• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    “Now what?” Is apparently helping to turn the United States in to Nazi Germany for “teh lolz”

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    He’s a parasite, he will continue to feed on us until nothing is left. Maybe kill some more kids for fun because it’s the only way he feels anything.

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    Nothing. If you were born in 1AD and earned 1,000,000 every single day without spending a single penny you still would not be a trillionaire today. He will never spend that wealth , he will use that money to get loans that he does not owe taxes on, using that money to acquire even more capital. He has stated his goal is 10 trillion. At no point along the way will he use his wealth or influence to directly improve any common person’s life. He is a cancer on our planet, on our economy, and on our civilization.

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        My calculations make it 739,802

        Baseline: 2025 * 365 = 739,125

        Leap years: Floor(2025 / 4) = 506 - floor(2025 / 100) = 486 + floor(2025 / 400) = 491 (every 4th year except every 100th year with the exception of every 400th year)

        1st of Jan 2026 to 5th of June 2026: 186

        Total: 739,125 + 491 + 186 = 739,802

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    It’s like asking a hoarder what they plan to do with all of those <insert item here>.

    It’s a mental illness but instead of recognizing it as such, calling it out and getting them treatment, society celebrates them and says they are doing everything that everybody else should strive for.

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    Imagine having all that and still being a worthless gross PoS. Lol I would be the worst philanthropist you ever seen— meaning I’d be giving money to good stuff like food and climate and eduction while simultaneously making life a living hell for anyone who votes against that stuff. I’m talking hiring people to nonstop hate on those types till they quit social media. Give me your money so I can buy the US Senate; we getting shit won.

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    Money isn’t the endgame. It’s power. He wants to own the world and have all the people inside of it report to him.

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    He’s going to spend it paying top esports players to play games pretending to be him.
    Elon is finally going to be the champion in all videogames.

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    He is definitely not the first trillionair or the richest man. he is the first publicly recorded trillionair / richest man. Most keep the vast majority they have secret as fuck.

    Most of that money is in Tesla stock so not much can be done with it. Maybe take out 10% to 30% of its value as a loan from banks with the stock as collateral then mostly buy some shit that will ideally appreciate in value. It’s not liquid wealth so there isn’t much you can do with it. $1B liquid would be far more valuable than $1T in stock evaluations.

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      Yep. Musk might be rich but he’s not as influential as he tries to be. He’s actually kind of pathetic in that respect, gets eaten up by the media and looks like a complete tool.

      He tried so hard to be in the neo Nazi inner circle but he’s just a rich wannabe in every fucking regard.

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        Kinda unfortunate honestly. If he just chilled without getting into politics and just worked on electric cars, boring machines, battery factories, rockets, and satellite internet probably would be a much more beloved figure. The whole twitter and political involvement / rigging is definitely a downhill move.

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          He got into politics because he saw the balance sheets at the companies he’s running.

          His businesses desperately needed government backing and he saw an opportunity to buy himself into the most corrupt administration ever.

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            Probably accurate although the demand for electric vehicles and hybrids isn’t going anywhere and most definitely the demand for batteries isn’t going anywhere. Cheap boring and rockets are definitely more niche. Low earth orbit satellite internet has been massive in less developed countries with underdeveloped infrastructure. Maybe if we had something super valuable to mine on the moon or on an asteroid we lassoed into orbit. In short probably could have played the field like most tech companies do and been fine. Check out all the AI companies not going full alt right yet doing alright with massive operating costs to revenue.