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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 43 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Case study in money not buying happiness. Richest man in the world by a wide margin. CONSTANTLY whining and crying about something.

If I had even a billion dollars y'all would never catch my ass on social media on in the public eye at all.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If I got a billion dollars I would disappear so thoroughly people would think I'm dead.

Life is short as fuck. But getting all the money you need to live a happy, healthy, long life is as good as it can possibly get on earth. You did it, you won. You can either use it to make people happy or you can just disappear and try to enjoy the brief time you have left.

I don't get the motivation, desire and energy to do these massive public campaigns that focus the entire world's population on you every single day. It doesn't help anything or anyone and just causes stress. What is the purpose? It has to be some kind of delusion or mania, something gone wrong.

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

That and not having a working dick.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 39 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Elon "empathy is the great failing of the west" Musk wants people to feel sorry for him?

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Like every conservative, he just hates that people have empathy for anybody but them

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

Musk doesn't think you should care about other people because he doesn't care about other people.

Musk thinks you should care about Elon Musk because he cares about Elon Musk.

Musk does not have the ability to understand that there is a contraction there.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

"Evil I think is the absence of empathy"

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago (3 children)

aren't nazis supposed to hate weakness? oh my god whiny fucking weasel, literally just crying and bitching and moaning constantly... disgusting.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nearly every modern nazi would end up in the camps by their own standards.

[–] saga@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago
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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

It's so unfair that everyone keeps referring to his neo Nazi salute that he gave at a neo Nazi convention.

Just so unfair to bringing up his neo Nazi salute constantly. Just patiently unfair to mention his neo Nazi salute he gave twice at the neo Nazi convention.

Just so unfair. Nazi.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's even worse when you put it in quotes, that way web crawlers and search engines index the entire thing as a connected sentence or cited work, like: "Elon Musk is a nazi who has done nazi salutes repeatedly and shared nazi propaganda."

Like, that would be very wrong to keep spreading everywhere, that could really harm someone's reputation. So bad.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tbf, I don't think you can do anything worse to his reputation than him literally throwing up two Nazi salutes on live tv. At this point, people's opinions lie where they lie, although with a shocking amount being very, very disturbingly positive of him...

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Most of the narratives you see and the people supporting giant pieces of shit like Musk are the work of bots and very careful social engineering to split off our populations most vulnerable and stupid and turning them into propaganda machines to sway more losers. They took the lesson from Nigerian Prince Scams and instead of trying to craft a careful narrative to trap even smart people, they are going right for the stupidest, the most easy to control. Those become their strongest influencers for other stupid people.

This isn't very hard to do, but if you talk about it in many liberal circles people roll their eyes and call you a conspiracy theorist. (While they scroll with their iphones that they had to get to keep up with modern tech, updating their social media profiles so they remain liked by their followers.)

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't disagree with you at all. I think a significant amount of Reddit, Twitter, etc. traffic are wildly inflated by bots that want to push narratives. Why wouldn't they be? It's so easy to do now and costs a minimal amount for the return.

That said, I also know people in real life that dismiss his gesture to him being "autistic" and just "throwing his heart out" even though we have unequivocal video proof of him doing that exact "my heart goes out" gesture in the past that is uh...not a Nazi salute.

I do wonder where the crossover is though. Like, do the people I know who dismiss Elon's clear Nazi behaviour do so due to seeing narratives on the internet that back up the idea of "oh no, he's not a Nazi, it's fine, he's just autistic!!1", or would they have arrived at the same stupid ass conclusion on their own?

[–] Mike_The_TV@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

And at no point has he attempted to claim it was a mistake. He was just really feeling that heil high.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago

Oh, why would you mention his neo Nazi salute so publicly? Can't you see he - the neo Nazi - is suffering from his neo Nazi action consequences?

~~Poor~~ neo Nazi...

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Comparison of Nazi salute circa 1940 to Musk salute circa 2025:

Video of repeated Nazi salutes at Trump's Inauguration

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago

Wow, look at that fake nazi in the background smh my head

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

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[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 24 points 6 days ago

Bro maybe you're just a fucking loser

[–] LarryLurkman@lemm.ee 22 points 6 days ago

"Fake nazi stuff" lol. Elon Musk has no skills at all for dealing with people who aren't on his payroll and don't have to kiss his spoiled rotten ass lol

[–] takeiteasypolicy@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Elon Musk is text book example of a complete sociopath. He lacks empathy, he chronically lies and manipulates people, extremely impulsive, has no behavior control, has no idea about what is right and what is wrong, is extremely aggressive and hostile (called Tim Walz a loser, the cave rescuer as Pedo), has superficial charm to fool MAGAs, and consistently breaks and defies rules and laws.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

It's funny because Obama and Biden went their whole terms without a single time being associated with Nazism

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

Talk is just talk. What you DO is what you get called out on. Loser

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

The richest man on the face of the planet is actually a victim.

[–] lack@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

He's going to break down now that literally the entire non-maga world loathes him. lol.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

There is a video. Two Nazi salutes. Denial is just a blatant lie.

[–] alxmg@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 days ago

If it’s so fake, why did he say that the German neonazi party is the only hope for Germany?

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Bullying and whining are two things that are not what a real man would do. Speaks volumes of Elon and Trump.

[–] arc@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

I loved his whining a few weeks back that he hadn't "physically harmed" anybody and the implication that all the haters were big meanies. Meanwhile his minions at his direction were slashing programs that were saving people's lives through their existence - health, welfare, medical research, disease prevention, pollution & air quality, road safety, food aid etc.

So did he straight up murder people? No, he did it indirectly. But he may as well have. Thousands and thousands of people will die because of him. But let's all feel sorry for the billionaire douchebag who never cared about anyone else once in his entire life.

[–] Fluke@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

"Lugenpresse"

Uh huh. Fucking Nazi.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

No matter how rich he gets he will always be a sniveling little brat.

[–] BBQGhoul@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

The tears of a clown.

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I mean he's not wrong about the first part. But as for the second part, the Nazi stuff and lack of anything positive is more cause than effect. Third part depends on the eye of the beholder.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago
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