Summary

Elon Musk, under fire for massive layoffs and controversial political influence, is now complaining about Democrats celebrating Tesla’s stock crash.

At CPAC, Musk mocked job losses, but later whined about Tim Walz reveling in Tesla’s decline.

Public backlash is growing: protests have erupted nationwide, and a Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows 67% wouldn’t buy a Tesla—over half citing Musk as the reason.

With falling approval ratings and criticism over his influence on Trump, Musk faces rising opposition from Americans disillusioned by his actions and rhetoric.

    • @pleasegoaway@lemm.ee
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      75 days ago

      And that was such a dangerous thing to say.

      Humans are social creatures. Empathy is a cornerstone of society.

      We literally teach kids about empathy in preschool. Imagine being against teaching small children to understand how someone else feels. shivers

  • @ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee
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    826 days ago

    He’s lucky it’s not worse. Musk deserves everything coming at him and more. He could have shut the fuck up and quietly stayed rich. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

    • @futatorius@lemm.ee
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      21 day ago

      It is my fervent wish that the universe delivers to Musk exactly what he deserves.

      Too bad karma is a myth, so the odds are against this ever happening.

    • The Quuuuuill
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      536 days ago

      circa 2015 he could have held onto the ball and run out the clock. but he’s desperate for people to adore him. it’s the fundamental need he’s never been able to fill ever since he was a kid. he’s always been rich, but he’s never been liked, not in any meaningful way, anyway. for a short time though, he tasted it. he was the environmentally friendly sports car guy. he was in marvel movies. people saw him as the genius who who would lead our advancements into a technological future.

      but it wasn’t enough for him. he’s an addict. once he tasted adoration he needed another hit, so he joined Donald Trump’s business council. it was there that he revealed too much of himself. we could all see how shallow, greedy, and awful he really is. and the adoration all dried up. he’s been chasing that ever since and can’t earn it back.

      the reason he can’t earn it back is that the djinni can never be put back in the bottle. we have seen the real him, and we can never unsee it. we’ve seen that a fully embodied elon vehicle is stupid and dangerous. we’ve seen that in his desperation to be a hero he’ll call a real hero a pedophile. we’ve seen that his come up created a fundamentally twisted and racist creature.

      but this broken man is an addict. he can never adapt and change and grow because he doesn’t understand the world through that lens. instead of cultivating within himself the kind of person he would want to be friends with, he regurgitates 4chan jokes. or maybe worse, he has cultivated within himself the kind of person he would want to be friends with and none of us want to befriend him.

      either way, he became unfixable when his net worth made it to his first million dollars.

    • Photuris
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      The the age old Problem of Evil.

      If we could somehow figure out how to cure Cluster B Personality Disorders, 90% of humanity’s problems would disappear overnight.

      • Tiefling IRL
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        I’d say legalizing shrooms might help, but then again Apartheid Edison is only inflating his ego with ketamine abuse so idk how effective that would be

        • Photuris
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          Psychedelics have a counterintuitive tendency of making pre-existing clinical narcissism and sociopathy worse.

          • @futatorius@lemm.ee
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            Seems to me that it’s entirely intuitive. A very wise friend of mine once told me “acid will make you more like you are.” The only exception I’ve seen is when it triggers schizophrenia. I think the jury’s still out on whether such people were already at risk, or if the right combination of set, setting and dosage could potentially do that to anyone.

          • @Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net
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            Psychedelics help you find out who you truly are underneath all the social conditioning.

            Some people are assholes to the core and mushrooms reveal it.

  • @Coreidan@lemmy.world
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    455 days ago

    lol if you can’t handle the heat from being a massive cunt then maybe don’t be a cunt. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp.

    • NutWrench
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      15 days ago

      Yup. Musk is a 4chan shit poster with a really thin skin. He never grew up and he never WILL grow up. He’s “Poochie” from the Simpsons.

  • NutWrench
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    175 days ago

    There is nothing as weak, delicate and fluffy as a MAGA.

  • @rosco385@lemm.ee
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    105 days ago

    The thing that pisses me off the most about all of this is Edolph Muskler is giving ketamine a bad name with his ridiculous behavior.

    • @futatorius@lemm.ee
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      Ket is a shitty drug and the people who use it become shitty people. It’s commonly used around here, and frequent users quickly become run-down, mentally sluggish nitties who piss blood.

  • @MehBlah@lemmy.world
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    95 days ago

    Typical narcissistic whining. Mocks any misfortune that befalls others. Then they whine like a two year old who get told they can’t have another piece of candy when its their misfortune.