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cryptowolf | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 only fools believe in the cult personality of Elon.
He's an oligarch that censors the masses.

If he was Russian or Chinese, people would be calling him the devil.

Perspective.
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befire | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 you got the oligarch part right, but lots of people respect his actually good work with tesla and spacex while separating his personality as a billionaire celebrity from said work.

he most probably doesn’t censor as much as any other media company.

and, all over the world, including in the states, ppl already call him the devil as you pretty much are doing here.
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befire | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 i like many parts of his character.  he often does and says things that i absolutely would rather not see, but i do not hate him for unfair or unexplainable reasons as many seem to do.  

and a point to try to make again to all who are prone to being a hater/displaying hate as some sort of badge is that there are so many more people out there who are *actually* hate-worthy who *purposefully*,  *actually* do very bad, harmful, evil things to hundreds, thousands, millions of people.
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cryptowolf | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 thats quite a slippery slope and putting words into my mouth.
yeah he seems like a "nice guy" who isnt as bad as the "other oligarchs".

Do I think he's more intelligent than half the plebs here?
No.

Do I like some parts of his character yes?
Enough to be an ELON FAN?

No.
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befire | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 sorry, but i don’t think i’m misinterpreting your sentiments.  since you’re making statements about the guy that are not accurate, it seems like you really dislike him as if he’s a devil.  it’s not accurate to say he censors the masses.  it’s not at all accurate to say that half the plebs here are smarter than the guy.  do you think any single person you’ve come across in your entire real or online life could have built tesla or spacex?  absolutely not.  you have to know a lot about a lot to do what he did with these companies.

it adds to my sadness to think how the guy received so much hate starting from way back, long before all this 𝕏 chaos and pain, etc. the negativity fundamentally changed him & the future will not be as good and bright as it could’ve, would’ve been…