Tech billionaire Elon Musk called on Wednesday for Volodymyr Zelensky to "go" as Ukraine's leader, after insisting any disruption to the war-torn country's use of his satellite communications system was the fault of the US government, not his company.

The comments came as Kyiv raised doubts over US support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, accusing Washington this week of helping Moscow by failing to warn it of incoming missile strikes and hobbling Kyiv's military response through changes to the SpaceX-designed system it uses for communications.

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[–] 82 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Just in case anybody was still unsure if Musk is a James Bond villain typ of guy....

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    Between him a Bozos they are about as inept as Joker and Lex.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Hey now, Joker and Lex aren’t complete morons.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Jared Leto's version of the joker.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That was just a psychopath in clown makeup, not an actual Joker.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I couldn't get a bead on Leto joker because he wasn't in any movies

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I still can't understand how he gets roles and my buddy Critter just gets an occasional extra spot with a line.

    Critter is cool. He worked on the old USS Constitution in Boston as a recreationist. Leto is not cool. He never worked on a sailboat.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

    Musk is an ass, and wrong here, but for others confused by the headline here's the quote:

    "And so the slaughter continues," Musk wrote on X. "Time for Zelensky to go."

    Why isn't Musk asking for Putin to "go" as its Russia's slaughtering that is causing all of this? Ukraine isn't invading Russia. Russia could stop this TODAY by pulling all its troops out of Ukraine and stopping its attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians.

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  • [–] 31 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Maybe Im wrong but these unelected tech bros being directly involved in foreign wars seems like a problem.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    In a decision making capacity? Definitely. Just maintaining the tech? Elections for that position will result in nonexperts making decisions.

    Like, chevron wasn't a bad doctrine. You want your elected officials to hire/consult experts, not be an expert in everything [challenge level: you're not Ken so good luck]

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  • [–] 26 points 3 weeks ago

    Petulant man-child Nazi loser tries to talk down to war hardened world leader.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago

    sorry, I'm ignorant, but which country elected Elon Musk?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    He needs to be in prison.

    He gets to fuck with the world just because he has money on paper.

    That is so wrong.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    This is why we should treat objections to taxing the rich as inefficient, ineffective, or not having "economic sense" as irrelevant. This is about power. The point of taxing these shits is not raising money. It's about dealing with the fact that they have gotten too powerful. They need to be cut down to size if we are to keep any pretext of republican government (much more so for democratic) alive. This is how the Roman Republic fell.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago

    Here's an idea, why don't you leave you nazi fuck.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago

    I sure would like to punch Musk in the mouth.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Musk can suck a rotten egg.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    I'm calling on the parasite to go instead. Go live in Russia with your allies, there's no place for you in the rest of Europe or any other part of civilized society, you treasonous fuck.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Musk and Trump have summed up exactly what people think they should do, go. Both are a disgrace and a danger to humanity.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Musk needs to go to jail.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Billionaires act like they are above the law. They mistake their wealth for power and good sense. Society has a problem when individual citizens have more wealth and power than the government.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I really wouldn't like to be inside Musk's head. On one hand, you have a nazi that achieved nothing in his life, on the other hand, you have a guy that is trying to save his country for the past 4 (if not 20) years.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)