I did not see this published outside of India. But not sure why. It’s all based on Xitter.

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    ive been living with a combination of drugs depression and stress for most of my life and im not a megalomaniac asshole billionaire hellbent on destroying the country…

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    Homeboys scams are coming to an end and those will destroy him, so he is trying to destroy America instead and has found useful greedy idiots to help.

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    I did not see this published outside of India. But not sure why. It’s all based on Xitter.

    American media is 50% terrified of criticizing him and losing access, and 50% complicit.

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    Elon? Going mad? How is that possible, the guy’s been mad since the beginning. He’s a narcicitic asshole who can’t handle that not everyone loves him and believes his lies so he turns super evil. I know OD on ketamine is hard, but I hope he’ll try, and if he succeeds, it will be his first accomplishment which is actually good for this world.

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    Given how this douche canoe acts, and the damage he’s done lately, I just hope he finds himself in a very slow, painful decline and maybe he’ll snap while in the oval office with first lady Trump.

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      No no no… we want a very RAPID decline to minimize the damage. If he were on his own, it’d be different but this is a time I’d rather minimize the suffering for everyone.

      I’m still down for the painful one at least.

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    Wealth doesn’t heal old wounds. You can be the most powerful man in the world and not feel in control.

    He needs a good therapist not a biographer.

    Just when I was starting to feel some sympathy for him I googled “Elon Musk therapy” and this was the first thing to come up…

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      I do think he has stress, but it’s self-induced. He’s clearly mentally unwell. Honestly, makes me think of that BoJack Horseman episode where you hear his inner monologue throughout the show and it’s just things comments directed at himself like, “you piece of shit.”, “You’re so fat”, etc.

      Not an excuse at all for his actions, but I do really think that’s what’s going on. He hates himself. Needs constant validation. But no amount of validation is going to soothe his inner monologue. So he’s spiraling while his stress continues to grow.

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      drug induced stress. cocaine making him stay up all day making hundreds of tweets every few days.

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    Imagine having more money than anyone’s ever had

    Being stressed, depressed, drug addicted, and an actual Nazi.

    Times like this I think about Enya. Yeah, Enya. Where’s she been? In a fucking castle. With a fuck ton of kitties.

    She made her millions and said “oh golly, I don’t need to do much of anything anymore. And I quite like castles and kittens.”

    She didn’t say “what can I do to make more people like me?” And then please the most hateful people on earth. How are these paths even a choice one has to ponder? Go fuck off in a castle full of cats.

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      It’s kinda crazy to me because let’s say you do want to be the most beloved person on earth AND you have more money than anyone ever, you could do that?

      Like at one point musk said if there was a plan to end world hunger in 6 billion dollars he would do it, and of course he didn’t… But if he did, a small fraction of his infinite wealth would be gone, but people would have loved him.

      If, Tesla actually produced a fully self-driving electric car that was better and cheaper than anything else, he’d have even more fans than he currently does.

      If, he actually created high speed mass transit, instead of whatever the fucking “hyperloop” thing he made is.

      He could have done probably all of this for the price of twitter, but nah instead he had to go be a nazi.

      Doing like even half this list would make him beloved by the average person who isn’t too interested in him. They’d see all the good he does and say “That’s what a billionaire should be.” and not do any digging. It’s honestly batshit insane to me that someone can say “everyone hates me and it makes me sad but I’m not going to do anything about this because clearly they are the ones that are wrong.”

      Like how do you fuck it up so bad. The first time I heard of the guy I bought into that “elon musk is ironman” persona thing, and now he’s just a crazed nazi I want nothing to do with.

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        all that turned out to be scams, his charities, the hyperloop was meant to stop california from developing thier own fast rail system.

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        This is the difference between the ultra-wealthy of the gilded age and today. Those of the gilded age built things with their wealth for the public, so they wouldn’t turn against them. Today they think they’re untouchable. They hoard their wealth and don’t try to do anything with it.

        Yet, the gilded age came to an end with regulations, because they were amassing too much wealth. They only had a small fraction of what the ultra-wealthy today have. Something needs to be done about them, and the government isn’t taking action…

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        Narcissism, ego, and wealth create one hell of a combination.

        He wants to be worshipped by the masses, but he’s also the kind of person who needs to appear powerful and can’t stand being in any position but first. He has to be the richest person while also being the most adored, and he isn’t willing to sacrifice anything to achieve the latter.

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        Like at one point musk said if there was a plan to end world hunger in 6 billion dollars he would do it, and of course he didn’t… But if he did, a small fraction of his infinite wealth would be gone, but people would have loved him.

        Not just that, but an NGO said we could do it in that budget and he bought Twitter with the money instead

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        For him it was his parents and South Africa. Drugs + environmental influence is the guaranteed way to create a monster.

        Basically his entire childhood he understood that there are two classes of people: the people who earned something, and the other is the rest of us. People who look different, have to work, or talk funny.

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      Turns out, having obscene levels of wealth and power is really bad for your psyche.

      We talk a lot about taxing billionaires for the good of the 99%, but it would do wonders for the well-being of the 1% as well.

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      We were just having a similar discussion, though not about Enya. My position was if I had a billion dollars, you know what I would do? I’d recreate Hogwarts Castle. I’m not even a huge Harry Potter fan and hate what’s-her-name, but how cool would it be to live in a beautiful movie set house the size of a small town?

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        unlike jk rowling using her wealth and fame to become a “terf”, i think shes buddy buddy with musk too. she must be constantly depressed and stressed from that too. and many pointed out her books are actually low-key her prejudices. also family guy has pointed this issue out 2 different cutscenes too.

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        I’d make sure I had enough money to live comfortably, travel lots, etc. Then I would get busy trying to give the rest of it away.