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Elon Musk confirms his support for fascism

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With his response to a tweet calling him out for his role in advocating the overthrow of the legitimate government of Bolivia to secure a supply of lithium for his company.

His response to being called out: "We will coup whoever we want. Deal with it."

Positively disgusting, but hardly surprising for a Trump and Kanye supporter.
 
ChristianProgressive said:
With his response to a tweet calling him out for his role in advocating the overthrow of the legitimate government of Bolivia to secure a supply of lithium for his company.

His response to being called out: "We will coup whoever we want. Deal with it."

Positively disgusting, but hardly surprising for a Trump and Kanye supporter.
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When there is no chance of suffering consequences, why not say and do every horrible thing that pops into your head? Look at Jeff Bezos. All the evil, predatory things he and his company have done are popping up and being revealed to the public, and nothing will happen to him or Amazon because he's too big to jail. Zuckerberg is happy to let Facebook remain a festering pit of lies and hate because that's what keeps people coming back. He's got ads to sell and there is no chance that anyone will hold him responsible for any horrible outcomes directly traceable to Facebook. Again, too big to jail.
 
TheSupermeerkat said:
Ah, the Liberal pearl clutching the moment they hear something they disagree with.
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You can stow that ********. Every time the US messes with another nation's government it turns out horribly, usually for decades or more. Further, the horror with which people view the idea that Russia interfered in our last presidential election (whether they believe it happened or not) ought to be a lesson that we should keep our stupid ******* faces out of other nations' internal politics.

And we absolutely should try, convict, then imprison any private US citizen who decides on their own hook to support coups in other countries. Stripping them of the bulk of their assets would be a good idea to make sure the message really gets through to rich scumbags who believe they should be able to get away with anything.
 
Any chance of a rival to Facebook or Google coming along, maybe have a motto of "Do no evil"? If they got rid of advertising and charged a subscription then all problems would be solved.
 
rjh01 said:
Any chance of a rival to Facebook or Google coming along, maybe have a motto of "Do no evil"? If they got rid of advertising and charged a subscription then all problems would be solved.
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Vetted, static ads only would be fine - no videos, no HTML, only images; targeted ads based only on the content of the site, not the user. Zero user data collected.
 
Modified said:
Vetted, static ads only would be fine - no videos, no HTML, only images; targeted ads based only on the content of the site, not the user. Zero user data collected.
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You just ruined most of the revenue of the sites. If they cannot give you tailored ads then most of the ads will be ignored. They need to give the users ads that they will click and take action.

I maintain that the only real answer is a subscription service for Facebook. Then no ads at all. And so you will have much more real estate on the screen. Like have two columns for Facebook. One is the original post, and the other are all the comments for that post. Anything more would be optional.
 
ChristianProgressive said:
With his response to a tweet calling him out for his role in advocating the overthrow of the legitimate government of Bolivia to secure a supply of lithium for his company.

His response to being called out: "We will coup whoever we want. Deal with it."

Positively disgusting, but hardly surprising for a Trump and Kanye supporter.
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Yeah... err, no

He's obviously trolling.... and you obviously fell for it!
 
Babbylonian said:
When there is no chance of suffering consequences, why not say and do every horrible thing that pops into your head? Look at Jeff Bezos. All the evil, predatory things he and his company have done are popping up and being revealed to the public, and nothing will happen to him or Amazon because he's too big to jail. Zuckerberg is happy to let Facebook remain a festering pit of lies and hate because that's what keeps people coming back. He's got ads to sell and there is no chance that anyone will hold him responsible for any horrible outcomes directly traceable to Facebook. Again, too big to jail.
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I dunno if Amazon or Facebook are more "evil, predatory" etc. than Walmart, Microsoft, Apple, Wells Fargo, Citibank, etc., etc. The laws not only allow their behavior, but literally require corporations to maximize returns to stockholders above all else. If the monopoly laws had been enforced all along, or had been revised as the economic landscape changed, a lot would be different today.
https://www.salon.com/2020/07/09/monopoly-mayhem-corporations-win-workers-lose_partner/
 
rjh01 said:
You just ruined most of the revenue of the sites. If they cannot give you tailored ads then most of the ads will be ignored. They need to give the users ads that they will click and take action.
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Maybe. A search engine could still show ads based on the current search terms. A YouTube video could still display ads based on the content of the video.

Anyway, most of the tailored ads I get are after I have already bought the targeted thing. I research and buy a folding bike, all the while seeing zero or few ads for folding bikes. Then, for the next three weeks, almost every ad I see is for folding bikes. It seems the effect of the tailoring is the reverse of its intent. They are almost always showing me ads for things I have already bought, and definitely will not buy again any time soon.
 
ChristianProgressive said:
With his response to a tweet calling him out for his role in advocating the overthrow of the legitimate government of Bolivia to secure a supply of lithium for his company.

His response to being called out: "We will coup whoever we want. Deal with it."

Positively disgusting, but hardly surprising for a Trump and Kanye supporter.
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Any sources for "his role in advocating the overthrow of the legitimate government of Bolivia to secure a supply of lithium for his company"?
 
Belz... said:
But he wasn't responding to a disagreement. He was responding to your facile suggestion that Musk's comment is a joke.
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You think he was being serious? I'm with smartcooky, it's a patently obvious bit of trolling.
 
Considering their positions in the world, a Fascist state is good for them. The last thing they want is a democracy.
 
smartcooky said:
Yeah... err, no

He's obviously trolling.... and you obviously fell for it!
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No, he's not. Elon Musk isn't a troll, he's just someone who suffers from a lack of self-censorship. This is "pedo guy" part deux.
 
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Unfortunately, Musk is unlikely to end up like William Walker.

William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Mexico and Central America, with the intent of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857, when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to reestablish his control of the region and was captured and executed by the government of Honduras in 1860.
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