• porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    yes, i agree with all that. but lots of people, maybe millions of them (one in a hundred people being an asshole is not really overstating it…) would love to scam the government and don’t succeed as much

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      1 day ago

      It’s really really not difficult.

      And he didn’t get to that scale by being good. He got there by starting rich. By knowing the language and cultural values of high-umami homonids, and having a shit ton of daddy’s money to do it. Any skill was his father, errol musk, either in exploitation or the use of his dick. Baby Leo’s just reaping the rewards, with about the same level of scamminess youd use you get fake food stamps and build a game breaking d&d character from an online guide.

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        1 day ago

        i think that’s kind of a dangerous attitude. plenty of nasty fucks have a couple million dollars, every single small-town republican politician and racist car salesman in america would love to do what musk has done. it’s not good to underestimate your enemies. on the plus side he is becoming deranged enough to take himself out sometime soon (fingers crossed)