For years, the media built up Elon Musk and got the public to buy into the myth of his genius. Now the truth of who he is can’t be hidden and changing how they cover Musk isn’t enough.
The media failed us. They not only need to inform the public about the harms of Musk’s empire, but change how they cover the entire tech industry so another grifter can’t replicate his rise. They owe us nothing less.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-medias-failure-on-elon-musk
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Just wait until it's people dying instead of wildlife. I'll bet it's going to happen.
From the very first day I heard they were privatizing space travel, I knew it was going to have some terrible unplanned side effects. Privatization is always bad for everything except investors.
If you or I went into a state park and incinerated 4 acres and killed a pile of protected wildlife, we would face all sorts of fines, or even prison.
But Elon Musk gets to kill whatever he wants, with no consequence.
Choose which word to eradicate for a period of 6 months. #peace
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@StillIRise1963 My two cents: Like most rich people, dude thinks he's inherently better than everyone else. So the most fitting punishment would be to treat him like any other schmuck they don't know from Adam.
Secret Service? Post them undercover as regular prison guards. Obviously, he'll know they're there (and claim they aren't) but he'll never know which ones they are.
Will never happen but I can dream.
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