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[–] iAvicenna 134 points 2 months ago (3 children)

more concerning is that he has the mental maturity of a five year old. If CEOs pressing the nuclear missile buttons in the Fallout series seemed like an exaggeration, look at Elon and think again.

[–] Kyrgizion 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Vault Tec starting the war was by far the most realistic part of the story. Even when it was revealed in the games, long before the series, my reaction was "Duh".

[–] mistermanko 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

According to the games it was China that started the Great War. In the TV series, they hinted at plans of VaulTec to profit off of their vaults with starting off the war with a first strike.

[–] Viking_Hippie 22 points 2 months ago

In the TV series, they hinted at plans of VaulTec to profit off of their vaults with starting off the war with a first strike.

HINTED? They flat out SHOWED it happening!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I was gonna say... I remember playing that DLC set in Alaska (or like a simulation of the battle that took place in Alaska?) where they talk about China striking first.

That DLC was dope.

[–] Bonesince1997 1 points 2 months ago

Chinese stealth suit baby!

[–] Hugin 5 points 2 months ago

The war was VaulTec's intended plan and they arranged for China to launch the first strike.

[–] Maggoty 2 points 2 months ago

Horizon Zero Dawn did a really good study on the ego of a tech billionaire.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What if he is not mentally a 5 year old but people keep letting him do what he wants and he is trying to keep pushing that envelope.

Him acting like a 5 year old and getting away with it is also on society imo.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago
[–] clutchtwopointzero 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yup, and yet america will not do anything

[–] Burn_The_Right 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Two already tried.

(I know, I know)

[–] TheBat 4 points 2 months ago

Meddlesome ~~priest~~ CEO

[–] Dadifer 37 points 2 months ago

Immigrants, amirite?

[–] cheese_greater 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is conjecture but don't Teslas record everything around them. Couldn't that be a form of distributed surveillance/botnet or something?

[–] stormeuh 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Even if Tesla itself doesn't do that, it's something to be concerned about in case a vulnerability is found that allows remote access to the camera's (or worse any local video recordings that may exist).

[–] PriorityMotif 7 points 2 months ago

The company "flock safety" operates license plate cameras across the country. They allow any subscribing law enforcement agency to access all of the data. I believe this includes agencies in foreign countries.

[–] TimeNaan 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It’s how Elongated Muskrat spreads his dumbass conspiracy theories.

Elongated Muskrat posts an obviously fake picture of something that dumbasses will latch on to with no second thought “Concerning” or “This needs to be looked at”

[–] TheBat 5 points 2 months ago

I know

He sometimes boosts misinformation by commenting '?' or '!'.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Haha! I had forgotten about the emoji. He’s such a fucking loser.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

And if he ever tries to screw over the country by threatening US national security or blackmailing over it, I hope the relevant 3 letter agencies come knocking on his door one night, whisking him away to a place nobody will ever see him again.

[–] Maggoty 9 points 2 months ago

Nah, nationalize his shit right out from under him, draft his executives and explain to them the terms Chain of Command and UCMJ. That's the kind of thing billionaires are actually afraid of.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ooh, we wanna take him to Guantanamo Take him there fast Where he'll get tortured slow That's where we want him to go Way down to Guantanamo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

He's rich enough to get several warnings before someone maybe considers bringing charges against him.

[–] Mannimarco 6 points 2 months ago

Looking into this

[–] random_character_a 2 points 2 months ago

The whole country is conserning