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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

what in the starship-troopers-ass fuck is this troll shit

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

crazy that this guy used to be the billionaire that wanted to use solar power and electric cars to make an impact against climate change, now he's half Murdoch, half Hitler

[–] xptiger@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

~~obviously sh*tty propaganda~~ what a ridiculous foolishness is he?

[–] zgasma@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I support 100% tax over $1 billion. If you can't manage on a billion dollars, the rest would be better spent on others, anyway.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's generally just beneficial for ultra high tax rates as wealth goes up. That's what actually incentivizes "trickle down economics". As the uber wealthy approach the tax limit it stops making sense for them to horde the wealth. And, instead of letting the tax man get it most of them decide to put their money back into the businesses or charities or whatever.

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You're telling me the billionaire whose family fortune came from apartheid emerald mines is a total cunt?

I'm shocked! Shocked! ... Well, not that shocked.

[–] smoll_pp_operator@vlemmy.net 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This last couple years has done a great job of exposing the Musk family weird breeder kink.

He doesn't even do the work himself for THAT, He uses artificial insemination.

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[–] MomSpaghetti@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Elon Musk probably also supports eliminating voting rights for people without a blue check

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[–] CynicalMillennial@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They took our ability to have children through monetary strain, caused by corporate greed, now they think we should lose voting rights lol...

[–] Ragnell@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elon Musk shouldn't be allowed to vote.

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[–] frumpyfries@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe we should take away his rights too since he doesn't actually take care of his kids.

[–] wanderingmagus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remind me why this man hasn't been arrested and investigated by multiple alphabet agencies by now?

[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Because the justice system has been entirely corrupted to serve the interests of wealth.

[–] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At this point I have finally realised that Elon Musk is an attention-seeking cunt and we should probably start to just ignore him, at least for a while.

However, I've got some ideas! Instead of people without children, how about we restrict the vote to the children themselves? How does that sound, Elon? Nobody over 20 should get a vote because they only have... pthh, I dunno, a few decades, 90 years at most left on this planet, so fuck them. Am I right? Maybe we could give everyone a voting point for every year they have left assuming an average lifespan of 75 years - perhaps women could have more points as they generally live longer. That would be fair, no? We should also completely take money out of politics and stop billionaires and large corporations from undermining democracy too! Don't you think that's a great idea?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't want people to ignore him. I want him in the news every day, pissing people off and agitating the masses.

Every time Musk opens his mouth the screams "eat the rich!" get louder. Why on Earth would I want that to stop?

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[–] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Plus, I know some SHITTY parents who don’t consider their kids much at all. Why don’t we limit the vote to good parents who can prove they love their children by sacrificing themselves for their kids in a simulated environment? I mean, this is the future! VR voting compassion-for-your-children tests. Elon loooves futurestuff

[–] theostermanweekend@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, he's a piece of shit, alright. What where we thinking, holding this dude up as some kind of visionary?

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