• andxz@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    My sanity isn’t ready for an reality where Elon fucking Musk is fucking shit up globally. Trump was bad enough, but this shit? This is what will eventually cause a global conflict against fucking fascists of all things.

    We already did this shit once, are we really going to do it again?

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      Trump is dying. Putin is dying. Hopeful megalomaniacs are looking to fill the vacuum when the boomers pass on. Someone had to step up. Elon decides it’s his time

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        I agree, I just was naïve enough to think that maybe we had grown a little bit wiser. I was obviously wrong. So woefully wrong.

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    When I was younger, my sister teased and provoked me (I mean she still does but much less). Every time this happened, my parents told me to just ignore her. I think media should do the same when it comes to Elon Musk, since damn, everyone who doesn’t willingly choose ignorance already sees who he is. By this you are just giving him more exposure.

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      That’s not how it works—actually, that’s not how anything works. It’s not about doing the right thing; it’s all about what drives the most attention, clicks, or money.

      There’s a reason every media outlet reports on every little thing the fat guy or this bozo does or says. There’s a reason you didn’t ignore this news and felt compelled to comment on it.

      It’s the same reason 99% of these commenters have no idea who someone like Demis Hassabis is, was or will be: it doesn’t drive attention.

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      It’s hard to say what the responsible and ethical approach is for journalists given it is newsworthy that the richest man in the world (who is also extremely influential to the highest office of the most influential country of the world) is encouraging such an extreme and unexpected regime change, but also Musk, like Trump, puts out so much noise it’s hard to predict what will actually be policy they persue vs what is just noise

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      He’s not he-who-shall-not-be-named. Talking about him won’t make him more powerful.

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    Musk’s entire job is to keep the media focused on him and his stupidity so that we aren’t paying attention to what his useful orange idiot is doing.

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      That is an excellent point. The only snag is that I feel they aren’t quite intelligent enough to think of that. Then again, maybe that’s what they want us to think…

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    6 days ago

    Clearly the king should just ignore this nonsense …… and ban him from travelling there. Preferably the entire commonwealth. Wait. I’ll make popcorn

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    7 days ago

    Funny enough, that’s literally the plot of the play King Charles III that ran on the West End about a decade ago.

    Spoiler alert: fictional KCIII doesn’t get very far.

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    King Charles is worse as a person than most of the UK government, for Musk’s declared values (I mean, not advertised, but even of the world domination kind) too.

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        He’s a bigoted corrupt type, of the kind who are friends with half the small dictators and petty monarchs in the world. Musk seems to be over that, with the way Starlink is aimed to become some sort of “planetary cell network” in addition to “planetary internet”.

        I mean, despite the way many people hate Musk, he and people similar to him seem to be interested in moving resolution of conflicts from battlefields to capital dimension, which is good.

        But considering they haven’t yet managed to do that - licking up to King Charles may be in line with the rest.

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    When Musk controls the western world, Putin will invite him to the 23 floor for a cup of tea.

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    6 days ago

    Pay no attention to the man sticking his boot down Elon’s throat behind the curtain.

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    His mum could have pulled it off in a heartbeat. He would be lucky to make it out of Buckingham…

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        At least he’s not smart about it and just yells it all in public. If he ever realizes he can do it quietly it’ll be an even bigger problem.

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        That’s the thing I don’t get. Trump got the presidency, he can just carry Elon aside like a burger wrapper

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          Are you under the impression that Trump actually has a lot of money? You don’t get rich by bankrupting businesses, and he’s done a lot of that.

          He certainly doesn’t have enough to maintain the lifestyle that he’s grown to love.

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            He’s got bribes from all mayor tech companies willing to get in his favor. He doesn’t need any more money. He can order the mint to print him a stack.

            He’s got immunity. He can litarally rob a bank and claim his presidential immunity. Hell he can kill Elon and steal his stuff LEGALLY