That’s your takeaway?
What about the federal employees who fear for their jobs and their safety due to the reckless action of an unelected power crazed bully?
What about the complete destruction of the checks and balances of government?
Fuck the shareholders.
No, I’m just making that simple observation, because I think other people will contribute those other points.
To me it either says that the shareholders all buy into the cult of Musk, or that they think the companies are better off for not having him around.
Musk would be wise to remember, he is not surrounded by a chain of secret service personnel willing to take a bullet for him. Tossing people out of their jobs, might just be a game to him, but for those that have to suffer the consequence of him playing roulette with their self-worth, he amounts to nothing more than vermin. Push people beyond their limit, and some will snap.
Yeah, the seemingly endless spare time this man has could be seen as evidence that’s he’s absolutely unessential to these companies. But of course that type of logic never applies to the top and self-reflection is for plebs.
Recently met up with my cousin who has been living in Turkey for about 15 years, and is married to a Russian woman.
He was amazed that I didn’t support Trump and started telling me all the cool stuff Trump does like take no money to be President. Then he said “We get a totally different news than you, its crazy the stuff you don’t know”.
I did find it pretty funny that he assumed Turkish and Russian news is correct, while both countires are ran by a dictator, whereas US news must be false.
Elon Musk being a genius came up, which I said he isn’t he just employs very clever people, and the response was that apparently Elon Musk grew up dirt poor - he knows that because he watched a documentary on him in Turkey. I said he grew up as the son of a Diamond mine owner and inherited more than $400m.
There were a lot of things that came up, I never liked this cousin anyway and I opted out of talking for most of it, but it was all the same stuff as the right in America believes (Trump will bring peace to Ukraine, the Left are sending Transpeople into schools to teach them how to do blowjobs, Michelle Obama is a man etc…)
We’re you able to change his mind at all?
No, he’s completely convinced that what he hears is true. Honestly I gave up trying.
That story perfectly illustrates the power of the media.
Yet you will still hear many say that the public aren’t brainwashed. 
Yeah but what kind of yard stick is that?
The Trump cycle
Ever seen his interview with the Everyday Astronaut Tim Dodd? The guy knows his rocket science. Employing very clever people is not the act of a moron. This isn’t the Musk thread but disliking him as a matter of principle is prevalent all across the media and I just don’t get it. Unless it’s as simple as him not being a Marxist?
Do you need some kneepads?
I dearly hope that’s a shite homophobic joke.
I’ve seen reports of a prediction that Musk will flip flop and become a Democrat in the future.
How does that sit with you?
He can become a Maoist for all I care, Doesn’t alter the fact that he’s done astoundingly well. The Americans applaud individual success (which is partly why I love the country) The British condemn and mock the successful. American logic: he has a bigger boat than me, good on him but I need to work harder to get an even bigger one. British logic: He has a boat, he should sell it and give the money to the poor.
Anybody would think that the USA is full of the families of those who went out to explore, to discover, to make a better life for themselves. Bigger, better, bolder. Those who stayed home, well, weren’t.
It shows and Musk is the living embodiment of this. Weird bastard that he is granted but still brilliant. But then the left always hates the successful and the heroic, I think it’s jealousy.
He’s a narcissistic billionaire. How is he ever going to be interested in policies that benefit ordinary people?
No, it was a sucking someone off joke. If it was a woman in question who would be the subject of the gratification, I would have modified it accordingly.
Also, I think it says a lot more about you that your first instinct was homophobia.
You’re really minimising the difference in wealth here - I think you’ve made clear yourself that you are personally quite wealthy so it makes sense.
There really doesn’t need to be an anology here. Musk reportedly “earns” $656 per second. The average salary in the USA is just under $64k. Musk gets the average salary of an American every 97 seconds.
There is no “work harder” that accounts for that.
He bought twitter for $44b, lost 80% of its value and it impacted his life - and wealth - in absolutely no way at all. Normal people can’t fail the way someone who inherited hundreds of millions of dollars can.
No it says something about you that your first (and best) retort was a shit gag about being gay. Pretty sure that’s absolutely homophobic. You know the phrase hoist by thyne own petard? I’ll give you a minute to google it.
You can stop the endless trolling of me any time you choose you know.
Ah, interesting. We’ve had some nice holidays and have done some fun things but wealthy we are certainly not. You never are when you run your own businesses. Your finances are irrevocably entangled with the day to day. Shouldn’t be but are.