• Drunk & Root@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 month ago

    hes slowly turning into a more stupid edward snowden both leaked gov documents an both ran away to russia the diff is snowden did it for freedom an elon did it because his boyfriend broke up with him

  • Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works
    37·
    1 month ago

    The thing is, this turd burgler could lose millions a day for the rest of his life and still retire more well-off than just about anybody. When’s the last time a truly filthy rich person ended up in the gutter?

    • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      30 days ago

      If his wealth were a US treasury bond, he’d have to spend at least $50,000,000 every DAY in order to not still keep getting richer.

      Take a moment to think about how difficult it is to spend $50,000,000. If I gave you 24 hours to do it using Brewster’s Millions rules, you’d struggle.

      There is no good reason for billionaires to exist.

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      filthy rich person ended up in the gutter?

      there’s not much that i like about the american healthcare system but the idea of fElon eventually ending up bankrupt because of that fucking black eye really had me thinking “maybe there’s something to this”

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1212·
    1 month ago

    Centrist democrats are already warming to him. Then again, they have been waiting for this moment ever since he performed his nazi salute.

        • Reddfugee42@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 month ago

          You’re misreading the article if you think it shows Democrats are “warming” to Elon Musk. No one quoted in the piece says they like him, trust him, or think he’s a decent person. In fact, what it shows is the exact opposite: many Democrats are still deeply skeptical of him and consider his behavior and politics dangerous. What’s happening here isn’t about admiration or trust—it’s about strategy and necessity. They’re engaging with him not because they want to, but because they feel they have to, given his immense influence over major technologies like EVs, space infrastructure, and social media.

          Take Rep. Robert Garcia, for example. He doesn’t praise Musk or suggest he’s come around to liking him. He says, “Musk has clearly gone down a right-wing rabbit hole,” and openly criticizes his platforming of extremists. The article quotes him as seeing Musk as someone who “lets people say hateful, violent, racist things.” That doesn’t sound like someone warming to him—that’s someone holding their nose while trying to work with him for practical reasons.

          The same goes for the White House. Yes, they’ve met with Musk and engaged him in policy discussions, but that’s because he controls major assets that intersect with government priorities: EV manufacturing, satellite internet, space tech. Musk is essentially a utility at this point—a problematic one, but one that’s too entangled with federal initiatives to ignore. It’s not about warming up to him. It’s about needing him to cooperate because of the role he’s carved out for himself, not because anyone thinks he’s a good actor.

          This is politics, not personal affection. Democrats engaging with Musk doesn’t mean they like him—it means they’re being realistic. They’re dealing with a man they see as dangerous and ideologically aligned with Trump, but who unfortunately holds keys to several important doors. The article reflects that tension. If anything, it paints a picture of wariness and pragmatism, not warmth.

          Whippersnapper.

    • spacecadet@lemm.ee
      121·
      1 month ago

      Makes sense considering Cory Booker did the same Nazi salute and he is a centrist democrat

      • Reddfugee42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        1 month ago

        Got a video of that, buddy, where he hits his chest and then goes to a straight arm with no wave, twice?

        • spacecadet@lemm.ee
          11·
          1 month ago

          https://x.com/greenbergnation/status/1928917909088211440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1928917909088211440%7Ctwgr%5E90d752f4e65d34dca49e7a491ddada96bb105838%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2025%2F06%2F01%2Fus-news%2Fnew-jerey-sen-cory-booker-roasted-for-nazi-salute-at-california-democratic-convention%2F

          • Reddfugee42@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            29 days ago

            🤣 you could just say you didn’t have the video of him striking his chest and doing it perfectly straight arm twice in a row.

            Thanks for this, I needed a laugh

              • Reddfugee42@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                29 days ago

                It looks like you’re trying to write in your diary, but you accidentally wrote this here in public. Whoopsie!

  • Disaster@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    1 month ago

    Well… there is that bit where his companies now have all of the data they were able to loot from the Federal departments he ruined.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        1 month ago

        Having an expensive vehicle doesn’t mean you can afford it. You can probably make the payments, but you can only really afford the vehicle if you’re keeping up with other financial goals.

        My coworker has two luxury cars, and he’s in debt up to his eyeballs. He makes the same as me, his SO also works (mine doesn’t), and he’s always complaining about not having enough money, while we’re doing just fine.

    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      1 month ago

      That was my thought. I’ve never tried ketamine, but watching this clown dance through crises that would destroy a normal person makes me tempted to experiment.

    • stormeuh@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 month ago

      For now, he does have that yes, but his wealth is for a significant portion a house of cards built on the value of tesla stock. If the value of that stock falls far enough, lenders who gave him loans with tesla stock as collateral could margin call him, essentially asking for more collateral. That could make him the poorest person in the world quite quickly, i.e. billions in debt.

      • Subverb@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 month ago

        While you’re absolutely correct, even if Musk lost 99.7% percent of his wealth he would still be a billionaire (depending on whose net worth number you choose to use). I wouldn’t hold out seeing him in a bread line or starting a gofundme.

        • Fusselwurm@feddit.org
          2·
          1 month ago

          huh. showerthought:

          broke: gofundme woke: sell shares/stocks bespoke: have your company subsidized by the state

        • howrar@lemmy.ca
          21·
          1 month ago

          The real question is whether the collapse of his house of cards will lead to a 99.7% loss of wealth or >100% loss. He won’t be a billionaire anymore if it’s the latter.

          • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            30 days ago

            He could declare bankruptcy and be a billionaire again tomorrow.

            And I don’t say this out of any kind of admiration for him; just there’s still enough moneyed rubes out there that he could set up a new company making plumbuses and it would hit unicorn status by the end of the day.

          • Subverb@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 month ago

            Yeah, he probably will. I know I’d be surprised if he didn’t have money squirreled away somewhere.

            • howrar@lemmy.ca
              2·
              1 month ago

              I’d also be surprised if no one goes after him for trying to run away from debts. If we know anything, it’s that most laws only apply when they benefit the rich, and he’ll be making a lot of rich people angry if it turns out he did have extra money squirreled away.

    • Contemporarium@lemm.eeEnglish
      28·
      1 month ago

      Are you serious? He wants people to think he’s cool SO bad it’s genuinely so pathetic lol. All the other billionaires you could say that. But Elon is so desperate for people to think he’s this funny cool based guy it’s hilarious

      • fodor@lemmy.zip
        7·
        1 month ago

        That is partly true, but also he’s a strong narcissist. They make up their own stories. They’ll play up the feud to take eyes off of other bad shit.

        Don’t think for a second he lost or he’s gone or it’s all over for him. He doesn’t see it that way.

          • skepticalifornia@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            30 days ago

            No one in your linked article is a leader in the party - just a lot of conjecture there to make the Dems the bad guys and reinforce the “both parties are the same” narrative that your ilk like to spread.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              29 days ago

              No one in your linked article is a leader in the party

              I didn’t say they were. They seem to be choosing a leader who is in line with centrist values. Which is to say, he has money and is a reprehensible piece of shit.

              • just a lot of conjecture there to make the Dems the bad guys

              Conjecture doesn’t typically involve direct quotes from sitting legislators.

              and reinforce the “both parties are the same” narrative that your ilk like to spread.

              You are fine with your party kissing nazi ass. Just not anyone pointing it out. I’d tell you to demand better, but it’s clear that you think you’re getting it already.

              • skepticalifornia@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                29 days ago

                Just admit it - no leaders or even major legislators in the Dem party is kissing Nazi ass. The article has non specific quotes from guys I’ve never heard of. Just more right wing misinformation for Lemmings such as yourself.

                • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  21·
                  29 days ago

                  Just admit it - no leaders or even major legislators in the Dem party is kissing Nazi ass.

                  I never made that assertion. Elon is the leader the democrats in the article (and those in this thread minimizing this) have chosen.

                  Just more right wing misinformation for Lemmings such as yourself.

                  Everyone to the left of your boy elon is “right wing” to you.

          • psmgx@lemmy.world
            41·
            30 days ago

            centrist Democrat. singular. one.

            “tHe DeMoCrAtS LoVe ElOn” is a bullshit propaganda talking point. this is how propaganda works, and yall be falling for it.

          • JargonWagon@lemmy.world
            31·
            30 days ago

            *Rep Ro Khanna is trying to kiss his Nazi ass

            The only other Dem mentioned in the article that you can try pinning that statement on simply said that he’s “a believer in redemption”, but that’s it really.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              29 days ago

              Do you believe in the redemption of elon musk?

              Because I’m seeing the party that spent a whole assed year ignoring the Leahy law in order to sell weapons for genocide looking at a nazi and being like “you know, he’s not that bad.”

              • JargonWagon@lemmy.world
                1·
                29 days ago

                I believe that people have the capability of committing wrong-doings, even atrocities, only to come around later and realize that they were in the wrong and can attempt to make up for it in life.

                Do I believe that Elon Musk has redeemed himself? No. I do believe he has the capability to do so though, eventually. Do I believe that he should receive punishment for his wrongdoings? Yes. Same for Trump.

                In regards to the statement about Dems siding with Nazis, don’t use labels to throw everyone under the same blanket and judge them all equally harshly. Everyone is an individual, and their actions should be judged as such. If there’s a Democrat that acted in such a way, by all means call them out and we’ll all hate on them together.

                • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  29 days ago

                  In regards to the statement about Dems siding with Nazis, don’t use labels to throw everyone under the same blanket and judge them all equally harshly.

                  I will judge anyone who sides with nazis harshly. Minimizing it like you’re doing just gives others cover to also side with nazis.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        22·
        1 month ago

        Is it actually a slur, or just a stereotypical sounding name? Because if its the second isn’t it just like Barry eating his 3rd pie and chips of the afternoon with a pint of wife beater?

        • Wolf@lemmy.today
          4·
          1 month ago

          It’s both a stereotypical sounding “name” and a slur in the way 4chan uses it. They don’t mean a specific type of Indian person, they mean an Indian person. It’s not used like how some Brits use ‘Barry’ to mean a foolish person or Americans use ‘Karen’ to mean an entitled person.

          I’m pretty sure it isn’t even actually a real name, it just sounds like it should be to racists.

          • Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
            2·
            1 month ago

            Yeah probably this. There’s other examples, like calling Soviet citizens “Ivan” in a derogatory way.

    • julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 month ago

      Sometimes Internet racism really confuses me. So Indians are in this case bad because they are… particularly likely to be Musk stans? Forgiving of rich people who fall from grace? Just generally not hateful people? I don’t get it.

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
        1·
        30 days ago

        So Indians are in this case bad because they are… particularly likely to be Musk stans? Forgiving of rich people who fall from grace?

        I don’t know anything about Indian people to comment on how they are but in general, yes if you have an ounce of forgiveness for Elon or anyone like him you are a bad person. His kind should have absolutely nowhere to turn to at this point after the damage they’ve done. They’re beyond salvation, anything less than excommunicating them from society is enabling them.

  • fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    30 days ago

    Reminds me of that show Billions where the dude seemed on the verge of losing it all, but it was actually a ploy to short some stock or some shit like that. Was a great show with a complete asshole of a protagonist.

    • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
      59·
      1 month ago

      Look I don’t like Musk either but even starting off wealthy becoming the richest man in the world takes some doing. He was way ahead of the curve on reusable rockets and EVs and succeed there where a bunch of people failed. I think where he fails is when it comes to protecting his image and maintaining relationships. He’s a thin-skinned narcissist who thinks he’s humanity’s savoir and eventually that got to him.

      • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        30 days ago

        I guess Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning were just hapless chaps stumbling around in the dark, until Elon lighted their way with his genius vision of how to build an EV. /s

        So much so I had to google their names because even I can’t remember them.

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
      581·
      1 month ago

      Its a human blind spot. A lot of people confuse wealth for intelligence. In lower socio-economic levels, succeeding involves a lot of intelligence. Its a fucking struggle. Lots of fish trying to eat each other and take what little resources we have. One fuck up and it’s all over. So anyone that is succeeding is also someone that with enough intelligence to foresee pitfalls and avoid them or escape with their wealth.

      Those values are used to evaluate the people at the top which are swimming in a whole different pond. The neopotism and safety nets built into the upper crust of society is not part of the calculation that a lot of people use to factor into how they see these people. They still apply the same dog eat dog mentality to the upper crust of society.

      • Glide@lemmy.ca
        6·
        1 month ago

        A lot of people confuse wealth for intelligence.

        Smart people who make good products that people want will have the invisible hand distribute them wealth. Dumb people who make bad products that no one wants will go backrupt. This is the core philosophy behind why capitalism “works.” It is a system that conflates wealth with virtue, by design.

        You’re right to point out that it is incorrect logic, but no one is confusing anything. The entirety of our Western world is build around this idea and reinforces it to its people at every single opportunity. They’re making the judgements that they have been told are correct. Can we really say people are confused when they’re confidently acting exactly as they’ve been taught from birth?

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        23·
        1 month ago

        honestly wealth at any level requires luck… intelligence barely factors into it. it’s less that 1 fuck up and it’s all over, and more that 1 fuck up without someone to cover it up or bail you out and it’s all over… the wealthier you are, the bigger the fuck up before you or someone else can bail you out:

        poor? it’s an unexpected car issue

        rich? it’s that you fucked over literally an entire country for years on end in a very public way that gained you very little

      • BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world
        292·
        1 month ago

        It’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.

        • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          1 month ago

          It is possible that there exist a few Indians with the name Pajeet, but it is definitely not a common name here. I’ve never met a Pajeet.

        • Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
          107·
          1 month ago

          According to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.

          • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
            111·
            1 month ago

            Ya gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!

              • k0e3@lemmy.ca
                31·
                1 month ago

                From the wiki:

                The implication makes fun of a typical Indian male’s name.

                Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.

                • Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
                  21·
                  1 month ago

                  And what does it say right above that?

                  An invented term for a South Asian person.

                  And from CubitOom’s link:

                  An invented Indian-sounding given name

                  And from the sources cited on Wikipedia:

                  a derogatory made-up Indian name originating on 4chan in 2015

                  First seen on 4Chan, The term “pajeet” is an ethnic slur, coined as a derisive imitation of Indian names

        • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          21·
          1 month ago

          “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory relies on the idea that elites, Jews (a diffuse entity) are organising the ‘replacing’.

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
            3·
            1 month ago

            Yes, but the term “pajeet” isn’t linked to that afaik, other than that people who support that theory are racists and racists use the term “pajeet”.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    204·
    1 month ago

    Centrist Dems will take him back and anoint him as the leader of the Resistance in a New York minute, if doing so will keep AOC on the margins.