Critics have accused Mr Musk of holding eugenecist views about populations
    • Artemis
      482·
      1 year ago

      I’m not having kids because billionaires have bribed, lobbied, and misinformed this country, and by extension the world, to the brink of ruin

  • wackypants@kbin.social
    92·
    1 year ago

    To think that not so long ago, this authoritarian, grifting man-child was hailed as the real-life Tony Stark. If the mask slips any further, even his remaining fanboys are going to find it difficult to defend him.

    • Veltoss@lemmy.world
      461·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think he has near as many fanboys as the musk circlejerkers on reddit always made it out to seem. I barely ever see anyone genuinely fanboy him anymore, at most many are neutral to him while still thinking he’s an idiot.

      I think reddit (and social media in general) just has a habit of giving megaphones to “the other side”, no matter how small it actually is, so they can have someone to appear to argue against so it doesn’t look like they’re yelling at a wall.

        • GrandMoffFartin@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          I always assumed this was the case. One of the richest men in the world with an ego this fragile would definitely have his own propaganda campaign.

          Interesting that by killing twitter and with Reddit dying off, he’s robbing himself of the ability to spin anything that’s said about him.

          It feels like we’re minutes away from most of the content on the internet being generated by AI and most of it being consumed by bots.

      • tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee
        205·
        1 year ago

        I’m a big fan of SpaceX. I think they are doing amazing things that will make space allot more accessible. That being said he’s definitely a douche.

        • deejay4am@lemmy.world
          23·
          1 year ago

          I mean, he’s not the one designing the rockets, building the pads, etc. so I feel the same way. Elon is just “the money guy”

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          15·
          1 year ago

          SpaceX is successful because he lets Gwynne Shotwell take charge and run the company while he soaks up the praise. And even then, SpaceX has big problems. When Starship destroyed its launchpad (rumored to be due to Musk’s interference, big surprise), it sent debris everywhere, particulate matter across a wildlife preserve and started a brush fire there. It also reached a nearby town. It was an environmental disaster and it’s barely been discussed.

          • tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee
            16·
            1 year ago

            The FAA did say they need to address it for future launches. I think a small fire is an acceptable cost for progress. Starship could do for space what the caravel did for the oceans.

    • phx@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      He is kinda like that though, but more like Tony from the beginning of the first movie.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
      71·
      1 year ago

      I remember back in like 2018 and 2019 I pegged him as either Stark, early on, or Lex Luthor. Either way, he was an asshole, with the only concept of philanthropy being what he could gain from it.

      Turns out I gave him way too much credit in both cases, he isn’t even close to their intellects.

  • Throw_away_migrator@lemmy.world
    78·
    1 year ago

    You’re telling me the billionaire whose family fortune came from apartheid emerald mines is a total cunt?

    I’m shocked! Shocked! … Well, not that shocked.

  • CynicalMillennial@lemmy.world
    57·
    1 year ago

    They took our ability to have children through monetary strain, caused by corporate greed, now they think we should lose voting rights lol…

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
    56·
    1 year ago

    Ah yes, “I don’t want to say gay and intersex people shouldn’t be allowed to vote, but I do want it to happen.”

    Anyways I’m sterile and drive the most fuel efficient vehicle practical, don’t eat meat, and have made other sacrifices for future generations to have a habitable planet. Musky here has a private jet and at least one of his kids hates him

  • Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world
    42·
    1 year ago

    When will Elon eventually or slowly fade out of popular media and when he’s alienated everyone around him he can go away and live as a recluse. He can be the next Howard Hughes, living in a dark casino hotel room wearing Kleenex boxes on his feet.

  • MrFlamey@lemmy.world
    38·
    1 year ago

    At this point I have finally realised that Elon Musk is an attention-seeking cunt and we should probably start to just ignore him, at least for a while.

    However, I’ve got some ideas! Instead of people without children, how about we restrict the vote to the children themselves? How does that sound, Elon? Nobody over 20 should get a vote because they only have… pthh, I dunno, a few decades, 90 years at most left on this planet, so fuck them. Am I right? Maybe we could give everyone a voting point for every year they have left assuming an average lifespan of 75 years - perhaps women could have more points as they generally live longer. That would be fair, no? We should also completely take money out of politics and stop billionaires and large corporations from undermining democracy too! Don’t you think that’s a great idea?

    • Polydextrous@lemmy.world
      17·
      1 year ago

      Plus, I know some SHITTY parents who don’t consider their kids much at all. Why don’t we limit the vote to good parents who can prove they love their children by sacrificing themselves for their kids in a simulated environment? I mean, this is the future! VR voting compassion-for-your-children tests. Elon loooves futurestuff

  • YellowtoOrange@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4911·
    1 year ago

    Considering that he doesn’t give a shit about his own children, this is typical Musk-Irony ™

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
    36·
    1 year ago

    Has he even met most of his children? Does he even remember X Æ A-12’s birthday?