Moron billionaire class. Think they’ll survive the collapse of humanity in their bunkers. The reality being they will be murdered by their staff on day one.
Praetorian guards again, go figure
Or simply die in a flood since they can’t fix the pump.
That's what the bomb collars are for.
"I don't really like the bomb collar, but the pay is good and I get an hour for lunch."
Musk's power only comes from his wealth. That wealth is in a currency that is tied directly to the world's trust in the US government. That trust is being very quickly diminished. If things get 'Mad Max' bad all of his wealth will be absolutely worthless.
The vast majority of his wealth is stock market speculation, not even US currency.
Don't worry, that's what Dogecoin is for! 🤡
He's since deleted the post, but in a followup comment he mentioned the irony of talking about becoming a warlord using a picture of Max, a noted warlord killer.
As typical for all right-wingers, Musk is utterly incapable of critically examining art.
He really thinks that cyberpunk is cool and does not understand any of the philosophy or ideology behind it.
If it comes down to it, Elon's own security boys will lug him in the back of the head.
Was he the one who said he'd put explosive collars on his guards?
I hope he films the process of him trying to get death collars onto a a team of expensive security guards so that future archaeologists can have a laugh
Expensive, highly skilled guards. Because all these dumb billionaire fucks are hiring ex-spec ops and shit. You know, the type of people who know how to take away your dumb little supervillain detonator button and waterboard you for the release key before they ventilate your skull.
Who is this guy to have known several warlords? My guess is he's either a glowie or a journalist.
Edit: Survey says journalist! Thank you to everyone who answered.
To this guy's point, yeah, it's hilarious that Elon fancies himself a survivor.
Robert Evans does Behind the Bastards podcast, and has also reported on conflicts in Iraq, Ukraine, and Rojava, amongst lots of other things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Evans_%28journalist%29?wprov=sfla1
Also just started listening to a podcast he has called The Women's War. Seems very good
I listened to that right as trump pulled support for Rojava. Depressing af at the time but also hopeful.
Do behind the police next.
Behind the bastards is the regular twice weekly. I also love Margret killjoys Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Then all the Coolzone media podcasts. They're all very good.
Robert Evans is a bisexual Texas guy who decided he was going to report on war, so talked his way onto a military plane with other reporters as a stringer when Beirut was a place for barracks bombing. An experienced combat photographer took him under his wing and kept him alive. Evans has walked on concrete smelling the crushed dead from the collapsed structures. I know all this from memory (correct me if I messed anything up) because I researched his background a bit, because his “It Could Happen Here” podcast - about how a US civil war would go down - is very articulate and savvy, and I was curious how he gained that insight.
The only thing more articulate and savvy could possibly be the products and services that support his program. If you lurk on Lemmy, Robert, glad you’re here. Always wished I could hear a conversation between you and Robert Baer for a few hours… partially because I would expect only the best alcohol and other substances to be served in that room.
He also personally knows guests who have gotten away with murder on one of his podcasts
Hot dogs drive people to the brink of madness. It was inevitable.
Only the finest gas station heroin.
That was such a seamless ad pivot I’m not convinced your aren’t Robert?
Former cracked.com editor. Show some respect.
He's seen more than most of us will witness in a lifetime.
Evans is the kind of guy to book his own ticket to a war zone and hope he gets paid for his reporting afterward. I have no idea if he's ever done that, but he has that vibe. As others said, I think he's a "journalist", in a positive way.
edit: he did a whole series about Syria, way way before recent developments. "The Women's War". and Jake Hanrahan. I remember they paid a driver who kept giving them terrible cigarettes.
He's literally done that before and been shot at by Isis snipers as part of it.
i do remember him trying to downplay it
Behind the Bastards is great! It's like The Dollop but for the worst people in history.
Coolzone media is all fantastic.
For current events there's It Could Happen Here and Executive Disorder (sub series of ICHH, weekly analysis of Trump admin)
He did a lot of coverage of the protests back in 2020 in Portland.
He's also an amazing author: After The Revolution (fictional sci-fi American civil war, free to listen audiobook on the link) and his older A Brief History Of Vice (he talks about historic drug use and personally tries out all the weird ways people did drugs, very funny)
Surprised everyone has not included his title. The honorable judge Robert Evans.
All that money won't mean shit if the economy collapses. Musk is such a goddamn clown.
So he's admitting to ruining everything and being a sexist piece of shit at the same time? Well done for being masterfully evil asshole. Satan high fives you for some style points on this one Elon.
I just want to remind everyone that those who call for war have never experienced it, and the closer you experience it, the less you want it.
Yeah, because when the world crumbles, it's going to be that walking bag of mayonnaise and bile that people are going to want in charge.
The more chilling thing to me being that he is causing, wants, and/or expects this as someone "in power", for wont of a better term. Is this a desire (definitely) or coming to terms with things already set in motion? I hope it's just a shitpost, but who knows at this point?
It's a nazi eugenics dream to wipe the country off of undesirables and initiate your plan of gender affirming individuals as they pop out of tubes. A good reminder thwt a journalist interviewed a billionaire who was showcasing their mega bunker in case everything goes to shit. What bothered the billionaire was how is he able to control his security when the natural order is upside down?
Journalist suggested empathy, to understand and care about your security detail. Billionaire disregarded that and suggested to himself shock collars would be more ideal than empathy.
So is he just coming out and saying he's driving the country into the ground? Is that the point of this? How does this idiot still have any support?
Yeah. Being part of a corrupt kakistocracy, in a highly visible role, but not smart or tough enough to survive outside out your cushy trust fund corruption environment, is honestly one of the absolute worst places to be. You’d be better off as “prison inmate” or “homeless person.” Literally anything else.
Lmao. In a post apocalyptic setting, Elon Musk is a trophy.
He'd be paraded around on a leash.
I fucking love Robert Evans. BTB has consumed dozens of hours of my time.
Sidenote, of course this chode doesn't acknowledge that he and his peers are unbelievably culpable in the downfall of society and probably the planet.
Hahaha you'll be the first taco Tuesday Musk.
I've probably got twice the warlord potential he has. Which is to say, I have really shit warlord potential.
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