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Just picture him talking with two action figures in his hands and it all makes sense

I'm gonna call major bullshit. He's just riding the high of that insane paycheck (among other things, allegedly).

Nobody having to work and everyone living in a communist utopia? I know a few books that start that way, and those societies are not all roses and sunshine.

This is going to make a world similar to the Time Machine. A massive group will happily outsource their need to think for the pleasure of leisure.

Sure sure, there's already an animated show on Fox (regular network, not news) called Universal Basic Guys making fun of the idea when it's not even being seriously considered yet. Here's maybe a news flash for some rich folks: MOST people don't mind working as long as they are PROPERLY COMPENSATED.

His hair looks so good though.

So you mean to say that Elmo lied again?

About everything?

You don't say?

No, Optimus won't solve poverty, it'll make him a king

That is, of course, if Optimus would ever see the light of day and be actually functional which they're so far behind with that I'm honestly unsure if I should laught at him or just feel sad for him

Hugo Drax had it all figured out in Moonraker. We just need a higher natural resources per capita ratio, then it all works out easily.

Notice how easy it is to con a con man?

So. Not to change the subject (all that much), but - suppose king d and noel candlehead were casing Ft. Knox instead of "making sure all that gold was there". You know, how it's stored. Soil conditions. Geological structure. etc. Taking measurements, as it were.

Now... supposition.? nay. high probability. notice how fast "gold" was never mentioned again?

This ends with him and musk walking off with the gold in Ft. Knox doesn't it? This will leave America worthless. While his right hand waves around over there with distraction after distraction... THIS is your plan, isn't it? Where to? Greenland? (not yet?) NK? There's a killer beach resort just for you! Country comes with slave labor so you and your kids can turn out knockoffs. F**king perfect, don't you think? And little girls galore! And with all that gold - even putin would let you hang around again - (but be sure to take care around open tenth story windows in buildings you'll take the stairs in.

He's a crook and he's in charge of the biggest piggy bank in the world. And apparently we're all okay with that.

Fuck's sake.

So he is investing in armed robots that just kill the poor to end poverty?

That's an extremely hopeful outcome if robots take on jobs.

What I see is robots taking all low education/automation jobs, companies still making consumers pay the same (or more) and making a bigger profit, and compaines only hiring people with over experience and over education (don't forget connections- most people I know get high paying jobs this way). Education itself is in peril as well, due to the use of ai to write papers and complete math problems. Not to mention that teachers now use it to grade work (true story.. a friends academic writing teacher admitted to this..)

Or just give all your money away to poor people. By my calculations that would be about $25k per poor adult.