Musk the useful idiot

[Inderpland]

'Elon Musk Repeatedly Promoted “Conservative” Outlet That Was Secretly Being Funded by Moscow, According to DOJ Indictment.'

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-repeatedly-promoted-conservative-205926850.html

 

I used to think he was a bit of a rock start, but he's turned into a sad weirdo. Talka about sh***ing all over your own legacy.

[maesariang]

Nothing story

[Inderpland]

2 minutes ago, maesariang said:

Nothing story

Thanks for sharing!👍

[Inderpland]

'Elon Musk Deletes Nazi Apologist Tweet After Near-Universal Backlash.'

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-deletes-nazi-apologist-182228074.html

 

Sad and weird.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

5 minutes ago, Inderpland said:

'Elon Musk Deletes Nazi Apologist Tweet After Near-Universal Backlash.'

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-deletes-nazi-apologist-182228074.html

 

Sad and weird.

 

Ohh... but the list doesn't end there!  Trump and Musk share a laugh about a company firing workers who were attempting to organize union representation.

 

Trump, Musk LAUGH About Firing Workers For Organizing

 

 

 

UAW files federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk after threatening workers on X interview

August 13, 2024

 

(CNN) — The United Auto Workers union on Tuesday filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk for threatening to intimidate workers who go on strike.

 

During Trump’s interview on X Monday night with Musk, who is also the principal owner of the social media platform, the pair discussed a potential role for Musk in Trump’s administration should he get reelected. Trump called Musk “the cutter,” and praised Musk for his anti-union stances.

 

“I look at what you do, you walk in and you just say, ‘You want to quit?’ They go on strike – I won’t mention the name of the company – but they go on strike, and you say, ‘That’s okay, you’re all gone. You’re all gone. Every one of you is gone,” Trump said.

 

Musk could be heard laughing and replying “yeah.”

 

(more)

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/business/uaw-trump-musk-charges/index.html

 

 

[maesariang]

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Ohh... but the list doesn't end there!  Trump and Musk share a laugh about a company firing workers who were attempting to organize union representation.

 

Trump, Musk LAUGH About Firing Workers For Organizing

 

 

 

UAW files federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk after threatening workers on X interview

August 13, 2024

 

(CNN) — The United Auto Workers union on Tuesday filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk for threatening to intimidate workers who go on strike.

 

During Trump’s interview on X Monday night with Musk, who is also the principal owner of the social media platform, the pair discussed a potential role for Musk in Trump’s administration should he get reelected. Trump called Musk “the cutter,” and praised Musk for his anti-union stances.

 

“I look at what you do, you walk in and you just say, ‘You want to quit?’ They go on strike – I won’t mention the name of the company – but they go on strike, and you say, ‘That’s okay, you’re all gone. You’re all gone. Every one of you is gone,” Trump said.

 

Musk could be heard laughing and replying “yeah.”

 

(more)

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/business/uaw-trump-musk-charges/index.html

 

 

Oh dear.  Pensioners talking about billionaires.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

And then more recently there also was this missive from Musk, which clearly puts him near and dear to Trump's dark heart:

 

Elon Musk Endorsement of 'High-Status Male' Governance Theory

Sept. 4, 2024

 

Elon Musk, has once again stirred controversy by endorsing a theory that advocates for governance by "high-status males" while excluding women and "low T men" from decision-making roles. The theory, which appears to have originated on the internet forum 4chan in 2021, was reposted by Musk on X, drawing widespread criticism.

 

The theory suggests that a truly free-thinking "Republic" could only be established if governed by "high [testosterone] alpha males" and "aneurotypical people"—a term that the post appears to use to describe individuals on the autism spectrum. According to the theory, these "high-status males" are the only individuals capable of objectively analyzing information and making decisions based on truth rather than consensus. The post further argues that individuals who cannot defend themselves physically, particularly women and men with low testosterone, rely on societal consensus to filter information as a safety mechanism.

 

...

 

Such theories, which promote a hierarchical and exclusionary form of governance based on perceived masculine traits, have been widely criticized for being sexist, unrealistic, and toxic. These ideas are often associated with alt-right communities that champion hegemonic masculinity and reject egalitarian principles."

 

(more)

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1337173-elon-musk-endorsement-of-high-status-male-governance-theory/

 

Edited September 6 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

And, on the labor relations front:

Elon Musk Wants to Gut the National Labor Relations Act

Elon Musk is challenging the New Deal legislation that established the National Labor Relations Board. Experts warn that this is “a serious threat.”

 

April 9, 2024

 

...

"When the second-richest man in the world is complaining that giving employees a voice in their workplace creates negativity and “a lords-and-peasants sort of thing,” we’re definitely through the looking glass. (See Bryce Covert’s new feature about the racism, sexism, and other workplace abuses that plague Tesla’s factory floors.) But Musk is hardly the first billionaire manufacturer to flip out over the prospect of having to treat workers with the respect that the law requires.

 

Unfortunately, this billionaire isn’t satisfied to simply rant and rave; he’s now in the courts with a challenge to the New Deal legislation that established the National Labor Relations Board, conveniently filed before the NLRB hit his company SpaceX with a complaint in late March about unfair labor practices. If Musk gets his way, this scheme to gut the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 could destabilize a wide range of federal enforcement agencies that administer laws regulating everything from workplace safety to environmental conditions."

 

(more)

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/elon-musk-nlra-serious-threat/

 

Edited September 6 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Inderpland]

26 minutes ago, maesariang said:

Oh dear.  Pensioners talking about billionaires.

Quite a few pensioneers on this forum I guess. Would you mind writing a list of all the subjects pensioneers shouldn't discuss?

Maybe you can use Google!

[KhunLA]

Musk is on the deep state sh!t list for allowing 'free speech'.   I'm awaiting the fake sexual assault charges to be filed.   Seems the SOP against 'freedom fighters'

 

DOJ, what a joke, just another political puppet ... IMHO

[bubblegum]

58 minutes ago, maesariang said:

Oh dear.  Pensioners talking about billionaires.

Where have you been hiding? To many topics today that you had to run away from....

[Inderpland]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Musk is on the deep state sh!t list for allowing 'free speech'.   I'm awaiting the fake sexual assault charges to be filed.   Seems the SOP against 'freedom fighters'

 

DOJ, what a joke, just another political puppet ... IMHO

Musk is a "free speach absolutist"....until someone says something bad about him or he disagrees strongly with. Pathetic.

And 'deep state' - are you still doing that??😂

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Making friends around the world.... 😞

Brazil's Supreme Court upholds nationwide ban on Elon Musk's X

Musk has criticized Alexandre de Moraes, a top Brazilian judge, over his efforts to crackdown on right-wing online disinformation on X.

 

Sept. 4, 2024

 

Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld a nationwide ban on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, who has been openly feuding with a judge over the proliferation of right-wing political misinformation on the website.

 

A Supreme Court panel decision on Monday affirmed a Friday ruling from Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, to suspend X over concerns about disinformation and the company’s refusal to appoint a local legal representative as required by law. Moraes also said that users who circumvent the ban with a virtual private network, or VPN, could be fined 50,000 reais — or roughly $9,000 — a day.

 

Moraes has aggressively cracked down on online disinformation in the past few years in what he has described as a bid to protect Brazilian democracy. His suspension of X was the culmination of months of escalating tensions between him and Musk, who has used the platform to amplify right-wing grievances over “free speech” in Brazil and accuse Moraes of trying to suppress right-wing voices on X.

 

(more)

 

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/elon-musk-x-brazil-ban-supreme-court-rcna169356

 

Nothing can be allowed to interfere with Musk's use of X / Twitter to promote his right-wing disinformation allies.

 

[tgw]

let's hope the FBI finds enough proof to take down Musk as well.

[mogandave]

Yes, anyone that defies the left must be crushed. 

[Inderpland]

23 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Yes, anyone that defies the left must be crushed. 

 

Interesting that you equate breaking the law with defying the left.

 

(The hyperbole is strong in this one.)

[mogandave]

4 minutes ago, Inderpland said:

 

Interesting that you equate breaking the law with defying the left.

 

(The hyperbole is strong in this one.)

How did Musk break the law?

[mogandave]

36 minutes ago, tgw said:

let's hope the FBI finds enough proof to take down Musk as well.

Why do you want Musk taken down?

[mogandave]

2 hours ago, Inderpland said:

Musk is a "free speach absolutist"....until someone says something bad about him or he disagrees strongly with. Pathetic.

And 'deep state' - are you still doing that??😂

Did you have an example?

[Inderpland]

9 minutes ago, mogandave said:

How did Musk break the law?

I don' know that he did. Guess we'll find out.

[Inderpland]

4 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Did you have an example?

Yes, several. I'll get back to you tomorrow since I'm heading out. Please remind me if you haven't heard anything by early afternoon.

[mogandave]

1 minute ago, Inderpland said:

I don' know that he did. Guess we'll find out.

What law do you think Musk broke? Or was that hyperbole?

[mogandave]

2 minutes ago, Inderpland said:

Yes, several. I'll get back to you tomorrow since I'm heading out. Please remind me if you haven't heard anything by early afternoon.

Have a good time!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

36 minutes ago, Inderpland said:

 

Interesting that you equate breaking the law with defying the left.

 

(The hyperbole is strong in this one.)

 

Musk & X also are facing similar problems in the EU:

Like Brazil, the European Union also has an X problem

September 05, 2024

 

Brussels — Elon Musk's woes are hardly limited to Brazil as he now risks possible EU sanctions in the coming months for allegedly breaking new content rules.

...

Politicians worldwide and digital rights groups have repeatedly raised concerns about Musk's actions since taking over what was then Twitter in late 2022, including sacking many employees tasked with content moderation and maintaining ties with EU regulators.

...

The European Union could decide within months to take action against X, including possible fines, as part of an ongoing probe into whether the platform is breaching a landmark content moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA).

...

The list of governments angry with Musk is growing. He also raised hackles over the summer in the UK during days of rioting sparked by online misinformation that the suspect behind a mass stabbing that killed three girls was a Muslim asylum seeker.

 

(more)

 

https://www.voanews.com/a/like-brazil-the-european-union-also-has-an-x-problem/7772200.html

 

[bendejo]

This guy seems to aspire to being a James Bond villain. 

 

[Inderpland]

'Advertisers plan to withdraw from X in record numbers'

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/05/business/advertisers-x-withdrawal/index.html

[bangadang]

From reading here, it sounds very much like

"show me the man, and I'll find you a crime."
Lavrentiy Beria

IMO Musk is the modern-day Tesla despite his faults.

[Inderpland]

4 hours ago, bendejo said:

This guy seems to aspire to being a James Bond villain. 

 

No self-respecting Bond villain would do this:  

 

Elon Musk's Cringey Dance Moves

[nauseus]

20 hours ago, Inderpland said:

'Elon Musk Repeatedly Promoted “Conservative” Outlet That Was Secretly Being Funded by Moscow, According to DOJ Indictment.'

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-repeatedly-promoted-conservative-205926850.html

 

I used to think he was a bit of a rock start, but he's turned into a sad weirdo. Talka about sh***ing all over your own legacy.

 

Saturday pot calling....

[freedomnow]

6 minutes ago, nauseus said:

I used to think he was a bit of a rock start, but he's turned into a sad weirdo. Talka about sh***ing all over your own legacy.

Part of it was his tranny son getting ruined/influenced by Woke/LGBT+ stuff to paraphrase him, I believe...