Greatest thing I did with my life was to increase my understanding of other people's lives. He is toxic, whether he's trolling or not
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I surely haven't felt any empathy for him as I've watched Tesla’s stock free fall...
I really like the tarot card for strength:
- Strength was originally Fortitude
FORTITUDE.—Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; also complete success and honours.
Reversed: Despotism, abuse of power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace.
I think it's accurate to say that Musk has tried to portray Strength in the past. But he has revealed his true power level as the embodiment of the reverse.
Give me 5 minutes alone with that motherfucker and I'll teach him the virtues of empathy.
Like… Durh he believes this. He lived this and won pretty handily by never giving a shit about anyone. Now he’s the richest and most powerful person alive, so obviously he’s onto something! All this money can’t be wrong!
Empathy is Weakness. In almost all movies they tell about that. Well not the good guys. Hell Emperor Palpatine.
The line between stupidity and evil is rather slim
His Mom didn't show any empathy when she raised him. This is why he is a weirdo.
I thought we were finally over the fact that it is no longer a "bad thing"-to show publicly. I still remember high school days days, where showing any kind of a fear or other emotion, was seen as a weakness.
My hope is is that the youth does not copy-cat this psychotic behavior too much.
Musk is a little childish. Probably some developmental deficiencies going on there.