he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”... eeer, no.

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[–] 158 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"I fucking hate you and wish you'd get hit by a bus"

Five minutes later: "Please don't leave babe... I love you..."

Dude is not well.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah I just watched the clip and he seems legitimately unhinged. "Earth will judge them."

    I mean what the heck, honestly.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Billionaires are money addicts

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    True but normally they at least rationally act to pursue their goals.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Their goal of getting more money might not be rational, I just meant they act with a kind of logic that's in accordance with that goal. Burning down the planet is the perfect example, they don't care if it doesn't impact them, but they can earn more money and have that as a side effect.

    Musk is saying shit like "the Earth will judge them" when someone asks him how he's going to make sure his business earns money. This is another level of deranged and disconnected from reality in my view at least.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Fair enough, maybe they are all just crazy after all

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've been saying this for a while now. If he were an average person, a loved one or friend would have probably tried to get him help, if not voluntarily, then as an intervention. He's a billionaire, and has clearly been unwell for a while, but the world just keeps egging him on to do more crazy shit.

    It reminds me a little of the South Park pop star thing, where the world needs a "sacrifice" in terms of fame. We've now moved past pop, and now we're letting influencers (which, let's be frank, that's basically Musk's contribution to any of his businesses) dance for our enjoyment.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    In theory, I think bad people deserve pity more than anything else, because something made them that way, and we don't get to choose our formative experiences. We are fundamentally still just animals responding to our environment.

    But in practice, I have a finite amount of empathy, so I'll save it for people who aren't actively making the world a worse place.

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