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As the de facto head of the Department of Governmental Efficiency, Musk has deployed this brand of tactical callousness to maximal effect. He has boasted about throwing the United States Agency for International Development into a “woodchipper” and stumbled around the stage at CPAC with a chainsaw. He has presided over the dismantling of the administrative state and the harassment and mass-termination of federal workers—all while flaunting his lack of concern for the lives he has upended. Fired government employees, he announced last Thursday, with the laughing/crying emoji that’s become his calling card, will now have to “get a real job.”

This kind of depravity is a prerequisite for Musk’s new line of work. Dancing on the graves of lifesaving programs for kids is not something you can easily do with a conscience. But there is one set of feelings Musk is uniquely attuned to: his own. On Friday, the same day foreign service officers around the world received notices from a DOGE flunky alerting them that they would soon be out of a job, Musk—sans sunglasses—sat down with Fox News’ Brett Baier to ask for a little sympathy.

“I mean, you have Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price, where the stock price has gone in half—and he is overjoyed,” he said. “What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like, who derives joy from that?”

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Liquidate Musk

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 201 points 1 week ago (9 children)

“I mean, you have Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price, where the stock price has gone in half—and he is overjoyed,” he said. “What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like, who derives joy from that?”

We all derive joy from watching the villain get their just deserts.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 days ago

Someone who is tired of your bullshit, that’s who.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 week ago

A jerk? On twitter he calls everyone retards. Not such an edgelord when you're talking to real people huh?

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who derives joy from that?

-Man who was gleefully swinging a chainsaw on stage, deriving joy from stealing taxpayer dollars and cutting government services.

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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's no where near what his just deserts would be, but it's a start. At least it's one area where the people have a little bit of power over him. Owning a Tesla (I've always hated that he stole the inventor's name for his company) should be made anathema, unacceptable, unthinkable. We should keep up the pressure in every possible way.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its not even his company. He claimed the company that claimed a name

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 191 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I know a MAGA like this. Constantly tells people their feelings are just made up mental things and not physical facts.

But then when he talks about how something is affecting him that isn't a physical fact, he gets animated and literally says he is upset that people don't listen to his feelings and that makes him feel bad.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 week ago

I'd be surprised if any MAGA isn't like this ...

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Please tell me you mock him roundly for it.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wouldn't matter, that kind of person is incapable of self-reflection.

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[–] frazw@lemmy.world 96 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You know how sometimes your get so frustrated at someone you struggle to eloquently articulate your dislike of them because there are so many facets to that dislike. This is how Elon makes me feel these days. I struggle to put it in the simplest terms.

It really bothers me that he thinks he deserves pity while denying it to others. It bothers me that his attitude towards money comes from never having had to worry about it. It bothers me that he thinks that he can take actions that threaten people's livelihoods and even their lives and expects to be loved for it. It bothers me that the only way he can rationalise why people hate him is that they have brainwashed or paid by the left rather than having legitimate grievances with him. It bothers me that he thinks if you aren't a billionaire it's because your are lazy/don't deserve to be and that their hard work is not equal to his. Lastly it bothers me that I don't know if he genuinely holds these positions or if he just uses them as justification to do horrible things.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yes! Absolutely this.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 70 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Musk cannot take the heat. He has not just the taste and sensibilities of a boy, but the temperament of one. He throws a fit out when things don’t go his way. He wilts. This is someone who can be beat. In another context you might call this terminal inability to take a punch a “glass jaw.” The term “keyboard warrior” comes to mind. But I can think of another word for something that’s so ostentatious and in-your-face except for when it needs to be—a symbol of decadence and insecurity and deregulation that boasts bulletproof toughness, but which breaks into pieces at the first sign of stress.

Elon’s not unstoppable, Wisconsin voters showed on Tuesday. When the rubber hits the road, he’s nothing but a Cybertruck.

Well put. Elon is not a tough guy. Make him uncomfortable.

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He's afraid, all the time - armour vest not well hidden under his shirt making him look even weirder - holding his kid in front of him when he enters or leaves places.

I'm glad he lives in fear - he must pay his guards a lot not to shoot him at any moment.

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[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aww, little Afrikaner nepo-baby's pwecious fee-fees hurt? It's almost like being right-wing also means you're a special little snowflake who can dish it but can't take it.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Afrikaners are an etnic group specifically from South Africa so "South Afrikaner" would mean an Afrikaner from the south part of South Africa.

(The word Afrikaner is derived from the Dutch word for "african", because most Afrikaners are descendants of Dutch Colonists who went there centuries ago, so maybe that's a source of confusion for people who speak Germanic languages!?)

[–] grober_Unfug@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 1 week ago

Dear sane Americans, please keep on going in that direction!

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

I hope Tesla goes bankrupt

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I say we deport him to Mars.

He has literally said he plans on dying on Mars.

Let's oblige him.

EDIT:

I somehow forget to link to this banger.

EDIT 2: Alt, Live Take at KEXP

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[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

A very well written article..how refreshing.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

BREAKING: Musk’s Arsehole-to-Mouth Pipeline Hits Peak Efficiency—Verbal Diarrhoea blasting at Unprecedented Volumes.

Once more Musk showcases a supreme lack of knowledge. If not for empathy we wouldn't even have civilisation. Empathy is the social glue that keeps us together. It's through empathy and cooperation that communities and societies form.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As I believe the band Semisonic once said about ouroboros diarrhea, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end”

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Hah! I love that!

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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

He's a sociopath

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago
[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

What a fucking snowflake LMAO

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I thought empathy was a weakness man baby. Grow a fucking pair.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

When the rubber hits the road, he’s nothing but a Cybertruck.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I must admit, I too derive great joy from watching reaping what they have sown.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Good. Burn, motherfucker.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Time for him to get out of the kitchen and out of our country. Gitmo is the best place for him.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Me. I was straight jorkin it when walz was parading that stock price around on stage. Can’t wait for the next dip so I can do it again

[–] tacofox@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fyi that is tagged as "couldn't find post".

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