Trump won the election, this gereatric nepo baby will be well paid for his services
Twitters is a just a pokemon card for him and he used it well.
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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What a dipshit
X is done.
Yep. Fortunately for Elon (and, you know, fascism) he doesn't need it any more. For Elon, it is already 'Mission Accomplished'. The richest, most thin-skinned losers on Earth already control the biggest economy and the biggest military. What more could that shitstain hope to get out of Twitter?
Well now he's calling for a new election in the UK (presumably to put the right wing bac in) so looks like he's not happy with just proxy ruling America.
And he’s dancing around Ukraine and Putin. This guy is so entitled.
Haha right you are. It is in his nature, I suppose, to grasp and grasp after already being the richest person in history. In a better world, we would put people like Musk in a nice, humane institution.
Or a nice, sharp guillotine
He’s not the richest in history. Modern history, sure if you count excluding inflation. But when people like Mansa Musa existed Musk has quite a ways to go. Hell even Carnegie’s wealth eclipsed Musk if you’re talking purchasing power.
Musk has now surpassed Carnegie. You are right about Mansa Musa (for now), but the gap is closing. According to google today, Musk is at $334B, Carnegie peaked at a modest $309B, and Mansa Musa had about $400B, though there are quibbles about personal wealth vs. kingdom's treasury. If you want to compare Musk and Musa, I think you could reasonably add the GDP of the US to Musk's fortune, since he is one of the puppeteers behind Trump. All figures adjusted for inflation, by the way.
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I hope so, although it might serve as an easy way for companies to bribe the first lady Musk for favours with Trump
Oh I hope this is true.
In the future I hope they do studies on what percentage of nazi content is necessary to destabilize a platform and get an established base of regular people and companies to flee.
To hear it told on Bluesky, it's the better blocking tools and the culture of "we don't have to put up with these assholes."
shrug
I've been off Twitter for years and even before that I probably posted less than a half-dozen times per year. I mostly prefer subject-based social media (here) over identity-based, but I'm looking to surround myself with people who talk about something other than politics because the last Trump presidency I just couldn't handle the constant tide of horrors.
I just need somewhere to escape all that and if not, I'm going to be in a really mentally unhealthy place for the next four years.
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kek
topkek, even
Elon's lost the plot. It's a joy to watch.
Implying he ever had it
That's part of the joy, he bought the plot and still managed to lose the plot so quickly it's easy to argue he never had it to begin with.
He paid billions to play himself.
He paid billions (largely of other people's money) to influence the US election and world politics. He succeeded. He won.
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Nazi, who inherited his generational fortune through slave labor, makes people uncomfortable. They leave. Nazi lies about being weird and/or a Nazi.
Insists being a Nazi should not influence anything and demands people and ad money returns.
How long until he sues users to return like he is with advertisers?
Probably in 2025 when he moves all government communication to X because "it's more efficient".
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Now do this to Tesla. Make owning a Tesla make you a pariah.
Being a Tesla owner is brutal because neither the left nor the right respect you.
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I already peg Tesla drivers next to Altimas and Ram 2500s, just different energy
Tesla is for the people who don’t want to drive a car, and their driving aptitude is frequently on full display
Altimas and Ram needs no further explanation, you already know
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Where I live there's not many teslas.
But I saw one the other day and it was squeaking like a cheap plastic toy.
I wasn't going to buy one. But seeing such bad quality construction even noticable by afar, reaffirmed my choice.
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It already does.
Sorry to people that haven't sold theirs yet.
Decent first step with the Cybertruck. Though he botched it and instead of making owners pariahs, they turn owners into clowns and lacerated patients.
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