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      Would love an interview from his “best friends” from childhood. I’m sure their recollections would match perfectly

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      Maybe. Or perhaps they’re just not hiding the shit others keep under the wraps of decorum.

      Edit: despite the down vote dogpile confirmation bias everyone is doing, I’m stating that Musk is too rich to care if he appears racist. I’m not supporting him.

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        So instead of focusing on the people with power and money and 13 kids and is a NAZI instead you’ll throw every other human under to bus to protect Elon ?

        Cool cool cool

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        Don’t take it personally. It’s been my experience that people generally can’t accept the harsh truths of reality and instead choose to get upset or offended.

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    As if the bar for the “I have lots of black friends” defense couldn’t go any lower.

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    The worst kind of slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realised by those who suffered from it - Oscar Wilde

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        Everyone had a few black servants growing up, especially those of us who lived in a very well-run, law-abiding country with virtually no crime at all. Therefore we don’t need DEI programs.

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      Just because he’s a clueless fool with connections who hasn’t invented anything (except maybe a truck where the sides fall off) doesn’t mean he’s not a “technologist.” He’s just as smart as smart as every other “effective altruist” or “networked state” moron.

      You may be too young but remember when AOL had a highly paid “Digital Prophet” who was about as close to an actual clown as you could get without floppy clown shoes?

      For the record, the network state movement means “seceding from the union.” And it won’t go any better for them than when Seasteading enthusiasts found out pirates exist.

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    I met an enslave as a baby in Mexico. It was my great grandma’s sister (one of the several we all are supposed to have had). I have a photo of hers as a 30 or 40 year old. She looks pissed. I’m guessing she probably didn’t like the experience.

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      He can’t do many things. Going to the mars for example. Or building a self driving cars. And soooo much more.