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The power of X, with regret. Is there really no alternative? What actually would happen if the Govt abandoned it? They have a press centre in No 10 after all, it cost the tax payer millions.
Labour needs X to get its message out however much it may wish it didn’t | X | The Guardian
"Let’s remind ourselves who brought Robinson and a whole slew of far-right agitators back in from the cold, thereby putting X out of step with the likes of YouTube and Facebook. It was Musk, of course. He decided to make X a safe space for racism and hate almost as soon as he bought it. The effect was instant. One analysis of tweets found a “nearly 500% increase in use of the N-word in the 12-hour window immediately following the shift of ownership to Musk”. The same study also found that posts including “the word ‘Jew’ had increased fivefold since before the ownership transfer”, and something tells me those tweets weren’t tributes to the comic style of Mel Brooks."
You know who else should be on trial for the UK’s far-right riots? Elon Musk | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
Is this some sort of 'doom loop' in which people endorse each other even though they don't seem to believe in what they are doing and then lose the election anyway?
As for Kamala Harris being 'literally a Communist', it at least supports the view that whatever it is that Musk knows a lot about, politics and history ain't it. The curious thing being that Communism, as defined by Karl Marx is the consequence of revolution shaped by class struggle whose ultimate end is a social order in which there is no government, no taxation, no military, just absolute freedom. Lenin's version was that the socialist revolution would lead to 'the withering away of the State', so maybe if Musk read more closely, he might conclude he is the Communist.
"Musk’s US political interventions could be more consequential. He endorsed Trump after the failed assassination attempt last month, and since then he has posted regularly supporting the Republicans. On Wednesday, he said the Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris was “quite literally a communist”.Trump is not an obvious bedfellow for the boss of the world’s largest electric carmaker. Trump has relentlessly mocked electric cars, although he appeared to change his position last weekend, citing Musk’s support. In Ohio local media, Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, has railed against EV subsidies that benefit Tesla.
Michael Tesler, the professor of political science at University of California, Irvine, pointed to polling showing that US Democrats object to Musk much more than Republicans, even though the latter are much less likely to buy electric cars."
‘His rhetoric has made Tesla toxic’: is Elon Musk driving away his target market? | Automotive industry | The Guardian
Does his Dad still have any influence on the lad? I think it is time for an adult to intervene-
"Elon Musk has dared Humza Yousaf to sue him after the tech billionaire described Scotland's former First Minister as "super-racist against white people".A post on the social media site said Mr Yousaf is reportedly not ruling out legal action against the X boss over comments saying Yousaf "loathes white people".
The tweet goes on to quote Mr Humza's lawyer Aamer Anwar who said: "Elon has effectively painted a target on Yousaf's back with his completely untrue and inflammatory comments."
In response, Mr Musk today replied saying: "He's obviously super-racist against white people. I dare that scumbag to sue me. Go ahead, make my day."".
Elon Musk dares Humza Yousaf to sue and calls him a 'super-racist scumbag' in public row (msn.com)
If only he kept his mouth shut and focused on things that matter -the technology to take the Dis out of Disabled, using his billions to house the homeless in his State rather than house his mates on Mars. Re-usable rockets, Evs, and so on. But no, all that money and a giant Ego means that HE is entitled in a way you are I or not, even though, as Marina Hyde put it today Musk is "a tech boss being unable to organise a tech event on a tech platform"
So Donald chatted with Elon, and here’s the future as they see it – losers win, incompetence rules | Marina Hyde | The Guardian
But this is where one wonders what he has for brains-
""Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed but now they are full cities again," the multibillionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X said."That's great, that's great," Mr Trump responded.
"It is not as scary as people think, basically," Mr Musk added."
Elon Musk draws fire for playing down impact of atomic bombing of Japan: ‘Not as scary as people think’ | The Independent
Not scary, after all, 100,00 dead, a thriving city reduced to ruins. And no, that's not Gaza, but Hiroshima. Basically, this, Mr Musk-
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The Neuralink technology appears to be successful, it improves people's lives, but I think it would be better taken out of the ownership of Elon Musk, owner of X, the Platform of Hate and Lies, if only because this nauseating American Fascist wants everyone to have his gadget implanted into our brains, the sign of a Megalomaniac unfit to own a commercial company. The Tyrrell Corporation of Blade Runner is supposed to be both fiction, and a warning, not a model on which to base the further enslavement of human beings to someone like Musk.
Elon Musk wants to implant millions of Neuralink brain chip as new powers unveiled | The Independent
So here you have it, not just more dismissals of women in public life, as with JD Vance and his Childless Cat Ladies, but the resurrection of something Plato said in The Republic over two thousand years ago, in effect that Government is too important to be left to the little people, and should be the exclusive job of 'Philosopher Kings', or if you prefer, Men like Musk.
Note: Musk is quoting with approval from another source (in full in the link), thus
"“People who can’t defend themselves physically (women and low T men) parse information through a consensus filter as a safety mechanism,” the post reads.“Only high T alpha males and aneurotypical people (hey autists!) are actually free to parse new information with an objective ‘is this true?’ filter,” it adds. “This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision making. Democratic, but a democracy only for those who are free to think.”".
Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ (msn.com)
As for the 'Reich Effect', one hoped it was not Robert, but Wilhelm, not least because Musk has sired offspring in double digits, though we don't know if he enjoyed doing so, just as we might assume Herr Vance is now more concerned to repress sexual urges in case they lead to the downfall of Western -oops, I mean 'Judeo-Christian Civilization'...
"For Reich, impotence, a lack of pleasure from sex or an inability to have an orgasm, were symptoms of ill health and in need of treatment. He wanted nothing less than a sexual revolution, one which could liberate us from the uptight, aggressive authoritarianism of politics and state. Sexual prowess, Reich believed, didn't necessarily equate with a fulfilling sex-life. What matters is how much we can let ourselves go during sex to achieve full-body orgasm. For Reich the body language adopted by those in the military says all we need to know about sexual, psychological and emotional repression – stiff controlled body movements, tight pelvis, rigid jaw, unquestioning obedience and stifled emotions. Reich saw fascism as the 'frenzy of sexual cripples'. To him bigotry, violence and hatred all stem from a longing for love."
The godfather of the sexual revolution? | BPS
Or as Reich said, 'Fuck freely, comrades, it's healthy'...
Mars awaits humanity....but not if Kamala Harris becomes President, according to The Boss with Many Brains
"“While I have many concerns about a potential Kamala regime, my absolute showstopper is that the bureaucracy currently choking America to death is guaranteed to grow under a Democratic Party administration,” Musk, who has endorsed Former President Donald Trump’s White House bid, wrote on X Sunday.
“This would destroy [NASA’s] Mars program and doom humanity,” he added, calling the upcoming November election “a fork, maybe the fork, in the road of human destiny.”
Elon Musk says Kamala Harris presidency would 'destroy' Mars program (qz.com)
Who would have thought the destiny of humankind lies in the lap of an as yet unelected President? But then, who would have thought that a multi-Billionaire thinks it is better to use billions of dollars housing rich people on Mars rather than house the homeless in San Francisco?
And who wants to spend the rest of their lives on Mars, never knowing what fresh air is, never feeling the sun on their face (unless it is the last thing they do), never taking the dog for a walk, or having coffee with friends at an open air cafe on a lazy afternoon?
Must be some goons out there willing to swap real life for a synthetic diet, and probably an early death.
Not just powerful beyond the scope of most people, including Presidents, but dangerous too. Should one man have so much control over global resources?
Elon Musk has gained a concerning level of power over US national security | Robert Reich | The Guardian
He is also a shameless liar, and a global fool, and he doesn't care, like JD Vance, he thinks it doesn't matter if you tell lies -only it does. Can nobody take away the positive technology from this strutting oaf and leave him to stew in his permanent state of hate?
""I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts," Mr Musk claimed on X.Earlier this month, the government released some prisoners to reduce prison overcrowding, but no sex offenders were included."
Elon Musk hits back after being shunned from UK summit - BBC News