Elon Musk Shenanigans thread

[integral]

This one's truly showcases elon's egocentrism.

Him and asmongold had a short conversation some kind of controversy, about Elon cheating at Diablo by purchasing people to rank up his character.

And Elon removed asmongolds x Official check mark.

This is such a blatant hypocrisy, abuse of power and suppression of free speech.

Edited yesterday at 09:28 PM by integral

[Basman]

 

[Basman]

Imagine being the world's richest man yet so very insecure.

[hoodrow trillson]

 

1 hour ago, Basman said:

Imagine being the world's richest man yet so very insecure.

If I had to choose to either be Elon Musk with his billions of dollars or me, a handsome normal dude with not even one million dollars I would totally choose me every time lol

[integral]

I cant believe the hypocrisy of removing his checkmark and suppressing his tweets.

FREE SPEECH? How can you be this intellectually bankrupt.

Edited 23 hours ago by integral

[Joshe]

On 1/15/2025 at 6:26 PM, hoodrow trillson said:

The question I’m asking myself is, is this facade truly sustainable?  I mean, one guy basically has unlimited money and most of them also do too but is that enough?  Like would the house of cards it’s all built on eventually buckle soon?  

It could work if he plays his cards right. Trump’s managed to keep his con running on the world stage for about a decade now. But if I had to guess, Elon won’t be as effective at it as Trump. A lot of the followers have underdeveloped egos, and those egos tend to have a secret hatred for anyone who reminds them of their own inferiority. That’s why I think Elon’s house of cards could come down much faster than Trump’s. Plus, he’s not even really American. MAGA don't like that. 

That said, even though Elon is basically a disposable tool for MAGA, he’s still a major figure for the right-wing establishment. As far as I can tell, he’s one of their biggest assets, so they can’t just cut him loose even if he totally screws up. If he blows it and goes full scorched earth, the propaganda machine and the big players will just spin his fuckups into something people shouldn’t take seriously. Trump would step in and say something like, “Did you see what that Elon did? He’s a wild guy, but a good guy, a genius, and we need him, we love him,” and that’ll be enough to smooth things over. 😂

The thing is, most MAGA people think Trump is one of them, and in some ways, they’re right. But they know Elon isn’t like them. They’d drop him in a heartbeat if they had to, which isn’t the case for the establishment.

The more I think about it, the less sustainable it seems. Now that they’ve won, the Democrats aren’t really the enemy anymore. They’re all turning inward, jockeying for position and trying to figure out who they actually like. Without the Democrats as their common bogeyman, I think the whole movement could start to erode. The disparity between the elite and the everyday MAGA supporter will get easier for them to see... maybe.

 

[Twentyfirst]

 

[Schizophonia]

It's a shame that these media are controlled by billionaires with an ideological agenda, but it's the only thing to counterbalance the ideological influence of the left in institutions. Leftists don't want to massively propagandize everywhere they can and it starts at school because the professora is a traditionally left-wing institution in most countries.

Besides, most people who want to block musk don't really want to do it out of ethics, out of concern for pluralism, but because they see musk/X as a barrier that prevents them from having a greater balance of power, it's opportunistic.

[PurpleTree]

1 hour ago, Schizophonia said:

It's a shame that these media are controlled by billionaires with an ideological agenda, but it's the only thing to counterbalance the ideological influence of the left in institutions. Leftists don't want to massively propagandize everywhere they can and it starts at school because the professora is a traditionally left-wing institution in most countries.

Besides, most people who want to block musk don't really want to do it out of ethics, out of concern for pluralism, but because they see musk/X as a barrier that prevents them from having a greater balance of power, it's opportunistic.

Musk is seemingly an autistic  authoritarian grifter 4chan dweeb. Get him the f away from making decisions. 

[PurpleTree]

 

[Joshe]

3 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

Besides, most people who want to block musk don't really want to do it out of ethics, out of concern for pluralism, but because they see musk/X as a barrier that prevents them from having a greater balance of power, it's opportunistic.

I can't speak for "most" but if Elon were a highly developed, integrous human, I'd be glad he has the power he has. I'd like for the world's richest and most powerful people to be integrous... so it actually is about ethics/virtue and not about being jealous. Many others feel the same way, so I'm not sure "most" want to see Elon fail because they're jealous. Seems that would be mostly applicable if you were already seeking power in the upper echelons.

Edited 5 hours ago by Joshe

[PurpleTree]

8 minutes ago, PurpleTree said:

 

To me this is the main reason why the autistic authoritarian 4chan troll is attacking the EU.

Because they have some mechanisms to go against tech companies.

He says it’s because of he thinks that these Euopean countries should fight back against immigration etc. But imo it’s all about money and power and destroying competition.
 

Why else wold he be so much in favour of H1B (he said he’d literally go to war for it)

 

 

[Twentyfirst]

3 hours ago, PurpleTree said:

Musk is seemingly an autistic  authoritarian grifter 4chan dweeb. Get him the f away from making decisions. 

A few years ago I said that I have trouble believing he even runs all these companies at once and himself. Im pretty sure thats fake too. Today I will double down on that

He is just the puppet mascot for marketing in a cartoonish way all these new disrupting technologies at once and to lead them all towards some singularity and have the public accept it

NO WAY you can watch an interview of him stuttering and not being able to make eye contact and believe he's some mastermind. Im not even calling him stupid like the lefties do. They call him stupid while still giving him credit. Im basically saying he barely does any actual work or organization. No way one human can run 5 futuristic trillion dollar unicorn companies at once 

Even Joe Rogan will be like "So I don't understand how you manage time and stress to do all this" and Elon will be like "Well ya know I just work 16 hour days and sleep on the factory floor" which doesn't explain anything. 

[Leo Gura]

You guys fail to understand that humans can be extremely lopsided. They can be very good in some narrow areas like founding tech companies, and very bad in other areas like politics or social media, precisely because all their skill points are dumped into that one narrow area they are good at.

Musk is genuinely great in certain domains, and aweful in others. There is no contradiction and you should expect this rather than be flummoxed by it.

It's okay to admit that Musk is good at business. That doesn't mean his political ideas are good, or that his morality is good, or that his gaming is good. These are all independent variables.

Edited 3 hours ago by Leo Gura