Elon Musk: Always A Douche

[mongers]

I'm reminded of HHGTTG:

The President in particular is very much a figurehead—he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. On those criteria Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the most successful Presidents the Galaxy has ever had—he has already spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.

Yep, and Trump has an ego the size of a planet and that on only one head; Zaphod was a light-weight in comparison.

[dist]

They clearly have some incentive to try and keep things from breaking too much or from breaking things that they value.  They broke the Department of Energy and fired the technical staff responsible for nuclear weapons, and now they're trying to do a 'takie-backsies' on it.  There are some things that they're not willing or able to just walk away from. 

But that clearly demonstrates the worst part of it, or what should make us shiver: they don't understand what they are breaking.

[crazy canuck]

They clearly have some incentive to try and keep things from breaking too much or from breaking things that they value.  They broke the Department of Energy and fired the technical staff responsible for nuclear weapons, and now they're trying to do a 'takie-backsies' on it.  There are some things that they're not willing or able to just walk away from. 

Even libertarians agree that nuclear weapons/the military should not be privatized. I don't take any comfort that the move to privatize won't go full speed in other areas.

[Neil]

They clearly have some incentive to try and keep things from breaking too much or from breaking things that they value.  They broke the Department of Energy and fired the technical staff responsible for nuclear weapons, and now they're trying to do a 'takie-backsies' on it.  There are some things that they're not willing or able to just walk away from. 

But that clearly demonstrates the worst part of it, or what should make us shiver: they don't understand what they are breaking.

Indeed, that's my point.  Tech guys don't understand anything.

[Oexmelin]

Remember: these are the guys who proudly announced they invented public transit.