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He’s since deleted the post, but in a followup comment he mentioned the irony of talking about becoming a warlord using a picture of Max, a noted warlord killer.
As typical for all right-wingers, Musk is utterly incapable of critically examining art.
Moron billionaire class. Think they’ll survive the collapse of humanity in their bunkers. The reality being they will be murdered by their staff on day one.
Or simply die in a flood since they can’t fix the pump.
That’s what the bomb collars are for.
“I don’t really like the bomb collar, but the pay is good and I get an hour for lunch.”
Praetorian guards again, go figure
So he’s admitting to ruining everything and being a sexist piece of shit at the same time? Well done for being masterfully evil asshole. Satan high fives you for some style points on this one Elon.
Musk’s power only comes from his wealth. That wealth is in a currency that is tied directly to the world’s trust in the US government. That trust is being very quickly diminished. If things get ‘Mad Max’ bad all of his wealth will be absolutely worthless.
Well most of that wealth is in the Tesla meme-stock, whose valuation he uses as collateral for credit, encompassing various nonsense-ventures, the roadster that never materialised, the electric articulated truck with thermonuclear-proof windscreen that doesn’t exist, a Mars colony that cannot possibly happen while observing the laws of physics as we understand them, a fake remote controlled robot, self-driving cars without the necessary sensor and a whole host of other stuff that was obviously complete lies to anybody that even paid a little bit of attention.
There is a whole host of people who facilitated Musk’s rise to power, from billionaire-owned media outlets failing to question his bullshit, to $TSLA owners who have probably profited quite handsomely in the last few months. But I suppose that is the nature of capitalism laid bare - I’ll get mine and fuck you.
If it is true that one of China’s policies, with regard to beating America over the last and coming decades, was ‘do nothing and win’ we can see exactly why through Musk’s story.
Don’t worry, that’s what Dogecoin is for! 🤡
The vast majority of his wealth is stock market speculation, not even US currency.
If it comes down to it, Elon’s own security boys will lug him in the back of the head.
Was he the one who said he’d put explosive collars on his guards?
I hope he films the process of him trying to get death collars onto a a team of expensive security guards so that future archaeologists can have a laugh
Hahaha you’ll be the first taco Tuesday Musk.
Who is this guy to have known several warlords? My guess is he’s either a glowie or a journalist.
Edit: Survey says journalist! Thank you to everyone who answered.
To this guy’s point, yeah, it’s hilarious that Elon fancies himself a survivor.
Robert Evans is a bisexual Texas guy who decided he was going to report on war, so talked his way onto a military plane with other reporters as a stringer when Beirut was a place for barracks bombing. An experienced combat photographer took him under his wing and kept him alive. Evans has walked on concrete smelling the crushed dead from the collapsed structures. I know all this from memory (correct me if I messed anything up) because I researched his background a bit, because his “It Could Happen Here” podcast - about how a US civil war would go down - is very articulate and savvy, and I was curious how he gained that insight.
The only thing more articulate and savvy could possibly be the products and services that support his program. If you lurk on Lemmy, Robert, glad you’re here. Always wished I could hear a conversation between you and Robert Baer for a few hours… partially because I would expect only the best alcohol and other substances to be served in that room.
holy shit ive been listening to btb for a while now but never heard the story of how robert got his start in war journalism
He also personally knows guests who have gotten away with murder on one of his podcasts
Hot dogs drive people to the brink of madness. It was inevitable.
Only the finest gas station heroin.
Behind the Bastards is great! It’s like The Dollop but for the worst people in history.
Coolzone media is all fantastic.
For current events there’s It Could Happen Here and Executive Disorder (sub series of ICHH, weekly analysis of Trump admin)
He did a lot of coverage of the protests back in 2020 in Portland.
He’s also an amazing author: After The Revolution (fictional sci-fi American civil war, free to listen audiobook on the link) and his older A Brief History Of Vice (he talks about historic drug use and personally tries out all the weird ways people did drugs, very funny)
Evans is the kind of guy to book his own ticket to a war zone and hope he gets paid for his reporting afterward. I have no idea if he’s ever done that, but he has that vibe. As others said, I think he’s a “journalist”, in a positive way.
edit: he did a whole series about Syria, way way before recent developments. “The Women’s War”. and Jake Hanrahan. I remember they paid a driver who kept giving them terrible cigarettes.
He’s literally done that before and been shot at by Isis snipers as part of it.
i do remember him trying to downplay it
Robert Evans does Behind the Bastards podcast, and has also reported on conflicts in Iraq, Ukraine, and Rojava, amongst lots of other things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Evans_(journalist)?wprov=sfla1
Also just started listening to a podcast he has called The Women’s War. Seems very good
I listened to that right as trump pulled support for Rojava. Depressing af at the time but also hopeful.
Do behind the police next.
Behind the bastards is the regular twice weekly. I also love Margret killjoys Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Then all the Coolzone media podcasts. They’re all very good.
Former cracked.com editor. Show some respect.
He’s seen more than most of us will witness in a lifetime.
Who is this guy to have known several warlords?
He might just live in or near a very particular region of Africa or perhaps the middle eastern mountains.
Hes a conflict journalist with years of experience in the field
Ah dang, I lost the pool.
I fucking love Robert Evans. BTB has consumed dozens of hours of my time.
Sidenote, of course this chode doesn’t acknowledge that he and his peers are unbelievably culpable in the downfall of society and probably the planet.
Of course they do, why do you think Peter Thiel has NZ citizenship?
Why do you think musk dabbles in Neuralink?
Using Max himself as the guy with warlord potential is kinda weird considering he has passed on the opportunity every time.
Yeah I haven’t personally known warlords but I’ve been close enough to know the type and he ain’t it. They would be picking bits of him out of their teeth with toothpicks by the end of day one.
Yeah. Being part of a corrupt kakistocracy, in a highly visible role, but not smart or tough enough to survive outside out your cushy trust fund corruption environment, is honestly one of the absolute worst places to be. You’d be better off as “prison inmate” or “homeless person.” Literally anything else.
i hope you write that down, as much as you can remember, and get it out there
