Summary

Republicans’ efforts to portray Elon Musk as a MAGA martyr are failing, as his victim narrative struggles to resonate with conservative audiences.

Musk’s controversial statements and perceived elitism, including his complaints of being targeted by Democrats, have alienated even right-wing supporters.

Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand, and Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings, especially on economic issues.

Attempts to rally sympathy for Musk, including his emotional Fox News appearance, have largely backfired.

  • NABDad@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I don’t want to kill Musk, but I’m not going to shed any tears about anything bad that happens to him or any other racist, fascist piece of shit.

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        1 month ago

        Empathy, like tolerance, should really be considered a social contract. If he doesn’t have empathy for the less fortunate than him, I have a really hard time having empathy for him.

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      Clarence Darrow wrote: “All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”

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      1 month ago

      Don’t kill him. Just tax him like they would with a normal working person. That would throw him into a world of sufferung.

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        No, he’s a traitor and definitely needs to be executed. The last time their was an attempted coup in the US by wealthy businessmen the traitors all went free. That bullshit needs to stop.

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            1 month ago

            fuck the taxes. just seize all his assets. everything ‘he’ owns is now government property, debt-free.

            if the banks don’t like it, they can do their part to never let this happen again.

            I mean, that’s what a government that existed for the people would have already done. so maybe we should stop relying on a fictional government to save us?

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          A traitor to whom? South Africa? He seems to be doing a fine job for his country. More room on the global stage for them with Murca out of the picture.

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            He’s legally a US citizen bro. You swear an oath of allegiance to the US when you are naturalized.

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              1 month ago

              Musk stated that his immigration path included “a gray area” regarding his work eligibility in Silicon Valley during his early career.

              I don’t even think he has a green card.

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        It isn’t just him. The whole oligarchy have understand that the guillotine is being prepared and that they are next.

        Then maybe they will pretend to not be assholes, and thus save themselves.

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      Just every day some little misfortunes to balance out karma like wet sleeves after washing hands, occasionally stepping into dog crap, marmalade toast falling on the floor upside down, a few paper cuts, stepping onto lego barefoot, mobile phone falling into toilet bowl and so on.

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        Whoa whoa whoa, wishing death upon someone is one thing, but wanting them to step on a lego barefoot? You’re a monster.