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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Summary

Republicans’ efforts to portray Elon Musk as a MAGA martyr are failing, as his victim narrative struggles to resonate with conservative audiences.

Musk’s controversial statements and perceived elitism, including his complaints of being targeted by Democrats, have alienated even right-wing supporters.

Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand, and Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings, especially on economic issues.

Attempts to rally sympathy for Musk, including his emotional Fox News appearance, have largely backfired.

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[-] KALDON@lemm.ee 128 points 4 months ago

Hope he never has another moment of peace.

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 110 points 4 months ago

I don't want you dead, Elon. I want you to be penniless and without anyone willing to loan you money anymore.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 83 points 4 months ago

I don't want you dead, Elon.

Let's not be hasty, now.

[-] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 51 points 4 months ago

Nah, they're right. Dead people can't suffer.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

While he certainly deserves to suffer proportional to the suffering he's causing, top priority is stop him from causing more - if that means he ends up taking a bullet in a manner that renders him incapable of processing what's happening, I'll still count that as a good start.

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[-] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I don't care if he's dead or not. I just never want to have to hear that stupid Twitter guy say another word. I'm at the point where a single sentence from him makes me cringe enough to throw my phone across the room. Dead or irrelevant makes no difference to me. Just wish he was gone. Go to Mars already idiot.

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[-] Stepskippin@lemmy.world 89 points 4 months ago

I don't want him dead. I want him poor enough to need a gofundme when his drug abuse takes its toll.

[-] Azal@pawb.social 15 points 4 months ago

"All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."

-Clarence Darrow

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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 69 points 4 months ago

"Wahhhh! People I've demonized and repeatedly talk down to don't like me! Just because I'm destroying any positive programs the government has and taking your future safety nets away doesn't mean we can't still be friends!"

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 60 points 4 months ago

The people Musk told that empathy was bad don't have any empathy for Musk?

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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

I don't want to kill Musk, but I'm not going to shed any tears about anything bad that happens to him or any other racist, fascist piece of shit.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Don't kill him. Just tax him like they would with a normal working person. That would throw him into a world of sufferung.

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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 52 points 4 months ago

All Americans worthy of the name want to kill Nazis.

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[-] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 51 points 4 months ago

What a whining fucking maggot. Elon and that whole cohort of cowardly cunts are destroying education, Social Security, international relations, food safety, financial security, and any kind of safety net for the tens of millions of people who will fall through the cracks and die because of their greed. Yeah, no fucking shit people want you dead. It's not out of spite, or jealousy, or political differences. It's self preservation.

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[-] Nunar@lemmy.world 50 points 4 months ago

People cheer at the news that Tesla dealerships are burning. That isn't because they hate Tesla, it's because Musk is an insufferable piece of shit. He solidified his legacy of trash when he went alt-right. He's now the villain and always will be

[-] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

And the fucker revels being a villain. CPAC appearance on stage with a chainsaw, telling Bob Iger to go fuck himself, Nazi salutes, the list goes on... His brain is obviously mush, but I kinda wonder how he thought this was going to play out for his companies any other way than it has.

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[-] SoleInvictus 13 points 4 months ago

I own a Tesla and I cheer at the news. While I don't particularly want someone to burn mine before it sells, I wouldn't begrudge whoever did it.

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[-] Zink@programming.dev 46 points 4 months ago

He is such a ridiculous asswipe that it seems like he’s doing it on purpose to help distract from other billionaires falling in line or random horrible shit the administration is doing.

I doubt it’s an act, and I suspect he’s really just that much of an asswipe, but damn.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

He's one of the most prominent disconnected individuals out there. It's almost certainly not an act, he's just an idiot. One of the most powerful and influential idiots that has ever existed, unfortunately...

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[-] rational_lib@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don't want Elon dead, I want him to go bankrupt, fail at creating some NRx corporate dictatorship so hard that he brings about a socialist utopia, and then end up getting the drug and mental health treatment he so badly needs for free, eventually issuing an apology for becoming such an asshole and proceeding to live out the rest of his days giving Ted talks around the theme of how being the richest person on earth was the most miserable time of his life.

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[-] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 44 points 4 months ago

A core principal of a martyr is being widely liked. No one gives a shit about this dude. Even the people who he surrounds himself with don't give a flying fuck about the dude. Musk himself makes every interaction with him transactional. Add in his default behavior of being an 11 year old edgelord wrapped in a 50 something whale body with hair plugs that's awkward as fuck to be around, and yeah it's not hard to see why nobody likes this fucking billionaire with attachment issues.

Dude needs to ditch the ketamine and perhaps get actual therapy. And actually having a better diet and exercise regimen wouldn't hurt either.

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[-] TheDeadlySquid@lemm.ee 43 points 4 months ago

She’d a tear for the billionaire as he dismantles our social safety net to give his cronies a tax break.

[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

There isn't much of a safety net to dismantle, but he'll find a way.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 42 points 4 months ago

Musk: Acts like a Nazi

Society: "A good Nazi is a dead Nazi."

Musk: "Y U DO THIS"

[-] webadict@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

Imagine saying "They basically want me dead." and then wearing your child as a human shield. Father of the year.

[-] Elkot@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago

In Scotland we have a word for people like Elon, cunt

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

i mean, what did he expect if he threatens to slash social security? any attempt to slash social security is a declaration of war to the civil class; and if you're declaring war, you better be ready to die.

how can we respect their lifes if they don't respect our lifes?

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[-] CosmicJoker@lemm.ee 32 points 4 months ago

Elon Musk and Trump are both traitors to Americs and deserve the maximum sentence for treason.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings

Wow, you have to be a special kind of shitty to actually hurt Trump's image, rather than the other way around.

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[-] Norgoroth@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

"GO FUCK YOURSELF." - Elon Musk

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

They say things like this because their base wants to kill people they dislike. Most people don't want to kill people they dislike, they want them to win three Guinness World Records for longest lasting, least operable, and largest hemorrhoids.

[-] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 21 points 4 months ago

And what will the Republicans do if it is discovered that Tesla was manipulating and committing fraud in its accounts?

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[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago

I mean, I don't want to kill Musk, but I would certainly toast his obituary. The world would objectively be a better place without him on it.

[-] ugtug@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Oligarchs deserve what's coming. The Oligarchs are trying to convince the people they don't have rights. At first the people will peacefully demand the restoration of the constitutional order. When the oligarchs refuse, the people will fight back, taking the fight to the doorstep of the oligarchs. If fighting starts, it will be too late for the oligarchs - the people are well armed.

[-] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Musk a martyr? FFS, these people are so dumb.

[-] Xtallll 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Elon Musk is a real victim, instead of having "more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime", now he only has "more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime".

[-] dwemthy@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I realized this morning that for how much Luigi is praised there haven't been attempts to follow his example.
I don't know why that felt relevant on this post and I'm definitely not advocating anything, just an observation

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Just because you didn't hear about something doesn't mean it's not happening.

The home of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF) CEO Chip Terhune in Lake Oswego, near Portland, was shot up in the early hours of Feb. 21, the Lake Oswego Police Department said Wednesday.

https://www.fox9.com/news/saif-chip-terhune-insurance-ceo-bullets-oregon

I wouldn't be surprised if there's been other incidents which were kept away from the news.

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[-] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I'll celebrate with a drink if somebody does.

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[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

The only people who "care" about Musky are the ones who dumped their life savings into Tesla stock.

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