Summary

At a Wisconsin rally, Elon Musk complained about personal attacks and financial losses tied to his role as head of the DOGE.

He insisted he’s not stealing from Social Security, saying it’s actually costing him money—citing Tesla stock’s sharp drop.

Musk whined about Governor Tim Walz mocking the stock’s decline, calling him “a big jerk.”

Despite the criticism, Musk is pouring millions into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, while lamenting the pressure he faces for pushing controversial reforms.

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    1 month ago

    He knows perfectly well why.

    He’s gaslighting so the people who hate him hate him louder, which he can then use as validation that they’re crazy or irrational.

    It’s fucking disgusting and obvious as hell. He deserves all of the shit thrown at him and he knows it but doesn’t care because he doesn’t have to face any real consequences for it, so he escalates.

    Everyone’s anger is his weapon against them, sadly because his supporters are dumb enough to go with it. He needs tangible consequences or else this will just keep getting worse.

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      I’m not certain that’s true. Even if he knew it was bullshit at some point. If you surround yourself with bullshit you stop being able to smell it.

      You can come to believe a lie you tell yourself long enough and hard enough. He is surrounded by enablers who are also lying to themselves.

      It doesn’t matter what he believes. He does need consequences.

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    Earn friends by firing tens of thousands of people. It should have been so simple, what could have possibly gone wrong?

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    Why doesn’t anybody like me? I don’t understand.
    Guess I’ll have to crawl inside, and I don’t know why
    I’m sitting by myself, when the problem isn’t mine

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    1 month ago

    If his critical thinking is proportional to the way he talks (and I’m not referring to his accent), it makes sense that he doesn’t have any clue on the reason why

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    Fun fact, Solar City, a company owned by Elon musk, is infamous for signing people up for lengthy solar panel leases and refusing to repair them if they break.

    Right now, without China, solar would be unaffordable by anyone but the rich in America.

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    I’m surprised he’s even willing to indicate he cares. Well…cares about anything past his falling stock price and burning swasticars.

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      Because his ego is the one thing he actually does care about, it’s so painfully obvious and pathetic tbh.

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    Maybe he doesn’t know because he refuses to listen to anyone who criticizes him, banning them on Twitter and calling them paid actors in public events.

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    It still surprises me someone with that complete of a lack of self awareness manages to get dressed without injuring themselves.

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    1 month ago

    This just in: man who despises empathy struggles to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.