• @FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world
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    1261 year ago

    Yeah so somebody grew up in a racist household that prioritized Protestant ideals about work and success. And then that person moved to Silicon Valley with Daddy’s money and worked there during its bommiest years. Then went on to pump money into electric cars and rockets.

    This all came to a screeching halt during Covid when all of a sudden, he had to not prioritize profits and success but rather the health and safety of his employees and others.

    This sent him down a rabbit hole on Twitter where suddenly he felt accepted by all the Trump crowd. Now he’s stuck there and slides further right each day.

    This guy is now the wealthiest person on the planet.

    Fuck Elon.

  • Margot Robbie
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    1181 year ago

    I genuinely can’t tell if the comic was added by somebody else to mock Musk’s tweet, or if Musk is such a narcissistic prick with zero self awareness that he "“ironically” added this comic as part of his fellow-kids memelord act.

    Truth is stranger than fiction.

    • Cowbee [he/they]
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      291 year ago

      Unironically dividing the Proletariat against itself by stirring up racism among conservatives on a large social platform is the correct move for him to keep his dragon hoard, though I doubt it’s intentional.

      • @shawwnzy@lemmy.world
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        71 year ago

        I’d give him more credit, it doesn’t take a genius to encourage people to subscribe to a philosophy and or vote for a person that will benefit you.

        He knows what he’s doing

        • Cowbee [he/they]
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          81 year ago

          I dunno, I’ve seen his Elden Ring build, and he’s somehow a fan of New Vegas despite NV beating him over the head, so I don’t quite believe that.

            • Cowbee [he/they]
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              21 year ago

              And he even said he changes his build if he needs to roll faster, so he understands the basics of equip load yet deliberately used 2 shields that were both unnecessary.

      • Promethiel
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        21 year ago

        Even crazy new Dragons get the “Respect the #1 rule of Dragon Club; do nothing to threaten the viability of the existence of Dragons” speech, I reckon.

    • pachrist
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      131 year ago

      For real. Diversity could easily be considered antithetical to racism. Inclusion could be considered antithetical to sexism. But no, Chef Elon made pseudo-intellectual word salad.

      But, “Worlds grossly richest man not big on equity” feels like an Onion article title.

      • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Also, “woke” more or less means “enlightened,” so “anti-woke” is pretty much “ignorance is strength.”

        • pachrist
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          81 year ago

          I feel like wokeness in general requires empathy and understanding of the plight of others. Anti-woke means being unempathetic, and folks feel that is positive? I literally can’t comprehend being for Team Sociopath, but millions of people will vote for Trump, so it’s real.

    • @CareHare@sh.itjust.works
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      51 year ago

      I thought this at first as well. But then I thought he probably is that dislodged from reality that he genuinely thinks he’s discriminated against when people mention equity and stuff like that because he’s the antagonist of equity.

      If everyone in the world is at least not poor and comfortable it means a lot less wealth for him; a big No No for PeElon.

    • MinekPo1 [it/she]
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      21 year ago

      honestly what I hate the most about those quotes is that every one of those slogans actually have a quite clear meaning , especially within the context of the book .

      • kingthrillgore
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        21 year ago

        I find myself saying “We are the dead” quite a lot when something reality bending occurs (you know, like Elon opening his pie hole), because that’s how it feels.

  • @Red_October@lemmy.world
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    341 year ago

    When you remember he got his starting wealth from an apartheid emerald mine in South Africa, this behavior makes perfect sense.

  • @li10@lemmy.ml
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    311 year ago

    I’m generally sick of hearing about Elon at all even if it’s criticizing him, but this was a good one.

    The vanity is off the charts.

  • kingthrillgore
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    281 year ago

    It’s not racism when you, a single person, are hated. Its people telling the truth about you.

  • @PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    251 year ago

    Sadly, a professor I used to respect is following similar bullshit ideologies. Climate denialism, veiled racism, and bigotry. Once he moved out of California into a much more red area, he plummeted.

  • IWantToFuckSpez
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    Bet a board member tried to explain to him what DEI is two minutes before he Xat this Xeet.

    Muskrat’s diversity plan is “exploit Indians who rely on Xitter visa sponsorship”

  • Ephera
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    161 year ago

    I am very confused. Is that a comic he had made about himself? I wouldn’t be entirely surprised…