Musk is a power hungry pretentious dork (Reply #49)

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Mon Dec 13, 2021, 12:29 PM

radius777 (3,406 posts)

49. Musk is a power hungry pretentious dork

of the types that have fucked up our country over the past 50 years, that tend to be adherents to some brand of sociopathic libertarianism, which is an ideology that is antithetical to egalitarianism and democracy. Time Traitor of the Year would be a more apt commendation.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/08/elon-musk-slams-build-back-better-electric-car-incentive
Elon Musk slams Biden’s Build Back Better bill and its electric car incentives
Critics suggest the multibillionaire is annoyed that Tesla’s nonunion-made cars wouldn’t qualify for the subsidy
Musk, the multibillionaire founder of the electric car company Tesla, said that if he were in charge of the federal government “I would just can this whole bill. That’s my recommendation.” The entrepreneur, speaking at a Wall Street Journal summit on Monday, added: “It might be better if the bill doesn’t pass because we’ve spent so much money, you know, it’s like the federal budget deficit is insane.”

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127 replies	Author	Time	Post
Elon Fucking Musk [View all]	Stinky The Clown	Dec 2021	OP
I guess Hitler got that award too.	Tomconroy	Dec 2021	#1
You seriously compare him to hitler??? Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#50
IMO it is about how the person who gets the award	treestar	Dec 2021	#54
I think TomConroy was more or less referencing Time's criteria for selecting "Person of the Year"	ARPad95	Dec 2021	#59
Hitler and musk don't have a ton of things in common	ColinC	Dec 2021	#121
The only reason to despise Musk is because he's rich...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#2
Musk personally can be an ass	Miguelito Loveless	Dec 2021	#24
Yes he's inspired me to name my next child	48656c6c6f20	Dec 2021	#29
He's hired talented engineers to develop technology that he can take credit for	tenderfoot	Dec 2021	#36
Why don't you do the same? Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#56
My dad didn't own an Emerald mine and the gov won't load me hundreds of millions in tax dollars	tenderfoot	Dec 2021	#57
I am not as intelligent as him. Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#58
He and many others I'm sure	tenderfoot	Dec 2021	#61
So his dad decided to create spacex?? Really?	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#66
That story is pure BS, nice try! Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#68
He's the Donald Trump of science	tenderfoot	Dec 2021	#74
+1000	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#55
Actually, he generally seems like he's kind of a	Bettie	Dec 2021	#67
He doesn't pay taxes on his stocks unless he sells	Polybius	Dec 2021	#76
Wrong.	W_HAMILTON	Dec 2021	#73
Musk teams Up with Boebert on this..	Cha	Dec 2021	#100
Mahalo Cha for this reminder.	oasis	Dec 2021	#118
You're Welcome,	Cha	Dec 2021	#122
When wasn't he rich?	tenderfoot	Dec 2021	#75
Dude's a union-buster, but okay.	WhiskeyGrinder	Dec 2021	#81
It's just the classic "hate the guy who is smarter and richer"	fescuerescue	Dec 2021	#85
LOL	tenderfoot	Dec 2021	#108
I missed it where Trump built an electric car	fescuerescue	Dec 2021	#113
Oh come now. We're just jealous of his wealth. Much like being jealous of the DeVos family.	tenderfoot	Dec 2021	#123
That's not true	Dorian Gray	Dec 2021	#90
No reason to give a shit about a PR push.	WhiskeyGrinder	Dec 2021	#3
TFA!?!	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#4
+1.	BeckyDem	Dec 2021	#5
Does Time magazine	snowybirdie	Dec 2021	#6
The guy creeps me out. Always has.	boston bean	Dec 2021	#7
Musk is obnoxious. But the award isn't a personality contest.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#8
Starlink cancels out all the other stuff that was good.	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#11
Starlink is an incredible achievement.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#18
1000000+	FlyingPiggy	Dec 2021	#19
I disagree. ...nt	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#20
For what reason?	PTWB	Dec 2021	#21
It'll ruin stargazing.	Lars39	Dec 2021	#28
First world problems, I guess.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#30
The night sky is the ultimate commons.	Lars39	Dec 2021	#35
Screwing up the sky sounds a little dramatic.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#38
40,000 that are brighter than the stars	Lars39	Dec 2021	#39
What way?	PTWB	Dec 2021	#40
For people to have internet without messing up the sky	Lars39	Dec 2021	#41
I wouldn't say it's messed up.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#42
Don't know, but permanently screwing up the night sky is wrong.	Lars39	Dec 2021	#43
I don't agree that it's screwed up and it's certainly not permanent.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#44
You must live in a place where you never see the night sky	Lars39	Dec 2021	#45
You must live in a place where permanent has a different definition.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#47
So if it's not permanent,	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#60
What do you mean?	PTWB	Dec 2021	#62
And the mission statement?	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#64
Are you that unfamiliar with the project?	PTWB	Dec 2021	#69
Once again...	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#72
No it does not! Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#52
Lol, ok! Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#51
My SIL got his Starlink. He paid 500 for the equipment 8 months ago and finally came up on	Autumn	Dec 2021	#46
It's all about the economy of scale.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#48
Not a bad cost considering	manicdem	Dec 2021	#91
He paid $500 to run starlink in his own house. We live next door to him and he can't access it on a	Autumn	Dec 2021	#93
Why can't he access it on a laptop from your house?	PTWB	Dec 2021	#99
He cant connect to his Starlink in our house. He can connect to it outside	Autumn	Dec 2021	#104
There are a number of solutions.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#105
All those are horrible.	hunter	Dec 2021	#78
LOL	PTWB	Dec 2021	#79
The world would be a better place without any of that crap.	hunter	Dec 2021	#82
Sounds like you have quite the chip.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#83
And I'll leave you to yours.	hunter	Dec 2021	#88
Thanks. Reality is pretty nice.	PTWB	Dec 2021	#89
"Instead of PayPal we might have a Post Office Bank"	EX500rider	Dec 2021	#102
"we might have attractive pedestrian friendly cities"	EX500rider	Dec 2021	#119
He made evs a reality	Calculating	Dec 2021	#80
Automobile culture is not sustainable.	hunter	Dec 2021	#87
Sounds like we need fewer people then	Calculating	Dec 2021	#96
I say	larwdem	Dec 2021	#9
+100000000000!	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#22
Jealous?? Nt	USALiberal	Dec 2021	#53
Today, the Patriotic Millionaires blasted Elon Musk for his remarks opposing the Billionaires Income	BeckyDem	Dec 2021	#10
+1	dalton99a	Dec 2021	#26
Can you believe anyone wanting to award this guy? He tweeted this to Senator Wyden at the time.	BeckyDem	Dec 2021	#31
No kidding	dalton99a	Dec 2021	#34
Better choice IMO	irisblue	Dec 2021	#12
I approve!	AngryOldDem	Dec 2021	#14
+1	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#23
Excellent!	2naSalit	Dec 2021	#13
Really do not care either way. I never had much anti Musk feelings ever.	Celerity	Dec 2021	#15
Tesla is okay PayPal is convenient. Elon musk is an asshole	Stinky The Clown	Dec 2021	#16
Doesn't matter much to me. It does to some. To each their own.	Celerity	Dec 2021	#17
He made EVs cool and proved a company could make money making	Miguelito Loveless	Dec 2021	#27
Why not give it to his workers. The non-unionized ones that make him look so good	Johonny	Dec 2021	#25
He pays pretty good I'd say	EX500rider	Dec 2021	#103
Well, I guess I am an outlier. Elon is on the spectrum, so I understand his personality and like him	cayugafalls	Dec 2021	#32
I'm "on the spectrum" and plenty of people think I'm an arrogant asshole.	hunter	Dec 2021	#109
Thank you for your reply.	cayugafalls	Dec 2021	#111
is puzzling but he has accomplished quite a bit	samnsara	Dec 2021	#33
meh. countless morons from history have made the cover.	Javaman	Dec 2021	#37
Musk is a power hungry pretentious dork	radius777	Dec 2021	#49
who still pays attention to TIME?	bigtree	Dec 2021	#63
Meh	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Dec 2021	#65
Elon Stavro Blofeld	roamer65	Dec 2021	#70
He is a visionary and an asshole. I can see why Time picked him	Takket	Dec 2021	#71
Elon Musk's @TIME debut is a good time to remind you that he illegally threatened	BeckyDem	Dec 2021	#77
Only 43?	fescuerescue	Dec 2021	#86
uh huh	BeckyDem	Dec 2021	#101
A union isn't going to save us from drowning when the glaciers melt.	fescuerescue	Dec 2021	#114
Neither are oligarchs like Musk	radius777	Dec 2021	#115
Well let's lock up Musk and crush all the electric cars then!	fescuerescue	Dec 2021	#125
lol	BeckyDem	Dec 2021	#117
I don't understand the hate on this man in some quarters	fescuerescue	Dec 2021	#84
bowel musk...	myohmy2	Dec 2021	#107
Well deserved!	Zeitghost	Dec 2021	#92
A thread to remind us how many assholes there are on DU -- Musk defenders	Blecht	Dec 2021	#94
Agree	obnoxiousdrunk	Dec 2021	#95
LOL	PTWB	Dec 2021	#98
There are also some clueless folks	radius777	Dec 2021	#116
"He and the 1938 recipient are in the same class." lol	EX500rider	Dec 2021	#120
I see the Musk fanbois are out in force.	Coventina	Dec 2021	#97
Does he have to give the award back	jcgoldie	Dec 2021	#106
stop giving time the power	cadoman	Dec 2021	#110
That would be fun	iemanja	Dec 2021	#124
TFG didn't pay taxes and he was rightfully	48656c6c6f20	Dec 2021	#112
TPY is about influence, not righteousness or any	Ilsa	Dec 2021	#126
Slow year!	Mr. Sparkle	Dec 2021	#127

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