I think it's fairly easy to separate the two.
I think a lot of people see Musk (and Trump, and the Kardashians, and tons of other trashy, attention-seeking rich people) as hugely aspirational. So, if you criticize those people, their fans take it personally, since they'd like nothing more than to be exactly like their heroes.
I just got reverent texts from a trusted friend today, specifically about his SNL appearance.
There's a reason this meme exists:Any time I see an Elon Musk thread, this is literally my reaction
Who are the people who act like he's their friend? It's like any mention of him pushing forward EV acceptance and private space transport is met with accusations of stanning or undue adoration
What's your #CRYPTO at right now, bro
Once Musk did that Rogan interview, there was definitely a more emboldened defence of him online. It's possible that the honeymoon phase wore off for some people after Musk started taking fat[citation needed] pulls from that joint, but it definitely felt like people were coming out in droves to defend their shitposting memelord.
He isn't though.
Now there are some public figures who do care, like AOC & the squad as well as the rest of the progressives in the Democratic party.
He also seems like the kind of guy who would run, if he was eligible.
I don't think you can or should.
there’s people who are straight obsessed with “insert random celebrity here”
People seem to not care about the danger of following a public figure. Joe Rogan for example may seem innocuous until he starts spouting nonsense like young people not needing to take a vaccine. Yet, Joe's fanbase gobbles that shit up. Trusting a personality rather than an expert seems to be the trend lately and it sucks.
No you can't.
it’s not to invalidate it, it’s to draw a parallel, it’s the same damn situation. Trump has a defense force, Musk has one.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. A parallel between two of the highest-profile cases. Both cases of uncritical worship of people with clear character flaws are bad, yes.
Those are real issues. If Musk was actually interested in encouraging the growth of electric vehicles he'd open it up to other companies. If Musk was actually concerned about the future of the human race, he'd work on bettering the planet we actually have.
This is simply not true, even according to people who worked closely with Musk at SpaceX, such as Jim Cantrell and others. He definitely gets involved in the engineering and technical sides, way more than most CEOs.
Folks that lack charisma themselves are attracted to ones that have it. And this is why we need videos like this. We need, as a culture, to stop putting successful people on the pedestal just because they are successful.
We have a thread on like every episode of Some More News what are you even talking about.
Nostradamus over here
I never said Musk wants environmentalism, betterment of human kind or anything like that. He is a giant asshole billionaire. Of course the 3 items above are what he wants.
The fact that he is pursuing other shit doesn't mean that a)Tesla didn't help to push electric industry forward and b)SpaceX is absolutely revolutionary in that arena. Musk got that off the ground. Now days, you could probably (and wouldn't that be nice) kick him out and everything roll forward, but without Musk there would be no Tesla or SpaceX as we know them today.
What has SpaceX done that has increased "the impact to the better for everyone," as per your last tweet
Billionaires will never use wealth to help fix Earth, lets be real.
Elon Musk is the 3rd richest person on the planet. "Don't give him any fucking attention" doesn't really work. It's good for people to get the word out on what Musk actually is about.
It's actually pretty informative, maybe not for someone who has followed everything to do with Musk but it goes into all of his lauded businesses and actions, what was good, what was bad and is a great video.Don't really need a 43 minute video to say " he isn't your friend" or whatever that guy is about to say tho...
Don't idolize celebrities. There. I said it.
XD
its also annoying that despite posts like these, more people are coming in to say "yeah of course he's not my friend we dont play the same consoles
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Except the Elon Musk who is a "pioneer" in space/electric cars is also a giant asshole in those areas to in a way that hurts and undermines those things.
Is this, like, the newest grade school gotcha? When I was a kid it was "black technically isn't a color!" or "your thumb technically isn't a finger!" but I've never heard this silliness.
