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[–] 89 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Musk could have been a superhero. He could have just made EVs and not done a Nazi salute ... things would probably be fine.

No. He had to tamper in politics and likely give Trump the win. Musk was too dumb to realize he would get thrown to the side the minute he said anything but "yes" to "Great Leader" ... now he is thrown to the side and is too dumb to realize it's over for him. He is hated on all sides.

He can kiss Trumps ass or fade in to obscurity. Those are his options.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    While it is true he has been crappy and not really that smart pretty much from the onset, the world would have been happy to continue perpetuating the myth of Musk as the real world Tony Stark.

    People wanted that narrative, certain people profited immensely off the myth, and there wasn't much practical downside apart from it being really unjustified for these folks to get so rich, but we accept that downside constantly.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I honestly think he's still team Trump and always was, he just dropped the mask and is now trying desperately to put it back on to save his stock.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    He's always been team Elon, and team Elon also likes to be contrarian and 'edgy', so that aligned with being pro Trump. He also wants to ditch government spending and regulation, which aligns to a claimed GOP principle (though they love spending so it's a lie). So now he's faced with the reality that everyone else already knew, the Republicans spend like crazy, even less responsibly than Democrats.

    He basically wants a party to represent the perspective of 'screw poor people' as it's one and only tenant.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    None of those people are on anyone else's team. They'll set up alliances where they can mutually profit, but the second any of those profits slip to one side, they're unceremoniously ousted.

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