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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Make it a one way trip for him please..

Also, he's not allowed to take his money and assets with him, leave and disperse those assets for the rest of the people here.

He can go dig for his own gold and shit and establish his own worthless economy on his dead rock if he wants, assuming he would even survive...

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mom I want a planet to destroy. We have a perfectly good planet to destroy at home. The planet we have at home:

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

His father probably asked him "why just limit yourself to just one?" I mean... he's racked up the offspring, so why not destroy every possible option of a place for them to live?

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Most of his offspring fucking hate him.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and no communication devices, cameras or things like that. I don't want to hear from him again.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can we blow up the ship halfway and call it an oopsie?

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or just land it several thousand kph faster than planned.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Show kph but use mph might do the trick

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As I understand it, There's no way with current technology for a trip to Mars to be a round trip thing really. It's a one and done.

Mars colonization was intended for the first settlers to settle. Not return.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Technically we totally could, if you can ship 1 kilogram to mars you can ship a spaceship to mars capable of getting back with enough un-manned trips in advance. Economically feasable however it is not.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

money and assets with him

The money is of no use on Mars, and billionaires can't relocate many of their assets anyway

Let "it" take the money along, it will be of no use there and won't be available on the market here, if anything, it might counter inflation for a week or two to remove it from Earth.

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Let me introduce you to a show called, For All Mankind. It's on Apple TV here in Europe, not sure about the rest of the world.

Spoiler: you get exactly your wish.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

He famously claimed that you could give Mars an atmosphere and terraform it with nukes. He should try that once he gets there.

[–] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

Looking at progress of his rocket launch, the trip would end early.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I appreciate this. I get the feeling anti-EU Europeans are going to develop greater support for the institution just as a "fuck you" to this asshole. Look how Canada came together when Trump started his 51st state bullshit.

[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The German far right party AfD loves Musk, Trump and Putin. They very much hate the EU (and happiness and all things pretty). And they're still gaining more traction.

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

paint them for what they are: anti-Germany.

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[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Seriously, fuck this guy.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 26 points 11 hours ago

Honestly, this shows that EU is doing the right thing.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would love a nice and peaceful world. Honestly, I would...but there are some people who deserve to be assassinated.

[–] sploder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

He knows he deserves it, too. He’s apparently so paranoid he has constant security detail. I hope one of them gets a wild hair one day. Miserable piece of shit.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (17 children)

Let's face it: The EU is the last remaining democratic global power. Russia is a dictatorship, so is China, and America is only a democracy on paper since they elected Mango Mussolini.

Here's the dark future that could very well happen if we allowed these right wing fucks to succeed with their plans:

  • Their first goal: Get a majority of European countries to vote for authoritarian, alt-right, pro Trump, anti EU governments. Russia has been working towards this for decades.
  • Actually dissolve the EU so Russia, China and America remain as the only relevant global powers.
  • Authoritarian European nations become hostile towards other nations. As hostile as America is now already.
  • National particular interests within the EU are cause for dangerous tensions again.
  • International relations become much more volatile.
  • Nations suddenly don't give a fuck about multilateral contracts anymore.
  • Some weaker, paranoid nations secretly develop nuclear weapons programs.
  • Radioactive shit is going to hit the fan sooner or later.
  • GAME OVER.

Only democratic nations working together and people who strongly oppose demagogues and fascism have a chance to prevent that from happening. The EU is a fundamental building block to ensure this for Europe.

Have we not learned from WWII and 60 million deaths? Are humans really so dumb? If that's really the case, we deserve to go extinct.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Latin America is the unsung hero IMO. They have a "pink tide" since their leaders are mostly moderate leftists. There are exceptions of course such as El Salvador and Argentina (although to my knowledge, Javier Milei is nowhere near in trying to curtail civil liberties and human rights). Latin America had been off US' radar since the Cold War and they can use that time to build closer relationships amongst each other by strengthening MERCOSUR and military ties.

There is Africa. Again, while there are exceptions, by and large many African nations are doing their best to uphold democratic values. The West African bloc, ECOWAS, had been great in the past ten years to oust African leaders who don't want to step down. When Brexit happened, the African Union allowed freedom of movement among AU citizens at the same time. I can see AU becoming more united, although it will take more time than we would hope for.

India will become authoritarian I would say in the next couple of generations. The neoliberal policies and flirting with fascism by Modi have sown the seed for full blown far right movement in decades to come as far as I can tell.

For the Far East, they are too insular and have their own stupid, age old inter-racism against each to be more united, and the fragmented geography of Far East Asian countries, that is not China, makes cultural exchange and understanding difficult to create kinship necessary for a more political union. But I think they may stay democratic for the foreseeable future (now, Japan has a little surge of far right, but they are not a threat in the immediate future). Unless there is Asian NATO, the Far Eastern democracies won't hold against the threat of China. Although again, Asians are too insular and geographically fragmented for closer cooperation.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Your comment is very insightful and I agree with your observations. As a European one tends to focus too much on the places around the world which keep doing things right. Latin America truly is an unsung hero, what with the kind of economical troubles they have been going through. One would think they would be far more susceptible to demagogues and propaganda than nations of the so-called "western hemisphere".

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

“We” didn't learn. As evidenced by this all happening the instant the last people who experienced WWII directly started to fade from the discussion. They couldn't even wait for all if them to be dead before restarting.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wonder what laws the EU has enacted that bother him. Does the EU do that? What does the EU do, exactly? Have giant committees to decide the shape and size of the stars on the EU flag?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

Ah, there we go. Thanks. I really can't keep up with the world anymore, but Musk, like Trump, is the furthest thing from a statesman. It's all interest with these guys, not values or philosophies.

[–] ooli3@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

X just received a fine of 100+ millions for disobeying the EU laws. Musk political sense go as far as his wallet

[–] arc99@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Elon is too chickenshit to sit on top of one his own rockets let alone go to Mars. He has bigged it up in the past, but he's a coward and he'll make some lame excuse why some other poor bastards should go on the one way trip and not him.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Tbf it isn't censored in the US either.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

If he builds a mars capable rocket, ensure he is on it and that it cannot make a return trip

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