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[-] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 points 16 minutes ago

Anyone who upvotes useless meme about him is more retarded than he is.

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago

Genuinely a retard and yes that is the correct word and stop trying to police it.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Don't forget completely mismanaging Twitter, and turning it into even more of a cesspool.

[-] SolidShake@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

I wonder if the trump cult also now hates him after saying he was the goat for the last 6 months.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What's worse, democrats are already forming a line to kiss his nazi ass.

[-] skepticalifornia@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

Who is? I know this is the narrative on Fox News, but I've yet to see any major Dems doing this.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/elon-musk-democrats-donald-trump-00389961

centrist democrats oppose progressives and kiss nazi elon's ass.

Your "durr everyone to my left is all the way to my right" shit makes me wonder where you are in the queue.

[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago
[-] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 119 points 23 hours ago

None of them are geniuses, it's just really hard to lose at capitalism when you have capital.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 50 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours 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.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 20 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours 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

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[-] Iambus@lemmy.world 27 points 18 hours ago

He already has fuck you money so he doesn't give any fucks.

[-] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 25 points 12 hours 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 points 9 hours 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.

[-] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 points 2 hours ago

I swear I have seen a comment very similar to this, not word for word, but pretty much similar structure and words and points describing Kanye.

[-] Wook@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

He already got access to all the data he paid for.

[-] stormeuh@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours 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 points 13 hours 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 points 6 hours ago

huh. showerthought:

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

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours 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.ca 1 points 10 minutes 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 points 8 hours ago

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

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours 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.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

His very low self esteem shows otherwise.

[-] fadhl3y@feddit.uk 26 points 20 hours ago

Next stop: Build an underwater city.

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 34 points 18 hours ago
[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 13 points 15 hours ago

I wish more billionaires would get on those... and visit WW1 era military shipwrecks...

spoilerThe reason why that is a terrible idea is because during WW1, many naval artillery shells used picric acid as an explosive filler, picric acid reacts readily with metals to form highly sensitive picrate salts that are very sensitive to detonation upon being disturbed. Meaning messing with them even slightly has a significant risk of a massive underwater explosion happening. WW1 era military shipwrecks are strictly off limits to divers for that very reason.

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[-] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 35 points 22 hours 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?

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Mark Bankstone could help him do it

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