The fact he's even close to on his way to $1T is already a massive failure on the systems of the USA. Tax the rich, destroy monopolies and oligopolies, and generally start focusing on policy from the bottom up, not the top down.
it's an amount of money that doesn't even make sense. just tell him he has a googolplex of dollars. it's functionally the same as a billion dollars. it doesn't matter. it's still not enough money to make him cool or interesting.
Sure, but he’s not really the issue, it’s the system that creates him and rewards him for his greed. If you keep the system (capitalism) you can get rid of any of them and a million will just take their place 🤷🏻 the healthcare ceo that got “Luigi’d” probably got replaced before his body was even cold
Spending $1 trillion in one year would require spending approximately $31,700 every SECOND of every day. That's about $2.74 BILLION per day, 365 days a year, and that's for ONE trillion. Elon is 54 so let's guess that he has 30 years left, and for the sake of argument let's say he already has $10T so can spend it right now. That's $1T/3 years or roughly $913,250,000 per day, again, 365 days a year, for 30 years.
Yeah, I know, value on paper != liquidity. It's still fucking ludicrous.
Karl Marx did see Musk coming, and he taught us to fight him. We didn't want communism, and now we have empty pockets. Who owns the capitalistic world wants ALL the money, nothing left for us.
so the US economy is worth about $32 trillion and here you have one lone man who wants to capture and hold one third of it for himself. how much of an impact will that have on the rest of the population?
It wouldn't be as much of a problem if a thousand more would take his place, that fact that two guys are gonna take his place is a lot more concerning.
So we have to kill him, right? Like he’s fucked up so much of the world to get to 1 trillion, if he’s aiming for 10, this is a matter of self defence for us now.
Sure, but it’s not like there aren’t countless assholes who would want the same thing in that position. It’s like the healthcare ceo, he was replaced before his body was even cold.
and it took him years and more money and corruption than those others have to get to that point, getting rid of him would make things better if only because the nazis wouldn't be as emboldened by a guy who shoots out nazi salutes being the winner of capitalism. Just because people want to be the top shithead doesn't mean the current top shithead isn't the worst. And a mechanism to get rid of him would be great.
Oh he’s well past that. I’m not sure he could spend the 400bil he has now if he tried, shy of just buying every island he can.
The answer is that it’s a sickness. The wealthiest man on the planet will always be willing to spend hundreds of millions to get a tax cut. It’s not a “wrong person” thing, it’s a systemic thing. And that system is ✨capitalism✨
No offense dude, you’re not in his situation. My job has me schmoozing with rich people all the time. Trust me, they don’t see us as people and are completely oblivious to the real work. And it doesn’t really matter where you start. The owner of Starbucks was a poor kid who now union busts 🤷🏻
What message are they getting out? Elon musk is a disgusting animal who deserves to be put down? Real revolutionary stuff being passed back and forth here. None of you are freedom fighters fighting for a better tomorrow, its all point farming by posting the Meme of the day. NUT UP OR SHUT UP.
To most people, wealth is an instrumental goal. You don't pursue wealth to have wealth. You pursue wealth because wealth can be exchanged for goods and services that improve your quality of life, and those are the things you want.
Billionaires pursue wealth as the terminal goal, wealth for its own sake. They have long past the point where accumulating more wealth does not lead to any further improvement of the QoL It's just pathological hoarding. Like a dragon. They are societal parasites.
Ever play a game with cheat codes to take it to its limit and discover and experience all it has to offer? Then it gets old. No more mystery or fun.Theyve seen everything, tasted every exotic food or drink, been everwhere. Have all the toys and unlimited sex. I hear $300m is the line this starts happening to people. They entirely lose sense of reality and nothing is intriguing any more. They can only think of number go brrrrrr cuz money and power is the only thing left to give them any dopamine.
yup. I remember ruining a GTA 4 playthrough by using the casinos and strategic saves to max out money. It just became meaningless once you had all of it
Im waiting for the phycology world to make billionaires a mental illness or disorder because there seems to be something broken in them to be okay with amassing so much wealth. It is hoarding they are hoarders.
You seen those shows about hoarders? It's the same mental illness, just cash. They're incapable of enjoying it. Look at how all of these rich f***ers spend their time. They're straight up mentally ill.
His goal by the end of his lifetime is 53 trillion, which would require enslaving everyone else on earth, make involuntary breeding factories, start them in workforce at age 8, send minors to mine asteroid belts and the moon, in addition to every unsafe vocation in rural and remote areas for thirty years to appease his greed. Safety protocols would go out the window and science ethics all erased, hourly rocket launches from multiple space elevators, robotic overlords and machine gun hounds
and the gross world product is only $126 trillion so he wants to control 80% of the world economy. no. this has to end. the quick way is illegal but the better way is top just stop buying or using his products.
for example, Rogers cell phone network is now offering satellite service on their network BUT it is leased, as far as i know, from Starlink. therefore, i will never be a Roger's cell phone customer.
GWP is very different than private wealth...the former is the amount of money trading back and forth in total, which doesn't include wealth not traded within that time period, which is the majority of billionaires wealth.
it's pathological and is an immediate threat to both him and the people around him. he should be institutionalized. against his will if necessary. just like everyone else who pursues wealth for it's own sake.
Their greed is an existential threat to the survival of the human race. We absolutely need to lock them in loony bins and throw away the key. And that's showing them 10 trillion times more mercy than they deserve.
In musks case it clearly is part of some attempt to fill the void of a deeply lonely man who is his own worst enemy in solving that problem. So alone and incredibly unlikable
Any capitalist is a broken person. Since the industrial revolution we have been a post scarcity society so the very concept of market forces in our modern society exist to deprive people of available resources not to distribute them equitably.
Yes, but we've also veered so far from actual capitalism, which in fairness was an improvement of Mercantile Colonialism (with some crossover of course, it's not clear cut) that to call it Capitalism doesn't really capture it, it's not free markets its private gatekeepers/rentiers (e.g. Amazon, Google, Apple, Steam, Microsoft even if seen as benevolent) and capital being extracted to shareholders rather than funding productive growth. Lets just call it greed.
Sure, but the very concept of capital in the first place was the evolution of the reciprocal property inherent to 95% of the population that allowed for the specialization required for things like agriculture, philosophy, the sciences, art, and politics to develop. Like part of our whole social evolution and group dynamics is a hardwired belief in fairness. Trade, and later money, were tied to labor to ensure people would have roughly equitable treatment based on what they were able to do for 1/
Yeah, hes not spending it the old fashioned way like us either. It is so hard to spend just 1/10th of that in a lifetime. That's called being a king, not a human. He essentially wants a feudal system where he gets rings kissed while the people are in the fields
unluckyandbored
And when he gets there, he'll want 100 trillion.
brokehackfourlane
sociopaths cannot feel love, so the only thing that matters to them is winning, and money is a proxy for that.
ImHereToGetDownvotes
The fact he's even close to on his way to $1T is already a massive failure on the systems of the USA. Tax the rich, destroy monopolies and oligopolies, and generally start focusing on policy from the bottom up, not the top down.
Garwoodxx
Bust!
Shoutrr
bust.
RaySkye
I vote for bust
kirmokum
it's an amount of money that doesn't even make sense. just tell him he has a googolplex of dollars. it's functionally the same as a billion dollars. it doesn't matter. it's still not enough money to make him cool or interesting.
AVaguelyFamiliarUsername
If the release mechanism is too hard to build, you can cut your "mElons" by simply pulling the rope and let go.
slaitch
something something compost tumbler
Mgxr44
Sure, but he’s not really the issue, it’s the system that creates him and rewards him for his greed. If you keep the system (capitalism) you can get rid of any of them and a million will just take their place 🤷🏻 the healthcare ceo that got “Luigi’d” probably got replaced before his body was even cold
TomBrokaw
Spending $1 trillion in one year would require spending approximately $31,700 every SECOND of every day. That's about $2.74 BILLION per day, 365 days a year, and that's for ONE trillion. Elon is 54 so let's guess that he has 30 years left, and for the sake of argument let's say he already has $10T so can spend it right now. That's $1T/3 years or roughly $913,250,000 per day, again, 365 days a year, for 30 years.
Yeah, I know, value on paper != liquidity. It's still fucking ludicrous.
Gorglax9
deweydecibel
All that money and he’ll still never be cool
JimiFloyd2
Karl Marx did see Musk coming, and he taught us to fight him. We didn't want communism, and now we have empty pockets. Who owns the capitalistic world wants ALL the money, nothing left for us.
psmith00
so the US economy is worth about $32 trillion and here you have one lone man who wants to capture and hold one third of it for himself. how much of an impact will that have on the rest of the population?
Kjasi
But he still won't be happy...
PirateArrrgument
You all heard the man child. "or bust" Let's bankrupt him.
spangolio
he is mortal. very, very mortal.
Mgxr44
A thousand more will take his place. It’s a systemic issue.
akafluffy
It wouldn't be as much of a problem if a thousand more would take his place, that fact that two guys are gonna take his place is a lot more concerning.
redpandabanana
cuprohastes
I vote bust
Fuckimgurcunts
So he wants to deprive ten times as many people of resources. Great
voxael
So we have to kill him, right? Like he’s fucked up so much of the world to get to 1 trillion, if he’s aiming for 10, this is a matter of self defence for us now.
Gorglax9
Mgxr44
It doesn’t want matter. The issue isn’t one person, it’s a system that not only incentivizes but praises this kind of greed. The issue is ✨capitalism✨
akafluffy
To bes fair, that person is AN issue for sure.
Mgxr44
Sure, but it’s not like there aren’t countless assholes who would want the same thing in that position. It’s like the healthcare ceo, he was replaced before his body was even cold.
akafluffy
and it took him years and more money and corruption than those others have to get to that point, getting rid of him would make things better if only because the nazis wouldn't be as emboldened by a guy who shoots out nazi salutes being the winner of capitalism. Just because people want to be the top shithead doesn't mean the current top shithead isn't the worst. And a mechanism to get rid of him would be great.
Neednoggle
He doesn't deserve to be alive
Mgxr44
1,000 people are ready to take his place. It’s a systemic issue. If you don’t remove the system that created him (capitalism) they’ll just keep coming
Neednoggle
I know, I wasn't suggesting it would solve the whole problem, but wouldn't it just be nice, at least for a moment, if he were to perish?
HandsomePenguin
Th3n what was your point in posting this other than point farming? Killing him would be an excellent first step.
lastmanonearthbutidroppedmyglasses
Harm
Holy shit the follow up almost surpasses the original observation.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Oops all Scollins!
johnblood616
It's true. My dbag roommate and his Nazi sister love Elon. And RFK jr and Johnny Depp.
MechKelly
What's wrong with Johnny Depp?
PantsAreForTheWeek
Why?!
I genuinely can't understand someone wanting this much money. Surely there comes a point where you don't need any more?
Mgxr44
Oh he’s well past that. I’m not sure he could spend the 400bil he has now if he tried, shy of just buying every island he can.
The answer is that it’s a sickness. The wealthiest man on the planet will always be willing to spend hundreds of millions to get a tax cut. It’s not a “wrong person” thing, it’s a systemic thing. And that system is ✨capitalism✨
PantsAreForTheWeek
I live in capitalism and I have no instinct to gather this much, or to get a tax cut. I think it is, at least partly, a "wrong person" thing.
Mgxr44
No offense dude, you’re not in his situation. My job has me schmoozing with rich people all the time. Trust me, they don’t see us as people and are completely oblivious to the real work. And it doesn’t really matter where you start. The owner of Starbucks was a poor kid who now union busts 🤷🏻
akafluffy
and he's not even a billionaire. He's just doing it for love of the game.
HandsomePenguin
Guns are quicker and in greater availability.
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HandsomePenguin
You are right, no one talks about Luigi anymore. The french had the guillotine, what is more american than a gun?
Mgxr44
I have no idea what you’re referring to. I just find the blueprint *neat* 👀
HandsomePenguin
Maybe its time to stop being "subtle and silly" its annoying. Either stand by your convictions or shut the fuck up.
BruhForScale
Palantir has AI murder drones stop putting a target on yourself
ostensiblystupid
No point in getting a message out if the mods take it down. What’s the value of conviction then?
HandsomePenguin
What message are they getting out? Elon musk is a disgusting animal who deserves to be put down? Real revolutionary stuff being passed back and forth here. None of you are freedom fighters fighting for a better tomorrow, its all point farming by posting the Meme of the day. NUT UP OR SHUT UP.
ostensiblystupid
The funny thing is that you have a solid point that gets lost in the mix when you lose composure and attack strangers over it.
Alienating yourself from the people who would otherwise agree with you for no outward benefit isn’t activism, it’s acting like an asshole.
boxbackknitties
What kind of sickness drives this abysmal desire to have ludicrously more than everyone else? I don’t understand the need.
SergeyPrkl
It is the possibility to it. People will do this kind of shit if other people allows them to.
MrAndaren
To most people, wealth is an instrumental goal. You don't pursue wealth to have wealth. You pursue wealth because wealth can be exchanged for goods and services that improve your quality of life, and those are the things you want.
Billionaires pursue wealth as the terminal goal, wealth for its own sake. They have long past the point where accumulating more wealth does not lead to any further improvement of the QoL It's just pathological hoarding. Like a dragon. They are societal parasites.
rbudrick
Ever play a game with cheat codes to take it to its limit and discover and experience all it has to offer? Then it gets old. No more mystery or fun.Theyve seen everything, tasted every exotic food or drink, been everwhere. Have all the toys and unlimited sex. I hear $300m is the line this starts happening to people. They entirely lose sense of reality and nothing is intriguing any more. They can only think of number go brrrrrr cuz money and power is the only thing left to give them any dopamine.
SarcasticComment
yup. I remember ruining a GTA 4 playthrough by using the casinos and strategic saves to max out money. It just became meaningless once you had all of it
Strategicgnomer
Small dick energy generator attached to his heart like iron man's arc reactor.
Blethigg
"DO YOU LOVE ME NOW DADDY?"
Frozenspokes
They're dragons. They have no need for it or use for additional wealth. But they desire it anyway. They can never be satiated.
SunShyNeuhH
Related to psychopathic brain conditions ? We need to detect psychopathic pp and rid them over politic.
yalczero
Dragon sickness. With all the hate and destructiveness that entails.
wheresmyphone
Psychopathy
AwashiMaster11
Im waiting for the phycology world to make billionaires a mental illness or disorder because there seems to be something broken in them to be okay with amassing so much wealth. It is hoarding they are hoarders.
ElbowDeepInAHeadlessHorseman
You seen those shows about hoarders? It's the same mental illness, just cash. They're incapable of enjoying it. Look at how all of these rich f***ers spend their time. They're straight up mentally ill.
Appollon
Yes. That is exactly what it appears like.
SpamYarBlockers
It is like playing an RPG. That is what reality has become for him and other billionaires.
MySushi
His goal by the end of his lifetime is 53 trillion, which would require enslaving everyone else on earth, make involuntary breeding factories, start them in workforce at age 8, send minors to mine asteroid belts and the moon, in addition to every unsafe vocation in rural and remote areas for thirty years to appease his greed. Safety protocols would go out the window and science ethics all erased, hourly rocket launches from multiple space elevators, robotic overlords and machine gun hounds
GrimleyGraves
It's an addiction, first to wealth, then when you have more than you can possibly need, to the power that wealth brings.
chatterer
Greed has existed just as long as humanity. I'm not a religious person but I agree it's a deadly sin.
Sixsystems
Legacy, he wants to be remembered and revered for all time, just like the orange shitstain with the Arc and Ballroom.
anjeleyezjr
Extreme superiority complex.
CuileannDhu
Narcissism, greed, a fundamental lack of morals.
smashpro1
Greed.
choppedliveraldente
Defunct genitals
Redshadow09
enough money could change election in countries so possibly trying to make the world a white nationalist hell whole.
Infinias
And it's just a number. As if he would stop there and not target 100T as the next goal post.
psmith00
and the gross world product is only $126 trillion so he wants to control 80% of the world economy. no. this has to end. the quick way is illegal but the better way is top just stop buying or using his products.
for example, Rogers cell phone network is now offering satellite service on their network BUT it is leased, as far as i know, from Starlink. therefore, i will never be a Roger's cell phone customer.
JonnyTightlips
GWP is very different than private wealth...the former is the amount of money trading back and forth in total, which doesn't include wealth not traded within that time period, which is the majority of billionaires wealth.
kirmokum
it's pathological and is an immediate threat to both him and the people around him. he should be institutionalized. against his will if necessary. just like everyone else who pursues wealth for it's own sake.
Tardis1217
Their greed is an existential threat to the survival of the human race. We absolutely need to lock them in loony bins and throw away the key. And that's showing them 10 trillion times more mercy than they deserve.
lackinglife
In musks case it clearly is part of some attempt to fill the void of a deeply lonely man who is his own worst enemy in solving that problem. So alone and incredibly unlikable
PickleRiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Thats pretty much all venture capitalists. They are deeply broken humans.
Lutki
Any capitalist is a broken person. Since the industrial revolution we have been a post scarcity society so the very concept of market forces in our modern society exist to deprive people of available resources not to distribute them equitably.
quasarvoyager2
Yes, but we've also veered so far from actual capitalism, which in fairness was an improvement of Mercantile Colonialism (with some crossover of course, it's not clear cut) that to call it Capitalism doesn't really capture it, it's not free markets its private gatekeepers/rentiers (e.g. Amazon, Google, Apple, Steam, Microsoft even if seen as benevolent) and capital being extracted to shareholders rather than funding productive growth. Lets just call it greed.
Lutki
Sure, but the very concept of capital in the first place was the evolution of the reciprocal property inherent to 95% of the population that allowed for the specialization required for things like agriculture, philosophy, the sciences, art, and politics to develop. Like part of our whole social evolution and group dynamics is a hardwired belief in fairness. Trade, and later money, were tied to labor to ensure people would have roughly equitable treatment based on what they were able to do for 1/
eromitlab
Let's explore that whole "bust" thing.
dpat13
I too pick the bust option
MechKelly
Maybe his heart will bust from a ketamine overdose.
Wasindear
bust for us, i think, not him
Godawful8888
Uno reverse
eddbrowne
I do nazi your point.
Poppypoppoppop
Human taxidermy?
clonedeeznuts
Like ASAP
roundhousebarrelrole
Busted kneecaps, to be more specific
P0werSurg3
Great. Now I've had a thought of boobs
bacononbacon
Neurons activated.jpeg
Renza0
I'm quite curious about the interesting design on the second picture, you think he'd help us test it out?
Penelelop
Flay him
ParaspriteHugger
Nah, a bust usually has shoulders, the machine depicted cuts too high for that.
HellaPictureSeeing
Yeah, hes not spending it the old fashioned way like us either. It is so hard to spend just 1/10th of that in a lifetime. That's called being a king, not a human. He essentially wants a feudal system where he gets rings kissed while the people are in the fields
WaxedApple
He has more power than any king. He already has a feudal system. Democracy under capitalism is a sham to keep you from overthrowing him
SpamYarBlockers
It’s just a game for him. Reality is an rpg and he is just maxing stats because he can. We are all npc’s
AmericasHouseguest
Fuck AI.