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Opinion | If you don't like Musk, don't buy a Tesla, subscribe to starlink or use X
These posts are so boring, it's fanaticism. Imagine hating someone so much and yet being unable to shut up about them.
Edit: they hated him because he had an opinion
I agree. Not because we should leave him alone, but because he doesn't matter.
There are billionaires out there doing worse things for humanity. He's just the most visible because he's an idiot. The rest stay out of the spotlight intentionally.
He's turned Twitter into a cesspool of racist, alt-right pieces of shit. He is actively trying to destroy labor unions and the laws that protect him. Keep this asshole in the spotlight too because he believes that he's rich enough to get away with it and his fanboys need to see him knocked down a peg.
https://www.space.com/spacex-military-concern-private-control-satellite-network-starlink
Hard to say he doesn't matter.
He shouldn't be allowed to have this much power over elected governments.
Nail on head. There are plenty of other billionaires that are also massive cunts.
I'm quite frankly bored of Lemmy's hate boner for Musk. I mean, I do get it, loads of people are absolutely seething that twitter isn't their safe space anymore, but it's time to move on.
Reposting Nazi political memes isn't "having an opinion". I mean, it is, it's just an opinion you deserve the wall for.
Are you seriously equating my opinion on boring and repetitive "Musk bad" posts to reposting Nazi political memes and then implying that I should be shot?
Because if so, at least one of us has lost touch with reality.
I thought you meant that "he", Musk, was just "having an opinion". He is posting nazi propaganda (great replacement BS).
You're getting downvoted because you're saying we should somehow ignore a highly powerful figure who is posting nazi propaganda; that's a terrible opinion
Edit: I also could have worded my comment a lot better. By "you" I meant whoever posts nazi apology, which you didn't do with your comment, sorry for the misdirected violence.
Ok fair enough.
I stand by opinion though. The best way to piss off Musk is to make sure he doesn't get any of your money.
If you don't like Musk's opinions then the worst thing you could do is keep repeating them. Ignore him, no matter how much it sucks.