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    We all owe Elon a huge debt of gratitude for thoroughly destroying the “billionaire genius” and “great man” myths we’ve been obsessed with and attributed to many unworthy people for years.

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        He wants people to like him like the fanatics love Trump. He doesn’t know how to generate that attention, much less how to create affection, so he and others like him copy Trump to try to recreate that fanaticism.

        Articles like this feed that craving for attention so he keeps making an ass out of himself for the views.

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          I think it’s the vague incoherence of Trumpfs ramblings that give him an edge, it allows him lots of forgiveness with his base because they say “he mustn’t have meant it like that.” Where if someone like Elon misspeaks he has no excuse. That and as destructive and inept at being president as Trumpf was he could be seen as disarming with his childish fun side where as Elons past actions follow him and he comes off as a jerk when he’s having fun.

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            Fortunately we don’t have to worry about Musk becoming president.

            Fortunately further, we can also eliminate changing that from the GOPs goals.

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              Not president on earth anyway. It’s kind of funny and sad that the only place he could become president is on a distant planet in a place he paid for everything.

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                Nah, I highly doubt he’d risk the exposure to radiation.

                As much as he might like to paint himself as the man to bring humanity to the stars, it won’t happen. Not in his lifetime, anyway.

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      He comes from apartheid. It’s not an “immigrant” thing, it’s a skin color thing.

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    How do you put a cowboy hat on backwards? Shit has tags, stitches on the inside, specific head shape, formed crown usually… what a gimp

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    I was going to post something worthwhile, but I’m just so sick of seeing Elon and his bullshit all over the Internet. There isn’t anything tangible he produces that affects me in any way.

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    This is why most corporations have PR teams. Trying to convince folks of blatant lies like, “I’m just a regular guy, with the same concerns as other plebs”, is not as easy as it looks.

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      It’s difficult, I mean he ha been trying too, but Mars is quite far away.

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    The joke is that SpaceX/Starbase is already on the Texas/Mexico border. People in Mexico were watching the Starship launch a few months ago. He’s very frequently by the border already.

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    Asshat ăs′hăt″ noun A contemptible or detestable person. A clumsy or socially inept person. An obnoxiously ignorant person; a fool.

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    I get the feeling he is going to go for the Republican presidential ticket when the Trump train ends.

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      Musk is not a natural born citizen of the USA, so he can’t even run as a candidate. Same as Schwarzenegger, the Simpsons lied to us. I can see Musk run for Texas governor though.