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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You know what's horrific and evil? Cutting Medicaid and social security for millions of people because your billions of dollars isn't enough money to make up for the fact that you're a giant man baby.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He assumed his opponents would kill random people instead of targeting his property.

He probably can't even comprehend a worldview where people prefer to attack wealth over taking another human being's life.

[–] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That would require empathy, which he considers a weakness. So he probably is genuinely baffled by this.

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm still not convinced that isn't just insurance fraud to try to recoup some money for junky cars no one wants while pretending he's a political victim.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good luck getting that proven in a court

[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does any of court even matter anymore when the president is in your back pocket?

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The best thing about this is that Tesla is massively overvalued. Like, the stock price is more than 20x what it should be based on Tesla's earnings.

If Tesla had a reasonable value, then hedge fund managers and other rich people would probably be buying it while it was temporarily down and getting rich as it went back up. But, with it so insanely overvalued, it's much more likely they'll short it or buy put options and hope to get rich when it finally crashes.

[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How the hell do Elon and other oligarchs feel so safe to call for a literal civil war? He thinks the other side cares more about fighting Joe Bob more than the billionaires? Such strange delusional behavior

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Historically, that is how elites have always maintained their power, so yes. It’s just a lot more difficult to 1) mobilize an overworked and comfort-seeking populace, and 2) we are more interconnected than ever before.

The power of propaganda is being seized by the people. We create the content. We cover current and localized events (in actual real time) because it’s our actual communities. We know who is who and what is what.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like it when Nazi man-children cry.

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[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Has he even said 'Thank You' ONCE yet??? So ungrateful...

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And he's not wearing a suit either

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[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

“Oh no, the consequences of my actions!”

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

😭🎻

https://www.marinelink.com/news/elon-musks-firm-buys-two-offshore-rigs-484690

https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/1/25/elon-musk-s-gas-drilling-plans-in-texas-meet-legal-resistance

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2025/03/17/power-hungry-ai-data-centers-seek-more-quick-and-dirty-mobile-gas-turbines/

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-s1-5088134/elon-musk-ai-xai-supercomputer-memphis-pollution

🎻😭

I will say though, I've been suspicious he's had long standing plans to just dump Tesla at some point in the near future anyway. I'm hopeful the point he was planning to jump ship and sell off his stock has gotten beyond his control and he can't do it without majorly fucking himself over.

Aside from everything else he's done to get deeply involved in the oil and gas industry, what made me really suspicious was when DOGE removed all EV charging stations from federal buildings for not being "mission critical."

https://gizmodo.com/u-s-government-removing-ev-chargers-from-all-federal-buildings-because-they-are-not-mission-critical-2000566987

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (19 children)

I love that we have found a way to hurt him, keep it up.

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[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone else think the "happening in my town of (insert town name here)" is a bot account he set up to blow up small isolated incidents?

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[–] Soulg@ani.social 7 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Property damage is not violence, say it with me now

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"it with me now"

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[–] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Personally i think the level of violence could be a little higher still... Or way higher! Burning megafactories levels of higher.

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[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

If he thinks civil war is necessary but doesn’t think corporations will be casualties… then what does he define as civil war? Where less important things die? you know, those umm.. soft gelatinous things. People, yes people are expendable.

This soft and gelatinous thing looks forward to a place to expend his umm, anger and frustration.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Musk: "Civil War is Inevitable!"

People destroy his company's products.

Musk:

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

We brought him a little taste of civil war. He's just mad he's on the losing side.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Common Sense Skeptic's videos sure are fun to watch again.

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It would make my year if he cried live in an interview where it dawns on him that he's the cause of his own demise. But he's not smart enough.

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