Current Affairs Elon Musk

[Spadge Vernacular]

The more you see of Musk, the more you see of his formative years.

Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa

The parallels between South Africa then and the US today are striking

www.ft.com

 

[efcste97]

The only reason I can think he wants Tommy Robinson released is because he hates Muslims. I cannot think of another reason why Robinson would be in his radar or why he would care.

He’s a total hypocrite. What’s the difference between Tommy and other far-right accounts Elon has recently banned or demonetized? As white nationalists—They’re all anti-Muslim, key difference is their stance on Israel.

Also the whole H1B fiasco showed him for what he is, a big advocate of freedom of expression, unless that expression is criticism of him. I'm happy to see those on the right start to wake up to what he is, hopefully Trump does also.

The whole Kekius Maximus stunt was embarrassing—that’s some 2016 4chan /pol nonsense that’s outdated even for those alt-right weirdos.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

The World According to Elon Musk’s Grandfather

What happened to antisemitic rants before social media.

www.newyorker.com

 

[tsubaki]

The only reason I can think he wants Tommy Robinson released is because he hates Muslims. I cannot think of another reason why Robinson would be on his radar or why he would care.

TBF I think it’s 50-50 whether he has fallen down the rabbit hole or dug it himself. “Tommy” and all the other grifters are probably rubbing their coke-stained hands at reeling him in.

 

[Rita_Poon]

The only reason I can think he wants Tommy Robinson released is because he hates Muslims. I cannot think of another reason why Robinson would be on his radar or why he would care.

farage stink all over this, 'two tier policing' and 'two tier justice'. "They lock up white men speaking the mind of the nation"...etc

 

[Rita_Poon]

My take on the phrase ‘free speech’ is that it’s typically used by people when they want to promote racial bigotry or other sorts of prejudice.

He’d be less happy if it were to call people like himself a bellend, which would actually be more appropriate.

I hope you realise I was in no way defending musk, that I was in fact very subtly taking the piss.

 

[Blue 1]

farage stink all over this, 'two tier policing' and 'two tier justice'. "They lock up white men speaking the mind of the nation"...etc

You get arrested just for saying you're English these days.

 

[Rita_Poon]

You get arrested just for saying you're English these days.

lets keep the white cliffs of dover nice and white...

 

[Tommy.]

Oopsies…

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

The more you see of Musk, the more you see of his formative years.

Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa

The parallels between South Africa then and the US today are striking

www.ft.com

Is that the same Thiel of Palantir who bank roles Trump and Vance and has a huge NHS contract...

NHS England must cancel its contract with Palantir

In November 2023, NHS England awarded Palantir a £330m contract to create a new data management system called the Federated Data Platform (FDP) that aims to provide “joined up” NHS services.1 Palantir is an American technology company that specialises in artificial intelligence powered military...

www.bmj.com

Peter Thiel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[neil999]

Guarantee Yaxley was delighted when he got sent down, will make alot of money from it...worth the stint inside

 

[SerenityNigh]

Not sure if it applies here not followed the thread closely. However, applies elsewhere, it's genuinely quite staggering/amusing, probably dangerous that the people who wanted Brexit because they didn't want foreigners interfering in Britain are lapping Musk up. Their hypocrisy is off the scale, they literally corrupted by it. None of them can give cohesive defense without some kind of weird emotional football response...

it's almost like nationalism is really just another movement with a new name...

 

[LostLegend]

Guarantee Yaxley was delighted when he got sent down, will make alot of money from it...worth the stint inside

I think he planned the whole thing.
That libel case ruined him. So he intentionally broke the libel order by repeating his lies in his latest "documentary" knowing that would get it pulled by most of the major video streaming platforms like YouTube. Then he can cry censorship and try to make it a 'Freedom of Speech' issue.
Nothing gets you film more clicks then people thinking "THEY" are trying to suppress it. When in actual fact, he is just continuing to libel a minor child (I thought he was trying to protect the kids? )

He takes another short prison sentence for the team and his followers label him as some sort of free speech political prisoner so the gullible free speech warriors in the US, who don't know who he actually is, jump on his side and start donating to him.

????
PROFIT!

 

[efcste97]

 

[Amw79]

This guy spent more than $44b to win an election and is now the de facto most powerful person in the most powerful country in the world, but is not content to stop there.

He wants to influence and control the UK and German elections, and no doubt will be making plays into other European countries.

I used to think the Bond villain shouts were a bit over the top, but am starting to come round.