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I did not see this published outside of India. But not sure why. It’s all based on Xitter.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Imagine having more money than anyone's ever had

Being stressed, depressed, drug addicted, and an actual Nazi.

Times like this I think about Enya. Yeah, Enya. Where's she been? In a fucking castle. With a fuck ton of kitties.

She made her millions and said "oh golly, I don't need to do much of anything anymore. And I quite like castles and kittens."

She didn't say "what can I do to make more people like me?" And then please the most hateful people on earth. How are these paths even a choice one has to ponder? Go fuck off in a castle full of cats.

[–] Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's kinda crazy to me because let's say you do want to be the most beloved person on earth AND you have more money than anyone ever, you could do that?

Like at one point musk said if there was a plan to end world hunger in 6 billion dollars he would do it, and of course he didn't... But if he did, a small fraction of his infinite wealth would be gone, but people would have loved him.

If, Tesla actually produced a fully self-driving electric car that was better and cheaper than anything else, he'd have even more fans than he currently does.

If, he actually created high speed mass transit, instead of whatever the fucking "hyperloop" thing he made is.

He could have done probably all of this for the price of twitter, but nah instead he had to go be a nazi.

Doing like even half this list would make him beloved by the average person who isn't too interested in him. They'd see all the good he does and say "That's what a billionaire should be." and not do any digging. It's honestly batshit insane to me that someone can say "everyone hates me and it makes me sad but I'm not going to do anything about this because clearly they are the ones that are wrong."

Like how do you fuck it up so bad. The first time I heard of the guy I bought into that "elon musk is ironman" persona thing, and now he's just a crazed nazi I want nothing to do with.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Narcissism, ego, and wealth create one hell of a combination.

He wants to be worshipped by the masses, but he's also the kind of person who needs to appear powerful and can't stand being in any position but first. He has to be the richest person while also being the most adored, and he isn't willing to sacrifice anything to achieve the latter.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

He also thinks he’s Tony fucking Stark.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

This is the difference between the ultra-wealthy of the gilded age and today. Those of the gilded age built things with their wealth for the public, so they wouldn't turn against them. Today they think they're untouchable. They hoard their wealth and don't try to do anything with it.

Yet, the gilded age came to an end with regulations, because they were amassing too much wealth. They only had a small fraction of what the ultra-wealthy today have. Something needs to be done about them, and the government isn't taking action...

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Turns out, having obscene levels of wealth and power is really bad for your psyche.

We talk a lot about taxing billionaires for the good of the 99%, but it would do wonders for the well-being of the 1% as well.

[–] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not to defend Musk, but there are plenty of examples of money destroying someone’s life. I’m thinking primarily lottery winners. Just because one person successfully adjusted to it doesn’t mean it’s easy and everyone can.

Of course Musk is a special case where he ruins other people’s lives with his wealth but that’s not my point.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

The idea that 70% of lottery winners lose all their winnings isn't true. It's based on a fake statistic.

The news loves to highlight the cases where that's true because it reinforces the cultural notion that wealth is tied to morality.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/belief-in-a-lottery-curse-is-comforting-but-winning-lots-of-money-does-make-you-happy

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Elon Musk could have been remembered as a cool tech guy. All he had to do was just keep running his companies and let the smart people working for him do the talking. Nobody would be the wiser that he didn’t know what he was talking about.

Instead, he let his ego get in the way of things and people know him for who he really is. I used to think he was pretty smart. After reading the things he writes, it became apparent that his companies thrive despite him, not because of him.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's not the most important reason by a long shot, but it's yet another reason why extreme wealth hoarding, aka billionaires and centimillionaires, should have been taxed out of existence and legislated from existing going forward:

Even they aren't happy, even sitting in the complete victory of their coup. They could have a dozen space station mansions each and they still wouldn't be satiated or satisfied. They can't be satisfied. That is their defining character deficit. Literally everybody loses so long as the avarice diseased capitalists remain in charge, even them. The intensity of their cringeworthy attempts at social media flexes betrays their intent and blasts us all with their screaming insecurities day in and day out.

They're mentally ill with an obsession/compulsion related disorder that they've manipulated civilization into enabling at literally every possible expense, including mass human murder and seriously risking human extinction for short term private profit.

They should be in mental health facilities receiving inpatient treatment for their extremely destructive antisocial behaviors for both their and everyone else's safety and wellbeing, too bad at least in the US they defunded mental healthcare into utter ruin (and education, and common infrastructure, etc) to cut their own taxes through their captured government.

The inmates are truly running ~~the asylum~~ our society.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m sure there are some that are happy but you never hear about them. A secure, well-adjusted individual with boat-loads of money doesn’t need to stir shit up. They can relax.

The insecure, maladjusted individuals will constantly be defending themselves against perceived threats despite having the means to offload all of that to paid professionals.

The best evidence of this is the creator of Tumblr. He sold it and got a payout of like a hundred million dollars or something and completely disappeared from public life. He only ever appears in the news when he makes some big donation to a charity.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

ive been living with a combination of drugs depression and stress for most of my life and im not a megalomaniac asshole billionaire hellbent on destroying the country...

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He's doing it too himself, fuck off.

No one asked him to be a co-nazi. No one asked him to take over Twitter. No one asked him to play make-believe auto maker. No one is asking for his fucking biography. He's acting like everyone is pulling him in all these different directions, and no one wants him.

He is the world's richest fucking man. Fuck him. He could have the best doctors/therapy/drugs in the world, could travel the world and "find himself," maybe even do something worth writing about. But he chooses to be a completely waste of human flesh that will be nothing but a smear in history. That's his legacy. A shit smear on an already shit covered era. He's not helping anyone, not even his own kids, he is willfully putting his effort into being the biggest piece of shit.

Fuck him. Fuck his depression, fuck his addiction, fuck his stress, and fuck him. He's ruining my country and wants pity because it's stressing him out.

FUCK HIM

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Also calling it stress is so fucking gross when normal people have to deal with soul crushing extisence of inadequate food, housing and life of wage slavery, and he's just upset cause his world domination plans makes people say mean things to him.

[–] zeepintor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thats why power and management of a country should be spread thin, to avoid that corruption from a single point to affect the life of many

[–] imvii@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Given how this douche canoe acts, and the damage he's done lately, I just hope he finds himself in a very slow, painful decline and maybe he'll snap while in the oval office with first lady Trump.

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can we get a fast painful decline? Minimize how much harm he does to... everyone?

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Honestly. I'd be happy with decline at 3200 feet per second from 400 yards.

[–] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He's a ketamine abuser, so it checks out.

Short-term side effects of ketamine use may include headache, dizziness, sleepiness, feeling strange or “loopy,” difficulty speaking, numbness, blurred vision, or nausea. Ketamine may also cause changes in blood pressure and heart rate.11

Studies show that unsupervised ketamine use may have serious health risks.1 These include respiratory depression, which is dangerously slow and shallow breathing. A NIDA-funded study found that problems related to ketamine use reported to poison control centers increased 81% from 2019-2021. The use of other drugs along with ketamine, especially opioids or GHB, another club drug, led to the most health problems, some of them life-threatening.12

Long-term, heavy ketamine use is associated with memory problems, depression, and anxiety.13 At high doses, ketamine may cause psychosis, a mental illness that causes a person to lose touch with reality. Frequent recreational ketamine use can lead to delusions that can last to up to one month after a person stops using it.14

Long-term use of ketamine may cause gastrointestinal problems, including abdominal pain sometimes called k-cramps5. Ketamine use can also cause ketamine-induced uropathy, a treatable but potentially serious condition that causes symptoms like those of a urinary tract infection.15,16

From NIDA.

[–] kaerypheur@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I love Elon Musk. <3