• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Skip that and tell the truth: At that point - you’re no longer human. You’re in opposition to us and there’s no option but to kill whatever trillionares are.

    They are no longer humans.

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      3 months ago

      Letting children starve is generally thought of as a dick move when you have more than enough money to just pay to make that not happen.

      • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        Well, yeah. Trillionaires are definitely bad people. That isn’t the question, though. The question is whether they can be visionaries at the same time. I submit that they can.

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          3 months ago

          You’re getting hung up on the wrong thing here.

          In this context, a visionary is someone that can help lead humanity to a better way of life. Many of Musk’s fans actually think this about him, that either his electric cars, his “ai”, his “free speech platform”, or his space program will somehow make the world a better place. All while ignoring his bigotry, his exploitation of humans and the environment, his political escapades which has resulted in countless deaths, and his collusion with Epstein. It is all a scam.

          The richest person in the world also happens to be one of the worst.

        • Prior_Industry@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          CyberTruck, Grok, Xitter, Teslabots. Anything Elon has a personal hand in goes to shit. He has the eye for investing and marketing vaporware but visionary engineer is overdone tony stark pr bullshit.

          Ask yourself this, how quickly would investor sentiment in his companies turn if he died tomorrow?

          • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            3 months ago

            I specifically said that Elon Musk is not a visionary. He very clearly isn’t. He’s a moron who’s been failing upward since he was born with emeralds in his pockets.

  • Photonic@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Man I remember when we had the first trillion dollar company not very long ago (not counting the Dutch East Indies company) and now we have a trillion dollar man. The world is so out of whack.

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      3 months ago

      Kinda stands to reason. It’s the trillion dollar companies that are his assets.

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        3 months ago

        Well yes, but most multi billion dollar companies aren’t in the hands of a single person. Which is the key here. No one person should hold such power.

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    3 months ago

    Why do so many people still use Twitter? Why do so many people still buy Teslas? It seems like everyone hates Elon but not enough to do even the easiest boycott ever.

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      3 months ago

      Don’t forget that X.com is a child pornography generator.

      Also anyone opposed to all this needs to also boycott grok and anthropic (which pays spacex for compute). But you should probably avoid all ai to be safe.

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        3 months ago

        That’s grok, which is xAI, which is now SpaceX and now a public company.

        People’s pension funds are investing in a CSAM generator.

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      3 months ago

      A friend of mine who is a DC comics fan just purchased a Tesla. He’s rationalised everything as “but it’s a good car”. Brother, you just supported real life Lex Luthor while wearing a SuperMan T-shirt…

      In other words; there are people out there who claim pure morals while ignoring heinous and terrible things just to have an extra 100km of range. So what the CEO made decisions that will kill millions? The car now has rear door releases! Think of the safety!

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        3 months ago

        Last autumn I spent the day with a surveyor at work, who believed in the new world order, cancel culture, covid vaccines were controlling our minds, IMF conspiracies, etc etc. Also drove a Tesla.

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        3 months ago

        just to have an extra 100km of range.

        Fake range. They just put a larger number on their screen.

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          3 months ago

          I sent him an article before his purchase of the testing that was done showing most EV manufacturers were lying about the range, with Tesla being the worst. Didn’t phase him at all.

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        3 months ago

        Teslas have the worst safety ratings from every single electric car. Including the largest fail and defect numbers.

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          3 months ago

          What you’re not taking into account is how much you can ignore with the right amount of copium. I do hope for his sake nothing goes wrong with the car but if it does he has no one to blame but himself at this point.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Not just kids. Anyone starving. Anyone in abject poverty. Anyone housebound because they can’t afford whatever medical help they need to have a life. It’s not just the kids. Billionaires suppress all of our abilities to get ahead.

  • Bluedragon012@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Kill the rich, save the poor. Taxation, is not enough for the current era. There must be justice for the crimes committed. Once they are dead, then we can figure out how to run the world without capitalism. Untill then, the elimination of the ultra-rich by any means should be the goal. Everything else is noise.

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      3 months ago

      We’re not one for violence…

      👏🏻 welp, good thing they don’t classify murdering monsters as violent! Lmao

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    3 months ago

    Remember he is only this wealthy because other people are willing to buy a share of his money losing company at a highly inflated price.