be a fan of space in 2026. On the one hand you have NASA, a shadow of its former self. Clearly there is something deeply dysfunctional with it. On the other you have an old drug addict, still functional, thankfully, dead set on antagonizing every possible person alive. (I guess dems will probably shut his space program down after they win? Can he even get on good standing with them at all after everything that has transpired?) Shit CEO vs Money pit
- WalterBright 6mo agoGood luck finding a saint. You won't find any.
- juleiie 6mo agoI would settle for just a decent human being
- WalterBright 6mo agoWhat do you think of Musk's Neuralink company that has enabled quadriplegics to control things with their mind? What do you think of Musk's Tesla that has apparently saved 20,000 lives? Who meets your criteria?
- juleiie 6mo agoI don’t care about some imaginary balance of souls. Leave that to god if he exists. The ability to save someone doesn’t enable you to senselessly hurt many others. You should read Ursula K. Le Guin's: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas A healthy person or society does not find enjoyment or entertainment in the torture of another. The act of senseless infliction of harm betrays a lack of empathy and moral spine, which is fundamentally incompatible with the role of a "savior" or truly moral agent. The good he does doesn't require the harm he causes, so the good cannot justify it.