579
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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.

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Art3sian@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

My father-in-law has been divorced three times. Each of his exes have told him directly that they left because he’s too controlling. To this day, he openly and genuinely states he has no idea why he’s been divorced three times - “I try so hard in marriage. I just don’t get it.”

Some people can’t hear the truth even if you rubber stamp it on their forehead.

Cue: Elon Musk.

Never underestimate a human’s capacity for self-deception. I think it’s our most perfected trait.

[-] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Poor Elon. Rich people really do not understand. Even if they came from poverty backgrounds, they lose perspective. They think they did it all by themselves to get where they are and do not understand that chance and luck play a big part in determining which 'hard workers with an idea' get ahead. The working world is littered with smarter people who just didn't get the breaks to become super rich. Once they are rich enough to waste $25M on a judge's election they really do not understand that for the majority of Americans losing their job can mean a quick succession to homelessness from which they may never recover.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

What made them rich is not paying attention to social clues. They were unable to read the room. But they were allowed to decimate it and alienate anyone with valuable feedback. They isolated themselves and never thought "maybe I drove them away".

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

What is so crazy is that at the same time I see a headline with "Tesla's sales plummet 13 percent as Musk backlash grows" and yet TSLA is up 4.72% at the moment.

W T A F

Sales plummet 13%. Stock goes up nearly 5%.

[-] ECB@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago

The value of the stock (which is outrageously overvalued) is solely down to musk's personality cult. So now that it's been announced that he should be "leaving government and going back to his companies" it led to a stock jump, since his presence is the only reason that the stock is worth a lot in the first place.

The issue is that Musk often sounds convincing when he talks about things you don't really know much about, and there are a LOT of investors who have a lot of money but don't really know much about anything.

[-] Sibshops@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago
[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Shorting would drop the price.

[-] Sibshops@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Not always, right? Like if there is a short squeeze.

[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

That is a very specific and unusual circumstance.

Shorts have to be bought back after the term. You borrow it, sell it, and buy it back after so much time and give it back to the lender. You think the stock is shit so when you buy it back it will be lower cost than what you sold for and you keep the difference.

Too many shorts all at the same time and now everyone is buying it back and driving up the price, but that just rarely happens, and when it does happen it will work itself out in a few days or weeks.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

That's because, like every other egotistical rich asshole, he has surrounded himself with yes men who are only around to eat his crumbs.

Imagine living your life unaware that no one around you actually likes you.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

He was always like this, BTW. Even back in the 90s his relatives wanted him to stay out of the spotlight because of his poor social skills.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

What's amusing is that a lot of smart people were giving him sideeye even before he bought xitter and wayyyy before the Nazi salutes. It took the nonsense surrounding him when he bought xitter and after he seized power for me to realize he had no fucking clue what he was doing. And of course his magoff sympathies started to become more and more apparent...

When I saw other broligarchs wishing they could behave the way he did when he seized xitter (treating labor like dirt), the general problem here was obvious.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

People are telling you why Elon.

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Who else has been making bank being paid to protest, I was just at a fundraiser where George Soros was jumping around on stage gleefully after dismantling our government services and leaving the country concerned for their future. George was also handing out million dollar checks for a few lucky folks.

I am so happy George decided to get so involved in politics.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 180 points 2 days ago
[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 82 points 2 days ago

Even given the most charitable reading that he was doing a Nazi salute to troll people instead of because he's an actual Nazi, the whole intention behind trolling is to piss people off.

And I'm not inclined to give this steaming coprolite any charity, because he acts like a fuckin' Nazi.

(I'm not going to play along with the whole "he said his heart goes out" bullshit. Other Nazis sure knew what he was doing and loved it.)

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I think there's also the possibility that he genuinely believes a significant majority agrees with him.

[-] Necroscope0@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

He uses all the Nazi secret code shit. Like his fascination with the letter X for example which is modern Nazi code for Heil Hitler. Saying that Hitler did not kill millions of people. He throws it right out there and expects the world to ignore it.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 24 points 2 days ago

the nazis were trolls. they would have loved 4chan

[-] Yurgenst@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

What do you mean "would have", they're there right now.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You don't even need this to have happened given what he's done with DOGE and his buying an election. People would have still hated him, just not as many.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Unrelated (completely related) : chatgpt refuses to acknowledge musk having anything to do with Nazis, even when presented with facts about his "memes" and his Nazi salutes. And will not write a story about musk and his Nazi associated acts.

It will happily tell you stories about Hitler.

[-] karl_chungus@lemm.ee 52 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 87 points 2 days ago
[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

I wish the media would stop giving this asshole an audience.

I support freedom of speech, but it does not mean that you are automatically entitled to an audience.

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The thing is that he is the defacto ruler of the US right now. So his words are important, regardless of them all being nothing but gaslighting whiney bullshit.

[-] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 86 points 2 days ago

Confirming he's not as smart as he pretends to be

[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 days ago

To stupid to realize how stupid he is

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

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

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago

Hitler probably said the same

[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

I don't remember that chapter from How to Win Friends and Influence People.

[-] Mallspice@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] Solarhwan@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 days ago

It truly is a mystery 🤷‍♂️

[-] LavaPlanet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

People justify their own behaviour and responses, they build justification for why *it's ok when I do it because.. *. People with narcissistic personality disorders and the such, who do very bad things, perpetually see themselves as in the right, to a delusional extent. The bad guys, genuinely think they're the good guys. We all do it, to an extent, they double down, they go big.

[-] kipo@lemm.ee 21 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] b161 5 points 1 day ago
[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago

Willful ignorance

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 days ago

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

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] debil@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

How dumb can this jerkoff be?

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

No matter stupid you think he is, I guarantee it's more than that.

That guy hears loving cup and knows he can’t

Run and jump and fish or fight

Or fuck

Dude can’t fuck. lol

His sex organ is mangled after a botched gender affirmation surgery.

I am not making this up.

This is a real story the media reported on until it abruptly went quiet on it.

load more comments (20 replies)
[-] tiefling 14 points 2 days ago

This dude has the whole collection of type B personality disorders

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

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

[-] waylandyr@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

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

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
579 points (100.0% liked)

politics

22634 readers
3912 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS