• FourWaveforms@lemm.ee
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    If you look at the personality organization of malignant narcissists, you learn that their sense of self and even their memory is fragmentary. They’re in the realm of borderline personality organization, which is halfway between neurotic (normal) and schizoid.

    This is why it makes sense to them that history should start fresh every day. They don’t connect actions with consequences because their brains are not set up to do that.

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    7 days ago

    Remember when he was investigated by the SEC for Tweeting out that he was buying back Tesla stock for $420 apiece?

    And when he got booted out of the company he started because he insisted on naming it “X” despite everyone telling him that made it sound like a porn site?

    And when he accused those divers of being pedophiles because they rescued stranded children before he could find a way to make it about himself?

    And when just about every time he announces he’s saved government money, the number “saved” is immediately backtracked?

    And how the whole reason he owns Twitter is he made on offer that he immediately tried to back out of and would have if not for the threat of a multimillion dollar suit for breach of contract?

    Elon Musk does not think shit through. However smart or stupid he is, however deeply he does or doesn’t believe the Trump Administration’s fascist bullshit, he does not dedicate much time to thinking about it before he does stuff. I do not doubt for a moment that he performed and meant to perform a Nazi salute. As to what he was thinking, I cannot say. Maybe he cannot. He definitely has sympathies for anti-semitic and racist movements, but I don’t think he thought he was going to be hailed as the savior of the Aryan race for doing it. Maybe he thought it would be funny. Maybe he thought it would be “ironic.” Maybe he thought it would get “teh libz” in a tizzy. He probably didn’t think he would have to avoid ever going to Germany again under threat of being arrested. Whatever he was thinking, he probably wasn’t thinking it more than five seconds before he did it. And he’s clearly not thinking it now. Because despite being the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk is a bumblefuck who doesn’t think things through and has thus far been able to buy or otherwise ride his way out of any consequences of the things he has done without thinking about them.

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      That diver stunt was my “this guy is stupid and I shouldn’t listen to anything he says” moment. Before that I was just skeptical. No idea how he had any credibility with a decent human being after that.

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      Did Germany make him persona non grata or something? Or is there a standing arrest on sight order for Nazis in general

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      Yeah, I think you’re exactly right. Now he’s seeing consequences - particularly the affect on the Tesla brand - and realised he’s shat the bed. So he’s thinking ‘If I can make those photos go away, people will forget it happened.’

      Yeah, lotsa luck with that.

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      ELON is such a 12yo manchild, thinks like a sex-curious, addict of that age. he would be the ones asking those wierd sexual question on askreddit sub.

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    He doesn’t want it removed. He wants to target those using it against him. Nazis using it to praise him are not in the crossfires now.

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      More examples of literal nazis praising trump and musk needed to be shoved into to the general publics face to combat this. Ive only heard some nobodies on internet mention it.

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      Because a nazi Sieg Heil is seen as a bad thing by 90% of the world and if he came out and admitted it was one he would probably lose a few supporters from being on his side (probably not a big amount but some)

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    He wanted to do it to please the Magats but not take any responsibility or have it used against him later.

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      havnt we forgotten that reddit caved in his first term too, trumps first term the gop complained about subs and forums with “illegal acitivities” and threatened legislations, reddit took those down quick.

  • 🎨 Elaine Cortez 🇨🇦 @lemm.ee
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    Actions do have consequences. Trying to erase posts and people calling you out for what you did and explaining why those actions are bad does not make those things that you did go away and is honestly a bad look. If you don’t want people on social media calling you a Nazi, there’s a really easy solution for that - don’t do Nazi salutes on live TV, don’t make Nazi puns instead of apologizing, and don’t keep regurgitating anti-semetic conspiracy theories like the “great replacement” conspiracy theory.

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      These guys love to play the big badass no feeling guy then 3 min later start to play victim and beg for attention. Thanks for callling them out

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        4 days ago

        he conveniently has the human shield around, XAE2E, something when the criticism gets too much.

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      Power has to be the only driver for someone who already has hundreds of billions of dollars. If I had just one billion you’d never hear from me again, ever. Literally on an island or traveling the world. Bye, Felecia!

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        People really, really don’t understand just how much 1 billion dollars is. Like we are hearing about Elon Musk’s net worth crashing as if he will somehow be homeless or lose everything. He won’t.

        If you had a billion dollars, and you gave away 95% of it, you will still have 50 million dollars to your name, which is still more than you can possibly spend (unless you live like some ultra millionaire lifestyle and throw parties that cost a million bucks each and have a giant mansion with insane upkeep).