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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Genuine retard, it always was genuine retard

[–] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 128 points 2 days ago (7 children)

None of them are geniuses, it's just really hard to lose at capitalism when you have capital.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Its a human blind spot. A lot of people confuse wealth for intelligence. In lower socio-economic levels, succeeding involves a lot of intelligence. Its a fucking struggle. Lots of fish trying to eat each other and take what little resources we have. One fuck up and it's all over. So anyone that is succeeding is also someone that with enough intelligence to foresee pitfalls and avoid them or escape with their wealth.

Those values are used to evaluate the people at the top which are swimming in a whole different pond. The neopotism and safety nets built into the upper crust of society is not part of the calculation that a lot of people use to factor into how they see these people. They still apply the same dog eat dog mentality to the upper crust of society.

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Genuinely a retard and yes that is the correct word and stop trying to police it.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't forget completely mismanaging Twitter, and turning it into even more of a cesspool.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

that may have been entirely or mostly intentional, because it's now 100% a right-wing propaganda machine and it got Trump elected

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Don't forget the lying. He always always lies to sell his shit, always has for decades now, and it works, people always lapped yo every dumb bullshit that came out of his mouth

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if Kimball, Leon's brother, is involved and quietly working behind the scenes.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

does he somehow hate success too?

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 326 points 3 days ago (29 children)

Nobody has done more to disprove the "Rich people are smarter than everyone else" idea.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 174 points 3 days ago (24 children)

Remember a decade ago when he was being lauded as our time's Einstein?

........ Hahahahahahaha

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[–] Iambus@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (9 children)

He already has fuck you money so he doesn't give any fucks.

[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 28 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Are you serious? He wants people to think he’s cool SO bad it’s genuinely so pathetic lol. All the other billionaires you could say that. But Elon is so desperate for people to think he’s this funny cool based guy it’s hilarious

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[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (19 children)

I wonder if the trump cult also now hates him after saying he was the goat for the last 6 months.

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[–] fadhl3y@feddit.uk 30 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Next stop: Build an underwater city.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago

I wish more billionaires would get on those... and visit WW1 era military shipwrecks...

spoilerThe reason why that is a terrible idea is because during WW1, many naval artillery shells used picric acid as an explosive filler, picric acid reacts readily with metals to form highly sensitive picrate salts that are very sensitive to detonation upon being disturbed. Meaning messing with them even slightly has a significant risk of a massive underwater explosion happening. WW1 era military shipwrecks are strictly off limits to divers for that very reason.

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[–] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The thing is, this turd burgler could lose millions a day for the rest of his life and still retire more well-off than just about anybody. When's the last time a truly filthy rich person ended up in the gutter?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

If his wealth were a US treasury bond, he'd have to spend at least $50,000,000 every DAY in order to not still keep getting richer.

Take a moment to think about how difficult it is to spend $50,000,000. If I gave you 24 hours to do it using Brewster's Millions rules, you'd struggle.

There is no good reason for billionaires to exist.

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