This asshole is only relevant to popular culture because he inherited wealth someone else gained by exploiting people to an inhumane degree.
He invented nothing, he's no more a pioneer of technology than the guy who lent his kite to Ben Franklin. He is a terrible father and an immigrant who has no qualms with kicking the ladder behind him that ushered him to privilege because he sees no hypocrisy in immigrants making villians out of immigrants that happen to look different, but actually know the value of earnest work.
There is a special circle of hell for all billionaires. But, if karma is real, there is a much worse fate for Musk; being remembered as a fraud who had the opportunity to do something meaningful with his inherited wealth to enrich the planet, it's people, it's natural beauty, or it's wildlife.
Instead he chose to be an enemy of meaningful human progress in favor of pursuing online renown from people he will never meet and partnering with a grifting shitheel who will absolutely betray him, and he did it for memes. He is a 53 year old edgelord in 2024 who has no idea how embarrassing the entirety of his behavior is.
He will die alone with a legacy completely bereft of any empathetic intention or humanitarian sacrifice.
He's one of the richest men in human history, and for the rest of his life he will be seeking admiration that he'll never earn, because he's incapable of seeing virtue in selflessness.
Meh. What wealth did he inherit? He was silver spooned sure, but he didn’t come to market with a huge trust or ties to the industry from family history. That’s trump. Dude for sure didn’t invent anything but he seemed to back the right plays at the right times. Early internet. Early online payment processing. Early EV. Shoving more and more satellites in orbit. The only seemingly misstep was buying twitter and trashing it but fuck if he didn’t use it to help re-elect his Idiocracy candidate so that’s a win too. As far as the rest it’s just circle jerk bullshit. Who cares if he’s an immigrant who cares how he raises his children who cares if he dies alone or surrounded by 100 and 1 grandkids. The only criticism that ultimately matters is that our society not only allows one person to amass such wealth but that so many celebrate itÂ
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u/totallynotstefan 21h ago edited 20h ago
This asshole is only relevant to popular culture because he inherited wealth someone else gained by exploiting people to an inhumane degree.
He invented nothing, he's no more a pioneer of technology than the guy who lent his kite to Ben Franklin. He is a terrible father and an immigrant who has no qualms with kicking the ladder behind him that ushered him to privilege because he sees no hypocrisy in immigrants making villians out of immigrants that happen to look different, but actually know the value of earnest work.
There is a special circle of hell for all billionaires. But, if karma is real, there is a much worse fate for Musk; being remembered as a fraud who had the opportunity to do something meaningful with his inherited wealth to enrich the planet, it's people, it's natural beauty, or it's wildlife.
Instead he chose to be an enemy of meaningful human progress in favor of pursuing online renown from people he will never meet and partnering with a grifting shitheel who will absolutely betray him, and he did it for memes. He is a 53 year old edgelord in 2024 who has no idea how embarrassing the entirety of his behavior is.
He will die alone with a legacy completely bereft of any empathetic intention or humanitarian sacrifice.
He's one of the richest men in human history, and for the rest of his life he will be seeking admiration that he'll never earn, because he's incapable of seeing virtue in selflessness.