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1/ At this point, if there is any justice, Elon Musk would get COVID-19.
Oh does that offend you? Is that statement inhumane?
Good. Now apply that same instinct to the 1000s of his workers and by extension, many more in the community he is willingly endangering.
Oh does that offend you? Is that statement inhumane?
Good. Now apply that same instinct to the 1000s of his workers and by extension, many more in the community he is willingly endangering.
2/ A petty tyrant that scratches and claws at every state tax break and federal subsidy to enrich himself at the expense of his workers cannot stop clawing during a pandemic.
This while having all the personal comforts and isolation possibilities available to himself.
This while having all the personal comforts and isolation possibilities available to himself.
3/ In a country of 330M, there are probably 250,000 (who cares) people who have seen their wealth go UP during this awful crisis.
He is one of them.
One in eight have seen it rise close to a billion.
He is one of them.
He is one of them.
One in eight have seen it rise close to a billion.
He is one of them.
4/ Yet, he is the victim in all this - a picture-perfect reflection of all petty tyrants in the country, perpetually victimized when profit-making engines are interfered with - even by a virus.
5/ Amidst an ocean of misery & economic hardship, he has peddled quack cures, shipped wrong equipment for PR, offered vacuous & ignorant 'insights' on the disease & generated some public consensus against responsible crisis management
A jester with many tricks in his bag
A jester with many tricks in his bag
6/ In a democracy, it's not just those who make a decision who have a say, but also those affected by the decision. A simple principle
A lot of economic power is wielded by clowns like him, & his behavior is a natural outcome
Reason #432 why capitalism contradicts democracy
A lot of economic power is wielded by clowns like him, & his behavior is a natural outcome
Reason #432 why capitalism contradicts democracy
7/ All this for what? So he can continue filling landfills ultimately with his cars?
If the goal is to create unsustainable economies, this is the way.
There are other ways to build sustainable economies, and yes, it includes worker inclusion. https://medium.com/s/story/the-elon-musk-fiction-how-myths-paralyze-progress-1c3256d12f1d
If the goal is to create unsustainable economies, this is the way.
There are other ways to build sustainable economies, and yes, it includes worker inclusion. https://medium.com/s/story/the-elon-musk-fiction-how-myths-paralyze-progress-1c3256d12f1d
8/ Musk is a natural outcome of a culture, economics and politics that lionizes these Randian characters as job creators blah blah, saving humanity with their toil.
Well when a crisis hit, they were found to exacerbate it, not help solve it. This is your genius?
Well when a crisis hit, they were found to exacerbate it, not help solve it. This is your genius?
9/ & to those who say he's protecting livelihoods, really? How about rent freeze, UBI, increased funding for healthcare and greater unemployment protections? Oh it'll cost money?
Were you there weeks ago when corporations/investors were bailed out in the trillions?
Were you there weeks ago when corporations/investors were bailed out in the trillions?
10/ Musk has ignorantly mused about how AI is more threatening than nukes.
CA, time to focus on some existential threats much closer to home right the fuck now.
Just realized Musk is an anagram for skum. https://medium.com/discourse/elon-musk-a-i-and-nuclear-weapons-7546e1c34152
CA, time to focus on some existential threats much closer to home right the fuck now.
Just realized Musk is an anagram for skum. https://medium.com/discourse/elon-musk-a-i-and-nuclear-weapons-7546e1c34152
