Aaron Ross Powell ☸️There's always a tweet.
It's fascinating how completely Elon Musk has stepped into Trump's old role on Twitter. It's not just that he's the most referenced and discussed character, but that he is held up as the paragon of power, cleverness, and manhood by his rather dim fans, while being university made fun of as thin-skinned, impulsive, and rather dim himself by everyone else, all while he seems entirely lacking in self-awareness or, really, dignity. He's basically Trump's social media twin.
JDS@arossp Elon retreating to his failing social network to redirect the narrative over what % boos he received was my “seeing double” moment
Navigator Pirx@arossp One major difference - Trump got all the publicity for free, while Musk flushed 45 bln down the toilet and is selling Tesla shares to pay off creditors.
Trump was exploiting someone else's platform. Musk is torching his own.
Dmytro Morykit Music@navigatorpirx @arossp follow the money,where is it coming from?
toxtethogrady@arossp The truth about that is that he adopted the crypto coins, and the crypto followers all glommed onto him and treat him as a god (witness this statue, which is even more egregious than the gold Trump statue that was brought into CPAC). The Trumpsters think his purchase of Twitter is going to own the libs (this time, for sure!), which is why Mastodon is so upsetting to them...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/26/elon-musk-cryptocurrency-goat-statue/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/26/elon-musk-cryptocurrency-goat-statue/
Thomas🙂 @arossp The New Top Troll Spoils Trump’s Comeback https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-17/elon-musk-replaces-donald-trump-as-top-attention-getter
panthermodernThat said, Trump was his own character, a populist imbecile blowhard writ larger than life. Elon is simply trying to emulate a Rick and Morty alt-right stan, and is at best middling at it.
@arossp he's tremendously lonely, so he is trying to imitate the people who want to be his friend.
@arossp however who is bank rolling the useful idiot?
Laces@arossp
Remember the "Kanye, Elon, Trump" tweet? All 3 are self proclaimed geniuses who seek drama and attention. They're narcissists. Fascists love narcissists and agree to be a loyal fan base as long as you let them be as awful as they want. It's all so obvious and predictably unpredictable.
Remember the "Kanye, Elon, Trump" tweet? All 3 are self proclaimed geniuses who seek drama and attention. They're narcissists. Fascists love narcissists and agree to be a loyal fan base as long as you let them be as awful as they want. It's all so obvious and predictably unpredictable.
Marc Jacobs@arossp Well said.
Be interesting to see real interviews of other recently minted billionaires, to see how many are this narcissistic & incoherent. I imagine the fraction is large.
paper@arossp also there is a nontrivial, looming possibility he will appoint jared kushner to an important role
TopKnot@arossp
Ouch. But I can't say I disagree with your assessment.
Ouch. But I can't say I disagree with your assessment.
Dan Sugalski@arossp I suspect it's the nature of this role -- you *have* to be this weird mix of arrogant cluelessness, bravado, and snake-oil salesman to fill it. Anyone with even a tiny bit more sense than Musk or Trump will nope the hell out of the whole mess as a very bad deal.
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