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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 185 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

They talk about "the left" as though there's any kind of leadership or organization or solidarity.

Motherfucker, people just don't like you, all on their own, because of who you are.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 32 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

People can not actually grasp so many people existing. We were never meant to live in such large societies, historically, we only had a tribe that consists of maximum ~150 people.

It has been scientifically proven that we can't hold effective social relations to a larger number of people. The exact limit is not clear afaik, but what this essentially means, in a community of millions, we abstract away groups of people into "the left", "the bourgeoisie", "the poor" which allows our brain to form social relations to these groups of people with the limited capacity it has, essentially treating each group as a single person.

Now of course, this abstraction is entirely inadequate, as each collection of people is always much more diverse than the abstract concept we use to replace them, and they aren't really single individuals, they don't act with a collective mind.

But most people do not understand this. They just work with these abstractions, these groups of people, as if they were real single people, because in some manner, it does work. If the abstraction actually groups correctly, then the ability to reason like this works decently well. But everyone is always wrong about these abstractions. They are always too general. They always fail to consider that there's not a single mind at work.

It's such an easy mistake to make. I see smarter people than Musk do it all the time. The enemy, like always, is missing knowledge, missing humility, missing self-awareness, unreasonable confidence, fear of the unknown/being wrong. All of which Musk falls into.

I don't see any solution but to educate about this whenever possible. To speak to people about it. To raise the education about stuff like this wherever, whenever we can. I'm trying to do my part.

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[–] hikuro93@lemmy.ca 111 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (6 children)

Says the one actually doing a whole nazi salute, buying presidency despite not being able to hold office due to nationality, carving up entire programs and departments in a very incompetent way, and attempting to shamelessly buy a seat in the supreme court.

And that's not mentioning how I personally believe he may be doing all this due to his God-Iron-Man-Savior complex which makes him believe he'll be remembered as a modern messiah. Notice how he's revived his desire to put mankind on Mars, and by next year no less. He knows under current laws he'd at best help pave the way to Mars, but not live to enjoy it himself. "Maybe if I change the whole rulebook - in the end despite the suffering they'll thank and revere me", I bet.

Poor Elon. I bet he's crying right now for being a misjudged angel, drying his tears in green paper.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 15 points 15 hours ago

Says the one actually doing a whole nazi salute

Two whole Nazi salutes.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 89 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Fake Nazi stuff.

So the inauguration Hitler salute was AI generated or what?

[–] seeigel@feddit.org 20 points 15 hours ago

No, it was real. He is complaining that the left is misrepresenting him by claiming that the Nazi stuff was fake, OBVIOUSLY!

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 85 points 18 hours ago

And by "push negative propaganda", you mean use direct quotes and actual video of you.

[–] trotfox@lemmy.world 74 points 20 hours ago (3 children)
[–] ILaughBecauseFunny@feddit.dk 42 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, because supporting and claiming the AFD is Germany's only hope (Germany's Nazi Party, which is not called Nazi Party because that would be illegal in Germany) is exactly what a none Nazi would do!

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 20 hours ago

i was confused as well, i only know the real nazi stuff

[–] not3ottersinacoat@lemmy.ca 67 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

As a trans woman, I'm only giving back what he's been dishing out to me - except that when we talk about him, we're actually telling the truth.

On that note, Elon is a whiny nazi pissbaby.

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[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 58 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

If I were the richest man on earth, I don't know what kind of person I would be, but I sure as hell wouldn't be a whiny little fuck

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 36 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

And that's why you'd never be the richest person. Think about the qualities that lead one to become the richest person on earth. Really think about what that title represents. It's an unfathomable amount of wealth. Any sane, compassionate person would have funneled that into charity work and the well-being of others.

You see what I'm getting at?

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 54 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The thing is... slashing welfare, trying to erase trans people, hoarding billions in government subsidies are positive things in his book.

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 45 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I'm very curious to see how all this whining plays with his fan boys. Doesn't seem very based or chad or whatever the fucking incel children are saying these days.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They’re really going to be upset when their moms lose their social security and get foreclosed on rendering them basement less

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 44 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Dude literally posts his stupid thoughts on his own platform. No one is making that shit up and making him type it out. What a dolt.

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[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 41 points 12 hours ago

Sounds like he wants some...... Empathy?

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 41 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

List of positive things that he's done:

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly: Being a massive, public spokesperson for electric vehicles that had a huge following with the well-off nerds brought us where we are today with electric cars, I'm still convinced about that. But yeah, that's about the only thing I can think of.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 14 points 11 hours ago (7 children)

I don't care how positive the apparent outcome; I simply cannot agree with giving somebody credit for propaganda. Because essentially, that's what you're talking about.

We don't need confidence men like Musk or Trump. They have nothing but their own interests in mind. So he accidentally had a small positive influence? Big deal. If he hadn't spoken up, another would've taken his place.

He deserves no credit, just as he deserves no sympathy.

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[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] D_C@lemm.ee 17 points 14 hours ago

Jokes on you...he's far too busy doing Nazi salutes at the nearest mirror to say anything.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 38 points 12 hours ago

And yet not once did he apologize for that Nazi salute and explain how horrified he was that he accidentally did it.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 35 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Case study in money not buying happiness. Richest man in the world by a wide margin. CONSTANTLY whining and crying about something.

If I had even a billion dollars y'all would never catch my ass on social media on in the public eye at all.

[–] BADROBOT@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

If I had a billion dollars I would share it with everyone I could. Elon Musk is a sick individual, ability to make money does not make him genius. People around him made him what he is. All inventions belong to people not him. Even his first company it highly debatable what he invented himself. Its a classic one guy is a genius conspiracy.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 34 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

aren't nazis supposed to hate weakness? oh my god whiny fucking weasel, literally just crying and bitching and moaning constantly... disgusting.

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[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 32 points 10 hours ago

Nobody accused him of being a fake nazi

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 31 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 30 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Oh so that nazi salute was leftists & liberals simply hallucinating ? Or what about the fact that you (as in Elon) literally tried to Whitewash Hitler's crimes ?

Geee, I wonder why we keep calling you a Nazi.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 30 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (5 children)

It's so unfair that everyone keeps referring to his neo Nazi salute that he gave at a neo Nazi convention.

Just so unfair to bringing up his neo Nazi salute constantly. Just patiently unfair to mention his neo Nazi salute he gave twice at the neo Nazi convention.

Just so unfair. Nazi.

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 20 hours ago (12 children)

What positive stuff? Like I'm legitimately asking.

He is cartoonishly evil.

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[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 24 points 16 hours ago

The left trying to destroy the influence of a plutocrat is pretty normal

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 22 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

How is he this dense? Seriously dude you could be the greatest hero the world has ever seen but you chose to be a villain.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 22 points 14 hours ago

The first man to unite the left on anything.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 21 points 20 hours ago

He's so sad, it's kinda remarkable. He's like the epitome of a narcissistic billionaire CEO.

The insecurity is palpable. I sincerely hope this will be remembered and studied.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

List 5 positive things you did last week.

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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Show us your titties Elon, you little bitch

[–] takeiteasypolicy@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago

Elon Musk is text book example of a complete sociopath. He lacks empathy, he chronically lies and manipulates people, extremely impulsive, has no behavior control, has no idea about what is right and what is wrong, is extremely aggressive and hostile (called Tim Walz a loser, the cave rescuer as Pedo), has superficial charm to fool MAGAs, and consistently breaks and defies rules and laws.

[–] VampirePenguin@midwest.social 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Excessive wealth concentration is an existential threat to humanity on the scale of the atomic bomb or supervolcano.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 18 points 19 hours ago

There’s nothing fake about a public Seig heil x2

[–] rippermonty@feddit.uk 17 points 9 hours ago

So he thinks he is a Fake Nazi as well, real ones were good at making cars, it's rumoured.

[–] F_OFF_Reddit@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago (7 children)

Do we get banned here if we insinuate we need another Luigi?

[–] modus@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

Bruh, Luigi did nothing wrong. He was here with me pounding Coors Lights and swapping out the tranny on my F150 Raptor the whole time.

But if you want someone murdered, you can say that.

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[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Musk is that kid in middle school who went out of his way to act smug and edgy in a desperate attempt to impress the other kids but it was all so cringey and irritating that it just made everyone hate him, but he was so dysfunctional that all he could do was try even harder to be smug and edgy, which just made the other kids hate him even more, and 'round and 'round it went until finally somebody decked him and then his mom complained to the administration because the other kids were bullying her baby.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 14 points 19 hours ago

You're make this sound like it's a metaphor or something...

But Musk is that kid literally, and last year one of the other billionaires did try to fight him for being unbearable until his mom literally stepped in and helped him back out

He's a rich manchild who people put up with when he let them play with his cool toys. Then he went from the weird rich kid to a total asshole the second he thought this was loyalty... Now he's crying about being bullied because everyone is turning against him, despite continuing to fuck absolutely everyone over

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 16 points 8 hours ago

His tears are fuel, I woke up tired, but now I feel energized to go troll Elon some more....

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago

Talk is just talk. What you DO is what you get called out on. Loser

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 hours ago

Elon "empathy is the great failing of the west" Musk wants people to feel sorry for him?

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