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riddick said:
He makes $330m A DAY. Like.....there's no comprehension about a proportionate fine.

Honestly, Germany should issue an arrest warrant. It's as blatant a Nazi salute as you are going to see.
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Please allow me to be pedantic for a moment but he doesn't make $330MM a day. His net worth is ridiculous and changes daily; he's now estimated at $450B due to sales of SpaceX shares, but his annual income is not $120B. That said, he as access to an inexcusable amount of money and someone should punt the nazi prick into space.
 
SerenityNigh said:
Please allow me to be pedantic for a moment but he doesn't make $330MM a day. His net worth is ridiculous and changes daily; he's now estimated at $450B due to sales of SpaceX shares, but his annual income is not $120B. That said, he as access to an inexcusable amount of money and someone should punt the nazi prick into space.
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That’s the thing with these ultra billionaires. Trying to nail down their actual worth is a nightmare as most of their worth is in shares (and not liquid assets) so this can fluctuate with the stock market.

I believe he had to sell a fair few shares of one of his companies in order to buy Twitter.

It’s probably not even possible for him to actually sell all the shares he owns at once.
 
emir said:
1. DEI policies degrade the quality of the establishment by favoring lower-skilled applicants because of their race, but worse than that is that it's perpetuating racism by discriminating against whites and Asians. It's not common sense because it's a policy that's been axed by most major corporations since Trump's re-election because people are realizing how racist and destructive the policy is.
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Is it a free market or not? Allow companies to do what they want with DEI preferences and see what results. Also, there's no data to show "DEI hires," whatever this means, are less qualified than other hires, this is just rhetoric.

emir said:
2. Open border policies are obviously a way to degrade the populous by importing migrants who are un-vetted that are free to commit violent crimes, but the worse thing is the taxpayer money going to fund these migrant's lifestyle. It's also a reason why minorites and blacks voted for Trump in record numbers because they feel threatened by these illegal migrants who are undercutting their jobs.
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This is a rich comment and really impossible to respond in full, but I will take a shot. (A) In a nation where approximately 300 million residents have citizenship due to "birthright" handed down by their immigrant lineage, "border policies" and "importing migrants" are extremely loaded words. (B) The idea of "un-vetted" migrants doing crimes is a farce compounded by a very small number of events. The right likes to talk about the Georgia girl who was murdered by an immigrant but not the many crimes perpetuated against legal migrants who were welcomed to the Ohio town and accused of eating people's pets. (C) Most illegal aliens pay far more in taxes than the benefits they receive, largely because they do not receive as many benefits. Those who have legal status are in the same boat as the rest of America. It's well documented that poor, rural, and largely white areas of the US are the largest welfare drains and receive far more in tax benefits than they pay, but this is a story that the right does not like to discuss.

emir said:
3. It is scientifically established that there are two genders, which ranges from XX to XY chromosomes. Sure there are some rare genetic exceptions but there are only two genders. If you are born with a XY chromosome, you should NOT be allowed to use the restroom intended for XX chromosomes.
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Sounds like you're confusing gender and sex. Even the most conservative people usually agree to three genders; male, female, neutral. It's much more difficult to have a neutral biology, but there are a lot of abnormalities that I am not aware of. At any rate, gender is typically a socialogical designation and not a biological designation.

emir said:
4. Climate change propaganda is promoted by the rich which puts a massive strain on the working-class population. There's no clear research that shows that humans are DIRECTLY causing climate change, whilst working-class are having to struggle through all these regulations and the rich are flying in their private jets with their "holier than thou" attitudes.
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You need to catch up on the times, mate. This is a 2000s or 2010s argument and no serious conservatives still talk about this. I've not met anybody in insurance who believes climate change isn't real, and I've met very few people who pay property insurance who still hold this line. But also, what "regulations" are working class people having to struggle with? Get with the program.
 
Bedfordblue said:
Do hope this is a real downturn and not just folk waiting for the new Model Y
www.businessinsider.com

Tesla sales in Europe are sliding. That's a problem for Elon Musk.

The automaker saw sales of its EVs drop 13% in the European Union in 2024, and is facing growing pressure as rivals launch a wave of cheaper EVs.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com
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got to be a real down turn.
He could have had the iPhone of cars here in the states.
They're very good cars and he's built out a great charging network
but people around here are putting bumper stickers on their cars saying 'I bought this before I knew'.
I can't imagine the size of market share he's lost on the left and people on the right are still struggling to get their head around EV's
The cybertruck is a laughing stock at this point.
Swasticar, Deplorian, wankpanzer, cant imagine the board of Tesla are having any fun!
 
Ruairi77 said:
got to be a real down turn.
He could have had the iPhone of cars here in the states.
They're very good cars and he's built out a great charging network
but people around here are putting bumper stickers on their cars saying 'I bought this before I knew'.
I can't imagine the size of market share he's lost on the left and people on the right are still struggling to get their head around EV's
The cybertruck is a laughing stock at this point.
Swasticar, Deplorian, wankpanzer, cant imagine the board of Tesla are having any fun!
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IncElcamino.
 
You know he's taking the urine when he's heading up a task force in the white house named after some crypto meme bitcoin.

Getting played like a fiddle
 
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