Elon Musk - news and discussion

[danny la rouge]

It's not often i give the Telegraph props for a good article, but this is a decent analysis of Musk's difficulties atm:

The Maga movement is out to get Elon Musk – and so is China

Trump may have to sacrifice the tech billionaire – Washington is too small for two such egos

www.telegraph.co.uk

(https://archive.ph/Rb1Lm)

Never seen Bannon described as “Gramscian” before. Interesting, though.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

To be honest, last time I did ketamine, I thought I missed half the tv show we were watching because the angle fell away from the tv. And I made a load of stupid weird comments that made my friends think I am a knob. Because the fucking sides of the tv show we were watching had disappeared.

I can not run a company. And I definitely couldn’t at that point of time. The last thing I would have felt is some sort of superiority over anyone else.

 

[Rob Ray]

Notable that Bannon's clearly been reading Varoufakis - it'd be ironic if in writing a book for the left he accidentally produced a tool for the MAGA far right to fuck up the tech bros.

 

[ska invita]

It's not often i give the Telegraph props for a good article, but this is a decent analysis of Musk's difficulties atm:

The Maga movement is out to get Elon Musk – and so is China

Trump may have to sacrifice the tech billionaire – Washington is too small for two such egos

www.telegraph.co.uk

(https://archive.ph/Rb1Lm)

All true but it being the Telegraph it might be a counterpunch in defence of the frog faced man in their corner, currently no doubt smarting somewhat

 

[JimW]

Interesting, though.

Don't tell me you're another Musk sockpuppet too?

 

[Serene]

I think Musk has sealed his downfall all by himself. After doing nazi salutes worldwide on television this week, I think Israel will have been watching.

 

[danny la rouge]

Don't tell me you're another Musk sockpuppet too?

What do you mean, fellow Lefties?

 

[Kaka Tim]

I agree with Chookers and Curry.

Musk is a fucking weirdo, and a dangerous prick, but as I said at the time, I'm not sure he was chucking Nazi salutes on purpose.

what would it take? A swasticker armband and a little square moustache? If it wasnt a hitler salute ( which he puts so much effort into he lets outs a audible grunt) what the fuck was it? And he does it twice. And he has a long history of promoting far right shit and making "edgelord" statments and actions with the explanation (offered by others but himself) that hes "joking" - it "bantz". Pulling this stunt is entirely in keeping with Musk gerneral cuntery. Its way beyond reasonable doubt. And he will no doubt be pissing himself at all the fuckwits trying to explain it away.

 

[edcraw]

By the same logic as is being applied to the Elon Musk gestures, Father Ted within the plot of that episode was, without any doubt, an actual Nazi sympathiser and was knowingly showing his allegiance at the window.

Same with Hitler.

 

[teuchter]

what would it take?

The words accompanying the gesture.

 

[Spymaster]

what would it take? A swasticker armband and a little square moustache? If it wasnt a hitler salute ( which he puts so much effort into he lets outs a audible grunt) what the fuck was it? And he does it twice. And he has a long history of promoting far right shit and making "edgelord" statments and actions with the explanation (offered by others but himself) that hes "joking" - it "bantz". Pulling this stunt is entirely in keeping with Musk gerneral cuntery. Its way beyond reasonable doubt.

I don't know. The idea that someone would stand at a Presidential inauguration and throw a Nazi salute to the world is just so fucking bonkers and unprecedented that I'm inclined to think it was something else, like a tick, or a moment of mind-lost out of body lunacy. I mean, even a proper Nazi probably wouldn't do it (there's a time and a place, right?)

Drunkenness, drugs, alien body takeover ... absolutely anything seems more likely than he actually stood there and gave a fucking Nazi salute!

 

[Cloo]

Some people are trying to write it off a 'just an awkward gesture'. But that is not the facial expression of a man who doesn't know what he's doing. He probably doesn't even think he means it, I wouldn't be surprised if he was just trying to be an edgelord like the child he is 'I'll do a salute to own the libs, LOL!' But frankly being able to take it that lightly, especially as an actual adult, is pretty much a confession of what he really is.

 

[Serene]

I don't know. The idea that someone would stand at a Presidential inauguration and throw a Nazi salute to the world is just so fucking bonkers and unprecedented that I'm inclined to think it was something else, like a tick, or a moment of mind-lost out of body lunacy. I mean, even a proper Nazi probably wouldn't do it (there's a time and a place, right?)

Drunkenness, drugs, alien body takeover ... absolutely anything is seems more likely than he actually stood there and gave a fucking Nazi salute!

He did it twice. He was on television around the world. Someone in Italy today placed an upside down effigy of Musk on the same railings that they put mussolinis body. Israel will have seen it also. He will be on the watch list now.

 

[lazythursday]

I don't know. The idea that someone would stand at a Presidential inauguration and throw a Nazi salute to the world is just so fucking bonkers and unprecedented that I'm inclined to think it was something else, like a tick, or a moment of mind-lost out of body lunacy. I mean, even a proper Nazi probably wouldn't do it (there's a time and a place, right?)

Drunkenness, drugs, alien body takeover ... absolutely anything is seems more likely than he actually stood there and gave a fucking Nazi salute!

It's bonkers. It's unprecedented. But it fucking happened. I understand why it's so hard to accept but the quicker everyone does the better imo.

 

[Serene]

Some people are trying to write it off a 'just an awkward gesture'. But that is not the facial expression of a man who doesn't know what he's doing. He probably doesn't even think he means it, I wouldn't be surprised if he was just trying to be an edgelord like the child he is 'I'll do a salute to own the libs, LOL!' But frankly being able to take it that lightly, especially as an actual adult, is pretty much a confession of what he really is.

He did two nazi salutes and he is a fully acting member of a far-right fascist government.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

That's not an "odd looking salute". It's a nazi salute.

Exactly.

 

[klang]

Does his financial support for AfD, TYL, and fuck knows what other white supremacy outfits really need mentioning again? Extreme right winger to the core, this was no slip.

 

[danny la rouge]

Does his financial support for AfD, TYL, and fuck knows what other white supremacy outfits really need mentioning again? Extreme right winger to the core, this was no slip.

Only if he says all that at the same time as doing the salute.

 

[klang]

Only if he says all that at the same time as doing the salute.

He did grunt which finally convinced me

 

[Kid_Eternity]

He's a white supremacist, his parents are clearly white supremacists, he's supported actual nazis and 'far right' (the polite British term for nazis), it was a fucking nazi salute.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The words accompanying the gesture.

Really? And if he did that without clicking his heels would that be another bullshit clause to deny that he DID A FUCKING NAZI SALUTE??

 

[Coffeecup]

I don't know. The idea that someone would stand at a Presidential inauguration and throw a Nazi salute to the world is just so fucking bonkers and unprecedented that I'm inclined to think it was something else, like a tick, or a moment of mind-lost out of body lunacy. I mean, even a proper Nazi probably wouldn't do it (there's a time and a place, right?)

Drunkenness, drugs, alien body takeover ... absolutely anything is seems more likely than he actually stood there and gave a fucking Nazi salute!

I think it was a Nazi salute as he got carried away with excitement on inauguration day. He was buzzing with the thought of power that he could be involved in. He was so hyped up I think he forgot himself. His support for the far right in Germany and Tommy Robinson shows he’s not afraid to make a statement about his leanings. I think he’s pushing it to see how far he can go.

 

[pesh]

Lefties: 'he totally just did that', nazis: 'he totally just did that', Spy: 'Aliens!'

 

[Brainaddict]

I don't know. The idea that someone would stand at a Presidential inauguration and throw a Nazi salute to the world is just so fucking bonkers and unprecedented that I'm inclined to think it was something else, like a tick, or a moment of mind-lost out of body lunacy. I mean, even a proper Nazi probably wouldn't do it (there's a time and a place, right?)

Drunkenness, drugs, alien body takeover ... absolutely anything seems more likely than he actually stood there and gave a fucking Nazi salute!

So you're struggling to interpret the nazi salute by a guy who spent billions buying a platform to turn it into a platform for nazis, who retweets fascists, supports fascists like Tommy Robinson, supports fascist parties etc etc? Yeah, what could he possibly mean by making the universal gesture of the movement he's spent the last couple of years avidly supporting? Who knows? It's a right fucking puzzle.

 

[Ax^]

I think Musk has sealed his downfall all by himself. After doing nazi salutes worldwide on television this week, I think Israel will have been watching.

it not stopped Israel playing trumps best friend..

 

[Kid_Eternity]

So you're struggling to interpret the nazi salute by a guy who spent billions buying a platform to turn it into a platform for nazis, who retweets fascists, supports fascists like Tommy Robinson, supports fascist parties etc etc? Yeah, what could he possibly mean by making the universal gesture of the movement he's spent the last couple of years avidly supporting? Who knows? It's a right fucking puzzle.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Lefties: 'he totally just did that', nazis: 'he totally just did that', Spy: 'Aliens!'

I have conservative friends who are calling it a nazi salute too...

 

[Ax^]

I don't know. The idea that someone would stand at a Presidential inauguration and throw a Nazi salute to the world is just so fucking bonkers and unprecedented that I'm inclined to think it was something else, like a tick, or a moment of mind-lost out of body lunacy. I mean, even a proper Nazi probably wouldn't do it (there's a time and a place, right?)

Drunkenness, drugs, alien body takeover ... absolutely anything seems more likely than he actually stood there and gave a fucking Nazi salute!

Jesus do we have another gobshite who cannie see if for what it was .. Elon pulling a stunt because he could and he knew he have plenty of grown men willing to argue about why he did not mean it

Jesus take the billionaires balls out or your mouth for five minutes

 

[Serene]

it not stopped Israel playing trumps best friend..

They will have seen what Musk did and they certainly wont be Musks best friend.

 

[ska invita]

Spy trolls much like musk does tbf so big surprise