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cools's avatar

Thanks for another great recap Ms. Bassett. Why the emerging consensus on this guy is not more your depiction is strange.

Also he likes H1-B's because they can be exploited - their visa is tied to listening to a single employer and potentially getting overworked -- complain and then another one comes in.

The politics of consumption only goes far -- but the amount of educated liberals who buy his cars is sort of strange -- like get another electric car!

Or at least put that sticker on -- he's a crazy Neo-Nazi, but no emissions!

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Laura Bassett's avatar

Great point about the exploitation, thank you!

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Terron Johnson's avatar

I also got a small measure of joy in watching musk find out he's been courting Bigot bigots, not the practical bigots he and his ilk are ( something which has been obvious to all of us). For the life of me, I do not understand how musk ever had any kind of positive reputation

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Peter Key's avatar

Musk's comment may have been a reference to Tom Cruise as movie producer Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder talking on a cell phone to someone from the drug cartel that is holding movie star Tugg Speedman and beginning his remarks by saying, "First, take a big step back and literally fuck your own face!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu0RmEiWWvU

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Laura Bassett's avatar

Yea, but he got the line just wrong enough that it came out super awkward

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Bigfoot's avatar

This opening paragraph belongs in the Louve 😂

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