Elon Musk is a real victim, instead of having "more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime", now he only has "more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime".
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2025
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The only people who "care" about Musky are the ones who dumped their life savings into Tesla stock.
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I realized this morning that for how much Luigi is praised there haven't been attempts to follow his example.
I don't know why that felt relevant on this post and I'm definitely not advocating anything, just an observation
Most people capable of murder do not care about their fellow humans; and those of us who could often lack means or have to protect others closer to home. They cannot just go away without harming others who need them.
Once you get past all those filters it’s a very tiny percentage of people who have motive, means and opportunity. Most of those get unlucky.
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That's some pretty difficult tech to come by that he allegedly used. Here's what I've worked out so far.
3d printed silencer and mech. Steel tube. Of the shelf cartridges altered to be subsonic exiting the barrel.
Hardly anybody is capable of such things, which is why it should be totally acceptable and not remotely a crime to share the information he used.
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It's a pretty risky game he's playing, being the public face of his business while also being an unelected president.
I think honestly it’s not just the conflict of interest threat that warrants someone in public office divesting themselves. We’re seeing that it’s better for the companies too - keeps them insulated from the impact of unpopular decisions.
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At this point they might as well go back to trying to make a martyr out of the United Healthcare guy who's name I remember about as well as Elon Musk remembers what compassion is.
And how many lives do you think he’s destroyed as he takes a chainsaw to their careers?
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I kinda want him to live in gitmo for the rest of his life.
I don’t know about want…. But if were to happen…. I wouldn’t lose sleep.
Ahhh...diddums lose a few billion dollars in notional worth? Are those bad bullies boycotting little Muskie's terrible cars?
Ahhh... That's so saaad...