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Walleye

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11. He thinks he's gonna take over the world. Megalomania.

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Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:13 PM

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What does Elon Musk want? [View all] Cyrano Dec 2024 OP

Remember in the 80's, Trump used to be on all the covers of the tabloids? That's the only thing I can think of. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #1

Adoration. CentralMass Dec 2024 #2

He wants to be God, and he wants all of us to worship him and offer sacrifices to him. Midnight Writer Dec 2024 #3

And to fear his power. StarryNite Dec 2024 #9

I doubt he knows. elleng Dec 2024 #4

More lame54 Dec 2024 #5

Yep. The "More" scene from the movie Key Largo. Cyrano Dec 2024 #15

Historian/writer Morris Berman has a lot to say about that scene... keep_left Dec 2024 #29

He want's to be cool and hip. LuvLoogie Dec 2024 #6

Yes. He wants everyone to see him as the kewlest, smartest, hippest dude in the multiverse. ms liberty Dec 2024 #18

Power and control, to become the most powerful man in the world. republianmushroom Dec 2024 #7

All of it. He's a megalomaniac, just exactly like Trump. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #8

He's just a chicken dancing on a hotplate for the ignorant masses. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 2024 #10

He thinks he's gonna take over the world. Megalomania. Walleye Dec 2024 #11

"What does Elon Musk want?" J_William_Ryan Dec 2024 #12

Everything Maeve Dec 2024 #13

He wants...he probably doesn't really know... haele Dec 2024 #14

I agree with your headline. "... he probably doesn't know." Cyrano Dec 2024 #17

He wants to take over the World. no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #16

"At some point, money is no longer the issue." JI7 Dec 2024 #19

Sheer egoboo, and anything that leads to it. eppur_se_muova Dec 2024 #20

To be the most powerful person on Earth. I can see him running for POTUS in 2028. nt allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #21

He can't jmowreader Dec 2024 #22

Maybe he wants to bdamomma Dec 2024 #23

Abnormal beliefs are part of the ketamine experience JCMach1 Dec 2024 #24

Does anyone know what Ketamien flamingdem Dec 2024 #25

I posted a study that was done in my post above JCMach1 Dec 2024 #31

Money already isn't the issue for him. WarGamer Dec 2024 #26

The bad thing is, he's changing for all the wrong reasons. Initech Dec 2024 #28

Attention Johonny Dec 2024 #27

What he wants from Trump blueseas Dec 2024 #30

He wants that UAP tech! Chemical rockets are so yesterday! MartyTheGreek Dec 2024 #32

I'm really hoping... Trueblue Texan Dec 2024 #33

What the alien in Independence Day wants Marthe48 Dec 2024 #34

He wants to put people on Mars TheProle Dec 2024 #35

He also intends to charge them rent Cyrano Dec 2024 #36