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In reply to the discussion: What changed and turned Elon into a MAGA? [View all]FalloutShelter
(12,851 posts)36. Elon Musk is a Bond Villain.
He wants to use Sky Net to blackmail governments and he wants control of NASA and space exploration.
He is a crypto bro who wants to be paid in crypto, as do others like Thiel, who see Trump as the Trojan horse leading to a Vance presidency to make all of their shady currency valuable. Making all of their Brave New World techno-state dreams come true.
JMHO
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He's yet another one of those morans who will say whatever they think will be popular at the moment
ms liberty
Oct 6
#7
We're way passed greed. He has all the money he can spend. It's more like boredom and narcissism.
Intractable
Oct 6
#12
He wants to be King, and he thinks he can be with the obviously more dim-witted Trump as his puppet.
Doodley
Oct 7
#13
His daughter turned 18, cut ties with him, and talked about what an asshole he is
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 7
#25
Ah bullshit, that didn't happen. It was not an 'EV' event, it was about tailpipe emissions.
Voltaire2
Oct 7
#30
In 2018, he was mean-spirited referring to the expert leading the efforts to rescue the young people in the Thai cave.
John1956PA
Oct 7
#28
Exactly, he was always a power hunger jackass, who now thinks if trump wins he will be the defacto president
JohnSJ
Oct 7
#38
Exactly. He has always been an arrogant power hungry asshole, who hopes if trump wins he will use his
JohnSJ
Oct 7
#40
Probably red pill. That is gotten a lot of men last five or so yrs ago. You could see it developing Bushco
LizBeth
Oct 7
#35
I never thought of him as other than an absolute asshole POS, so it's no surprise
themaguffin
Oct 7
#42