I don’t know. I’m reserving judgment about Musk. We tend to assume that wealthy people (heck, most people) want power. And that may be true in many or even most cases. But sometimes, what we think drives people or should drive people isn’t the reality. Like when leftists say that they don’t understand why rural poor people vote Republica…
I don’t know. I’m reserving judgment about Musk. We tend to assume that wealthy people (heck, most people) want power. And that may be true in many or even most cases. But sometimes, what we think drives people or should drive people isn’t the reality. Like when leftists say that they don’t understand why rural poor people vote Republican, because it’s against their “own interests”. They assume the driving force and motivation is money. When actually, for a lot of these people, freedom and being left alone to do their own thing is far more important.
Musk is kind of an odd bird though. I think there is a chance he might be motivated by other things. Again, reserving judgment because I agree it is certainly possible he’s jockeying for power but I am not seeing it so far.
He's in bed with the permanent state, getting fleeced with many millions of our tax dollars. He wants transhumanism. He's evil, pure and simple. Don't be fooled.
Same here. Seems like it's not a good thing to become a blind follower of any one person these days. Musk is playing a useful, arguably important role these days, but it's also important to be mindful of the fact that whatever drives him, he is looking out for himself first of all. This is true for virtually everyone: looking out for #1. But in the overall picture, a lot of people will contribute important bits and pieces to overcoming all the elite monsters. If it ever happens, that is.
Well said. And people are generally not all good or all evil, even the best, most ethical and upright people people are flawed and make mistakes, so we should observe their actions and note whether it’s mostly good or mostly bad and act/evaluate accordingly.
I don’t know. I’m reserving judgment about Musk. We tend to assume that wealthy people (heck, most people) want power. And that may be true in many or even most cases. But sometimes, what we think drives people or should drive people isn’t the reality. Like when leftists say that they don’t understand why rural poor people vote Republican, because it’s against their “own interests”. They assume the driving force and motivation is money. When actually, for a lot of these people, freedom and being left alone to do their own thing is far more important.
Musk is kind of an odd bird though. I think there is a chance he might be motivated by other things. Again, reserving judgment because I agree it is certainly possible he’s jockeying for power but I am not seeing it so far.
He's in bed with the permanent state, getting fleeced with many millions of our tax dollars. He wants transhumanism. He's evil, pure and simple. Don't be fooled.
I’m not fooled. I don’t hail him as a hero, I am just reserving judgment about his motivations. I will wait and see what he does.
Same here. Seems like it's not a good thing to become a blind follower of any one person these days. Musk is playing a useful, arguably important role these days, but it's also important to be mindful of the fact that whatever drives him, he is looking out for himself first of all. This is true for virtually everyone: looking out for #1. But in the overall picture, a lot of people will contribute important bits and pieces to overcoming all the elite monsters. If it ever happens, that is.
Well said. And people are generally not all good or all evil, even the best, most ethical and upright people people are flawed and make mistakes, so we should observe their actions and note whether it’s mostly good or mostly bad and act/evaluate accordingly.