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> I'm really wanting to understand where this view comes from.

Musk's free advice for Ukraine is to submit to Russia. Ukraine advised Musk to "fuck off": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/04/zelenskiy-hits...

But Russia loved him for it: https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-loves-elon-musk-now

Musk's free advice for Taiwan is to submit to China: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/08/elon-musk...

Musk says China rocks and the US is full of complacency and entitlement: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-ro...

He ridiculously called California's covid measures fascist: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21242102/elon-musk-corona...

But had Tesla praise China's covid measures because Tesla "believed Shanghai's COVID-19 measures helped lay the foundation for the city's future development": https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-...

Musk voted for Mayra Flores, an election denier and January 6th conspiracy theorist:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536973965394157569

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-drifti...

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/23/politics/mayra-flores-cap...

Musk spreads conspiracy theories himself: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/elon-musk...

Musk fires employees when they disagree with him, publicly or privately. So much for his free speech absolutism: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/15/23460729/elon-musk-fire-...

Then Musk had a laugh about it in public. He enjoys it: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1592569305941807104

Musk is showing you who and what he is. Believe him.

parent clouddrover 3 years ago

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