Elon Musk: Always A Douche

[Admiral Yi]

Some of us do.

[Zoupa]

Indeed.

[Josquius]

I'm also not convinced in the current moment that it's wise to suggest there's some innate, inheritable, essentialist politics derived from an individual's ethnic and national background even after they've become a citizen...

Although FWIW I think the interesting point on that part of Musk's past and his politics (not an original idea in any way) is actually that he grew up in 80s South Africa. He left in 1989 to avoid conscription, which I sympathise with. But that's a time when everything is open politically - the future was really unknown and unknowable (I often wonder if there's a similar perspective with Eastern Europeans of a similar generation). So the idea of a fixed constitutional or political order that you work in, which most of us grew up with did not exist. I think that does have an impact on Musk.

There's plenty of people like Tony Benn in the world. Though these people are exceptions that prove the rule.
That we make such a big deal of pointing to those who don't follow the sympathies of their upbringing clearly suggests the default assumption is that people will be heavily aligned with this.

It is an interesting thought. What if apartheid had held on just a little longer. Could the sacrifice of extra evil there have stopped Musk being unleashed into the world and the potential for greater evils to come.

What I find curious with musk is the question of whether this has always been his belief system and he merely pretended to be a chill moderate liberal when the government was friendly to that, or if theres something in the  theories about his trans daughter driving him nuts (these are evidenced, not just idle thoughts).

[fromtia]

We are going to have to do something drastic about Musk, once he's encased himself in Sand Trout we are stuck with him for 3000 years.

[Zoupa]

[Valmy]

He is an elected Senator from Arizona. You are a corrupt plutocrat who bribed his way to power by corrupt means.

[Jacob]

So I just saw this headline (and it's just a headline really, as there's a paywall), but I'm curious - how real is this?

Musk Has Triggered A Corporate Deregulation Bomb - A Delaware bill would award Elon Musk $56 billion, shield corporate executives from liability, and strip away voting power from shareholders.

[Valmy]

Wait corporate executives can be held liable for something? We have seen them tank the entire world economy through criminal incompetence and nothing at all happen to them but them get richer.

[Jacob]

It appears Twitter is experiencing some difficulties and went down recently.

I'm curious if anyone here knows what sort of vulnerabilities Twitter has.

[Valmy]

It appears Twitter is experiencing some difficulties and went down recently.

I'm curious if anyone here knows what sort of vulnerabilities Twitter has.

I hope giant and easily exploitable vulnerabilities. Ones that bring suffering and pain to Elon Musk as much as possible.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

the attack on formerly twitter is apparantly originating for Russia

[HVC]

Guess Russia is as dependable an Allie as the US is.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Huh, I was going to guess that it was someone who dislikes Musk and wants to see him fail. So, everyone in the world except Putin.

[Valmy]

the attack on formerly twitter is apparantly originating for Russia

Just like in WWII, sometimes Russia fights for you.

And if they want to take half of twitter in the peace deal, I am fine with that.

[HVC]

Tesla fell another 15% today. Still plus 25% over the last year.