Paul KrugmanIdle thoughts on the Muskopalypse, crypto and all that. How much is about midlife crises among formerly cool tech bros? 1/
Mares@pkrugman His feelings got hurt. Also, He's a narcissist.
AgentCooper@pkrugman it's about X the final merged company of all his companies
Some of these companies are built on excitement alone and promises alone
Some of it is based on foreign states and subsidies
Biresite is a mass indoctrination outlet
X is meant to be a state like entity
The ideal libertarian / tech bro stateless state where no rules apply
There is a plan it's just of comic book level, man boy level complexity
Ateriath@pkrugman Paul, my man, Mastodon supports threading you know. Loving this series, but it’s all individual posts.
Robin@pkrugman I think you’re giving him way too much slack and thought. He’s a white cis male megalomaniac with no soul. Just ask the thousands of employees he fired during the holiday season.
Adam Ierymenko@pkrugman this may be pretty spot on. Elon in particular seems to be having a giant episode after his cool younger girlfriend left him. Unfortunately nothing makes you look decrepit and old more than trying to act like a kid over 50.
Nathaniel Swigger@pkrugman one of the keys to my adulthood happiness was the realization that I am not cool, will never be cool, and there’s no point in trying. So much better to be a person instead of a persona
omshantishanti@pkrugman Rich have different type of midlife crisis! It's not about big toys or young trophies. It's about getting respect. They jump into politics to prove people love them still.
tsomof (your majesty)@pkrugman Listen jerk, as you desire to inflate the currency to support those at the top, if I stand pat with USD in savings you destroy 8% of it's value for the greater good & the fucking wealth gap continues to grow & I have to flee the country for better prices.
Crypto is in a normal 4 year cycle. it always drops 85% of all time highs. This is one of the few un-manipulated tools i have to store wealth because people like you want a kill everyone's wealth & indenture future generations for today's comforts.
Now, stay away from cryptocurrencies, #bitcoin & #monero thank you very much.
ExtremeRay@ExtremeRay @pkrugman Do you have a lightning wallet? I'll transfer 5 sats to you if you message me on session app. How to do this I'll leave your deduction abilities to prove you think. Let me know on this tread when you have messaged me.
#Bitcoin & #Monero are far from useless or the dark markets wouldn't use it. This test shuts up every skeptic.
@tsomof @pkrugman I appreciate the offer but no thanks. It is true that the dark market partially uses bitcoin but this is negligible. People buy bitcoin because they think they can sell it to a better price later. It will never be a true currency: It does not scale and proof of work is a stupid concept for a currency. not even the salvadorians are really using bitcoin
Tristram Baumber@tsomof Why do you care what Paul Krugman or the US dollar is doing? Isn't the whole point of putting your money in an "un-manipulated tool" that you're free of having to worry about manipulations?
@tritbaumber PTSD from having to build a new currency because Paul is a jerk.