142 points

Thankfully nothing is ever really removed from the internet.

Such as this picture

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Lmaoo this is the picture ElMo doesn’t want us to see

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He only wrote that to improve image and sales. He still knows it’s the right thing, but he never cared about that.

Remember when Elon started leaning into being an internet sensation and memelord? I think that’s when his campaign for more power started. Economic power is no longer enough.

His interview with Trump shows nothing less than Elon trying to get himself in good standing with the MAGA crowd. I guess he decided that conservative and reactionary politics are best for amassing power.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Elon runs for president or some other influential position once Trump is gone. He clearly wants to be perceived as a younger, smarter, more moderate Trump.

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Thankfully, he can’t run for president. And he’s doing the exact same thing as Trump who even said publicly that he would become a Republican because they are easier to grift.

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The U.S. Constitution uses but does not define the phrase “natural born Citizen” and various opinions have been offered over time regarding its exact meaning.

Don’t be too sure. This particular SC might allow Elon to run because…reasons. And by reasons, I mean free chartered flights anywhere in the world, brand new RVs, and paying rent for justices’ mamas.

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Thankfully, he can’t run for president

Oh my God, thank Christ.

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Doesn’t have to, he can buy trump.

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Almost all “altruism” and “philanthropy” is just whitewashing/ego stroking some Capitalist’s ill-begotten gains.

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8 points

Yep. He has an interview in a movie called Racing Extinction, and it was watching that that made me realise he only cares about money, he didn’t do it to improve anything.

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He only wrote that to improve image and sales.

Along this line of thought, what are the chances he’s being (more of) a right-wing chud in order to sell more of his stupid pickup truck?

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Low. He’s a right wing chicken because of the tax cuts and all the other benefits the rich get from that party

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I hope I live long enough to see Musk bankrupt

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I’d love that, but the way our stupid society works I think it’s literally impossible to lose that much wealth

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He’ll become the Edison from our era, and I’m just want to stop hearing his name.

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It’s probably too “woke” for Musk’s new fanbase and he doesn’t wanna look like he got hit by the “Woke Mind Virus”.

Btw, I love the guys over at Edison Motors, who got fed up waiting for an all electric hauling truck, so they’re retrofitting their own, under the slogan “Stealing Tesla’s Ideas”.

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As some one who loves Nikola Tesla and despises everything Edison stood for, I can’t help but respect what I’ve heard about Edison Motors

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Here’s a fun fact

Thomas Edison was one of the first people to speak out against putting radium in fucking everything. When everyone was going absolutely nuts for radiation, Edison refused to join the craze and wouldn’t work with radium or polonium after watching an assistant develop a skin condition after working with X-rays.

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I think it’s funny and pretty clever that they’re sort of turning the Edison name on its head

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So long as we’re talking about Tesla knockoffs, gotta love Nikola’s attempt to fake it til they made it with absolutely no tech, rolling the prototype down a hill n hoping no one noticed.

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