▲ 521 ▼ Downing Street condemns Elon Musk for claim ‘civil war is inevitable’ (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments Billionaire condemned for ‘extraordinarily irresponsible’ post amid disorder on Britain’s streets
[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) I started reading, got about 10 minutes in before realizing how much there was. Jesus why do people think he is anything other than a hype man permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm curious what percentage of people actually take him seriously, at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Way too many. And way too many powerful ones. All they see is dollar signs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago I mean, they do exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a single digit percentage. When he gets invited to speak on things the vibe is more that he's human clickbait than anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago If anyone doesn’t know it yet: The podcast Tech Won't Save Us has a wonderful series called "Elon Musk Unmasked" where they also debunked all of his empty promises. https://techwontsave.us/elon-musk-unmasked permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm curious what percentage of people actually take him seriously, at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Way too many. And way too many powerful ones. All they see is dollar signs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago I mean, they do exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a single digit percentage. When he gets invited to speak on things the vibe is more that he's human clickbait than anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Way too many. And way too many powerful ones. All they see is dollar signs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago I mean, they do exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a single digit percentage. When he gets invited to speak on things the vibe is more that he's human clickbait than anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago I mean, they do exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a single digit percentage. When he gets invited to speak on things the vibe is more that he's human clickbait than anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago If anyone doesn’t know it yet: The podcast Tech Won't Save Us has a wonderful series called "Elon Musk Unmasked" where they also debunked all of his empty promises. https://techwontsave.us/elon-musk-unmasked permalink fedilink source parent