How long will it be until countries start banning Twitter? We’ve seen the approach the US (and others) have taken with TikTok. I just see Musk cozying up and endorsing far right politicians, spreading wild misinformation and hate, and it’s got to be a matter of time?
The next Federal election is going to be a ####show on social media. I wish they could be blocked for the writ period.
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Hahaha, but he might be in the mix to buy TikTok. I actually do find that hilarious.
If that were to happen I think one of the stipulating factors would be interesting.
"Alright Mr. Musk, we'll sell you TikTok however, you must meet the mandatory sale condition which is to acquire, staff and maintain a Volcano Evil Lair."
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TikTok is popular. Musk wants to be popular. Musk thinks buying TikTok will make him popular. This didn't work for the rich kid in school, and it won't work for Musk either. A rich loser with everything is still a loser.
Some of your posts are thoughtful, some of your posts are idiotic. This is the latter.
Thanks for derailing this thread
Sorry for the derail, bit of a ####show around here yesterday. Anyway, since you think this is idiotic from me, I'm just going to assume perhaps there is some ignorance at play on your side. That's OK, sunlight is good.
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By some measures, little of his wealth is thanks to taxpayers. Musk is worth an estimated $326 billion, according to Bloomberg’s real-time billionaire tracker. His companies have received “only” tens of billions from government contracts and programs.
But in other ways, virtually all of his net worth can be pinned to government help. Tesla and SpaceX got started – and survived their early days – with assistance from state and federal policies, government contracts and loans.
“The foundation for Musk’s financial success has been the US government,” said Daniel Ives, tech analyst for Wedbush Securities.
And the value of Tesla and SpaceX doesn’t come from their profits so far.
Instead, their value comes from investments in their future worth, such as Tesla’s publicly traded stock and private funding rounds for SpaceX.
Those companies wouldn't exist without government handouts. Many he got by lying. Others, like the Supercharger funding once it was opened to other manufacturers, left government wondering WTF they had just done when he laid of the entire SC team as the feds are feeding money to Tesla to build them. The team that was supposed to make it work for all the other manufacturers.
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Tesla has been one of the largest beneficiaries of the Biden Administration’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which set aside some $5 billion to build out fast charging stations along major highways and is just starting to bear fruit. Tesla has won funding for 69 sites so far, totaling $28.8 million, according to the consulting firm EVAdoption.
The departures have upended a network widely viewed as a signature Tesla achievement and a key driver of its EV sales. Tesla Superchargers account for more than 60% of U.S. high-speed charging ports, federal statistics show, and the company has been the biggest winner so far of $5 billion in federal funding for new chargers.
When you start reading about Musk, you realize just how big of a bull####ting fraud he is. Dude can't code, he's not an engineer, hell, he can't even play video games without resorting to massive cheating. Which would be one thing, but then he'd brag about his l33t skillz. Hell, he had to go through a lawsuit just to get his name listed as a founder of Tesla, even though he most assuredly was not a founder.
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"His behavior changed dramatically as soon as we started having press about Tesla," Eberhard said. "He got mad if anything was ever written about Tesla and it didn't feature his name prominently. And that's when I realized that there was an ego involved here that I hadn't recognized before."
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"My guess is because he tried for years to set the narrative that he was the founder and people know that's not true now. It's under his skin," Eberhard said. "What my therapist told me is that 'what you can read from all that is you're still under his skin, so if he's under yours at least you're even.'
While watching that I just sat there repeatedly asking myself why... why when you're worth hundreds of billions would you even care about something as ridiculous as ####ing Diablo rankings!?!?
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While watching that I just sat there repeatedly asking myself why... why when you're worth hundreds of billions would you even care about something as ridiculous as ####ing Diablo rankings!?!?
Musks desperate craving for public respect and adoration is really kind of unbelievable... and the dumbest thing about it is that it wouldn't be that hard for him to achieve, if he just tried to be more of a normal person with money.
Just play the game like normal people, then use your money to buy good publicity. Donate gaming gear, sponsor events etc.
Instead he uses money to try and fake being a top player, while clearly lacking the PR people who would tell him to not immediately expose himself as a fraud.
While watching that I just sat there repeatedly asking myself why... why when you're worth hundreds of billions would you even care about something as ridiculous as ####ing Diablo rankings!?!?
Because he's never matured beyond anything more than a high schooler with no friends.
Just because he got older and richer doesn't mean he's not still a loser.
