Elon Musk

Again, we have an emasculated government, unable to even to even conduct foreign policy without relying on a billionaire.

You might want to reconsider your metaphor. Seems to me more of a tension between a weak democracy and an ascendant oligarchy than one of insufficient power at the disposal of the government.

Lol pic.twitter.com/nsqmhFXIOH

— Brooks Otterlake (@i_zzzzzz) August 21, 2023

we were so close to a better world

just remembered this

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FnJBx_QagAQO8kQ?format=jpg&name=large

the cool friends gang

the extent to which people kiss his ass is truly disgusting

I can't read "I made the clutch move of ordering us pizza" without picturing Kendall Roy

the clutch move of telling ronan farrow yr billionaire pal's life just sucks

do I have to read that Farrow piece?

not really

you have to sorry

It's not particularly revelatory. My big takeaway was that in a better country a government sniper would put a bullet through his head.

"honey badger drinks when he wants"

we were so close to a better world

― lag∞n

we could have had it so good. maybe that incident explains his weird posture.

It's not particularly revelatory.

― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, August 22, 2023 12:24 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the meat of the article, the mechanisms of musk influence over the government, hasnt really been reported before at least not in this detail, and its important imho

damn

but on the other hand if you just assume rich guy has too much power you wouldnt be wrong

stuff like

the Occupational Safety and Health Administration told me that Musk’s influence had become inescapable in their work, and several of them said that they now treat him like a sort of unelected official. One Pentagon spokesman said that he was keeping Musk apprised of my inquiries about his role in Ukraine and would grant an interview with an official about the matter only with Musk’s permission. “We’ll talk to you if Elon wants us to,” he told me.

is pretty strong

then you mix in musks instability and ambiguous/bad politics and its not that good

xp That sounds made up.

dumbest possible timeline type scenario

In the past twenty years, against a backdrop of crumbling infrastructure and declining trust in institutions, Musk has sought out business opportunities in crucial areas where, after decades of privatization, the state has receded.

its that famous neoliberalism that we all know and love

oof yeah "thanks" for posting that OSHA bit

god i forgot that she laughs in his face and hes like on the verge of tears the entire time https://t.co/ZTkoF9COMN

— teen vampire, aged 40 (@starswheeled) August 23, 2023

so moist

"look at you"

so mean lol

that's the most Afrikaner sounding I've heard from him, she must've got under his skin

every once in a while this resurfaces and

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4FiBUaW4AAQeV_?format=jpg&name=small

cuts off the best part, he recommends some mobile game instead lol

https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/raync910/phpPDm8qz.png

...but he's describing Civ! lol.

I thought it was Minecraft

and Polytopia is just a dumbed down simplified version of Civ for mobile.

Candy Crush addresses these limitations.

tbh I think elon may actually have been attempting a joke there

Pretty sure Elon just got mad he couldn’t make his Bishop excommunicate a Rook

Thinking Polytopia is better than chess is the only interesting thing he’s ever said.

Both sides exact same pieces

I wonder why he hates the idea of everyone having the exact same starting chance.

sad thing is its been well documented that elon likes games but he has to do this thought leader schtick where games are only good if they help you win at life

guess he felt insecure about not playing the smart guy game

poker is the true business analog tho

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4Qc9KPaQAAd0vP?format=webp&name=medium

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4TgWlBaUAE6w_2?format=webp&name=900x900

*looking at cyber truck* the door is a fraction of a hair off

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4UCo_OXwAE6z5j?format=jpg&name=900x900

LEGO is designed and built to sub 10 microns accuracy?

Did this guy become a billionaire just by talking out his ass?

That and blood diamonds.

Bullshit + blood diamonds

lego really is made to incredible tolerances

very funny to compare a car to a soda can