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Elon Musk 'Close to Tears' in Interview, Says He's Running Businesses 'With Great Difficulty' as Tesla Sees Worst Stock Drop in Years (www.tvfandomlounge.com)

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While Elon indulges in political theater and self-aggrandizing quips, Tesla is experiencing an unprecedented slump in both sales and stock value.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cry more.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Stupid shit like this does more damage to conservative shitheads than any amount of "intellectual dismantling" of their ideology. This is their level of petty attacks on appearances, this is all they really know.

The left needs to get a lot stupider and a lot more superficial a lot faster if we hope to beat them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The problem is, being petty is against lefty values. Take King Charles and his fat fingers. When lefty's were making of him, there were probably a few fat fingered innocents out there with the same condition who felt self conscious. And that's unfair. Making fun of appearances is untargeted and hurts those in the crossfire. But the problem is IT'S SO EFFECTIVE FOR OPTICS AND MORALE.

So either we give up that effective campaign for ethical reasons, or we just collectively let some people take the L for the advancement of leftist morale and publicity. It's a doozy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean, at this point you get to choose between hurting the feelings of innocent bystanders or we get to be the smuggest people in the camps who feel great about ourselves for not "stooping to their level."

Consideration and care is great when you have the stable society that allows you to take that time and care. It's arguable if we ever really had that stability, but we definitely do not right now. This is just like the people who couldn't vote for Harris because of her position about Israel. Yes, you're ethically correct in the linear little world of your own feelings about doing the right thing, but would those people make the same decision now?

[–] vaultdweller013 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's a saying where I'm from "You can be the last righteous man or the last man standing" mind you this in context to killing Mormons but still I think the Left as a whole needs it etched in their fucken skulls. Is there really a point in holding punches if the other person has a knife, id say no since they aren't holding back. Don't hold your tongue when dealing with fascists just make sure it bites, throw a couple slurs around if ya have to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm saddened but also unsurprised that so many of my countrymen would rather the nation fall in flames to fascism than "sink to their level."

There are at least a couple slurs I readily fall back on when dealing with these... people, but I routinely am attacked by my so-called-allies for not being "civil."

It's a real testament to the effectiveness of KGB social disruption tactics that our whole nation is so afraid of being accused of being bigoted that we have allowed bigotry to not only flourish, but install itself in the highest seats of power.