I mentioned to someone I game with that I was no longer following the NFL since there are too many things about it that I find repugnant. He responded with, “Oh, cancel culture…” I didn’t engage with this response but I found it quite bizarre. Do these people think I’m obligated to engage with companies/people that I find morally repugnant?
Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget? It’s weird that he thinks everyone else ought to change their values to accommodate him and not the other way around.
His behavior is perfectly normal given his circumstances. We had similar behavior from the hyper-rich in the 1920s. Once you're this far above the rest, it's hard not to feel like a god.
> Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget?
Musk has at times disclosed that he thinks that he is literally the only person in existence[0]. His version of bongrip k-hole solipsism[1] entitles him to unlimited wish fulfillment and reality manipulation. It also explains his recent foray into great replacement theory and his attempt to manifest a race war in the UK through his tweets this week[2].
It's as though she doesn't know Gab, Parler, Truth Social, Telegram, and all the other places that her people can express themselves even more freely exist.
Evidently not a joke. I guess if money is speech, silence is collusion?
If he can't extract $50B from Tesla because the Delaware chancery court isn't a time machine, and he's lost all the money he put into Twitter, a cash crunch is possible. If the big rocket doesn't look like it will be rapidly reusable enough to even try in-orbit refueling in the next couple of launches, that could stress anyone's checking account.
Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget? It’s weird that he thinks everyone else ought to change their values to accommodate him and not the other way around.