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.
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Yeah, the seemingly endless spare time this man has could be seen as evidence thatâs heâs absolutely unessential to these companies. But of course that type of logic never applies to the top and self-reflection is for plebs.
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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 didnât support Trump and started telling me all the cool stuff Trump does like take no money to be President. Then he said âWe get a totally different news than you, its crazy the stuff you donât knowâ.
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 isnât 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 etcâŚ)
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Weâre you able to change his mind at all?
No, heâs completely convinced that what he hears is true. Honestly I gave up trying.
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That story perfectly illustrates the power of the media.
Yet you will still hear many say that the public arenât brainwashed. 
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Yeah but what kind of yard stick is that?
The Trump cycle
- say something untrue
- make ridiculous and bold pronouncement on a policy/action to fix it
- do nothing
- see problem that didnt exist in the first place is now âfixedâ
- MAGA crowd: Heâs a genius
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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 isnât the Musk thread but disliking him as a matter of principle is prevalent all across the media and I just donât get it. Unless itâs as simple as him not being a Marxist?
Do you need some kneepads?
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I dearly hope thatâs a shite homophobic joke.
Iâve 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, Doesnât alter the fact that heâs 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, werenât.
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 itâs jealousy.
Heâs a narcissistic billionaire. How is he ever going to be interested in policies that benefit ordinary people?
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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.
Youâre really minimising the difference in wealth here - I think youâve made clear yourself that you are personally quite wealthy so it makes sense.
There really doesnât need to be an anology here. Musk reportedly âearnsâ $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 âwork harderâ 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 canât fail the way someone who inherited hundreds of millions of dollars can.
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No it says something about you that your first (and best) retort was a shit gag about being gay. Pretty sure thatâs absolutely homophobic. You know the phrase hoist by thyne own petard? Iâll give you a minute to google it.
You can stop the endless trolling of me any time you choose you know.
Ah, interesting. Weâve 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. Shouldnât be but are.
How was it about being gay? Itâs about sexually gratifying someone, which works no matter whether youâre male or female. Itâs not an uncommon reference to someone who keeps sucking up to someone else and worships them so hard.
Snowflake.
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Nail on head with narcissist which is why the theory goes that he falls out with Trump and flip flops wherever he can get more of himself.
Its a theory from a former Trump insider. Forgotten the name unfortunately
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