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Nobody in their right mind would start a rocket company in order to make more money. I feel like he just wants to play real life Factorio and he wants everyone
by mettamage 5d ago
Nobody in their right mind would start a rocket company in order to make more money. I feel like he just wants to play real life Factorio and he wants everyone to tune in on his Twitch account and watch him play. Meanwhile he was trying to fix democracy [1] (and protect his own companies) by buying Twitter and at some point he realized he fucked up.
But who knows, I could be wrong.
I'm not exactly a fan. I'm not exactly against him either. He just seems like a hardcore geek to me that got way too much money and way too much buy-in.
[1] I'm not saying I that I think he was fixing democracy. I'm saying that I think that he thought he was fixing democracy.
- kelvinjps10 5d agoMeanwhile he was trying to fix democracy . He was literally giving checks for people if they voted a certain way and promoted it. There is not more anti democratic than this.
- slopinthebag 5d agoright because true democracy is when you give cheques to people to convince other people to vote a certain way
- sigmoid10 5d agoWell, he is famous for axing down middle management in companies. Might as well get rid of Super PACs and buy voters directly.
- slopinthebag 5d agoprobably also preferable to buying votes by making and executing promises to give people free stuff/programs. at least they aren't using tax payer money
- croon 5d agoI don't understand how those two are connected. Both are bad though.
- slopinthebag 5d agomy point is that there isnt much difference, and #2 happens by every politician in every democracy. i have no desire to defend musk but imo people should be criticized for valid reasons or you risk diluting the other arguments.
- croon 5d agoBut the reason given was very valid and specific against Musk. You introduced a separate issue that is much more widespread, but that doesn't detract from the original criticism, nor dilute it.
- mgoetzke 5d agoyou should really listen to one of his full town-hall videos and reflect if anything he said could not have have been said by any of the Clintons or McCain. Then compare the few differences to what you might think of Elon Musk.
- wanderlust123 5d agoYet he has got richer on the back of spacex … I don’t think we need to over complicate a megalomaniac desire for more power and wealth.