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mr715

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5. Nailed it.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Feb 16, 2025, 09:49 PM

Feb 2025

Megalomania.

He wants to fulfill the trope of power-behind-the-throne.

I always thought he gave off Bond villain vibes. Some of my 8th grade students loved him because they thought electric cars were cool. Distinctly remember one of them talking about how one got shot into space.

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For Elon Musk, the most important life lesson (one he preaches) is "Empathy is not an asset" - which explains so much [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2025 OP

Know who is incapable of empathy? SOCIOPATHS. Nt CousinIT Feb 2025 #1

I think technically, psychopaths. mr715 Feb 2025 #8

how i describe the illness gripping millions of people these days barbtries Feb 2025 #14

Check, TY, right on. appalachiablue Feb 2025 #15

Didn't he cheat in that game? jls4561 Feb 2025 #2

If he wants to be a savior, he can give some of his riches to the people who need it. Walleye Feb 2025 #3

I remember when the national deficit was less money than he has. The Madcap Feb 2025 #7

I remember when Clinton balanced the budget, George W. Bush spent it all on a war we had to get out of 20 years later. Walleye Feb 2025 #9

Then no empathy should ever be given to him, his family or his businesses. dalton99a Feb 2025 #4

Society is WAY too nice to much of the ultrarich while they don't give ONE DAMN about all the damage that they cause... DSandra Feb 2025 #17

Nailed it. mr715 Feb 2025 #5

I don't think Elmo gets it. The Madcap Feb 2025 #6

Space is big. mr715 Feb 2025 #10

That makes sense, because I believe Musk dreams of turning Greenland into a "Noah's Ark" for when it all hits the fan Uncle Joe Feb 2025 #11

Neither is psychopathy. nt Disaffected Feb 2025 #12

He's dangerous. Nuts, too. Joinfortmill Feb 2025 #13

I remember when "Empathy" was a principle.... Grins Feb 2025 #16

Homo sapiens is a result of social instincts misanthrope Feb 2025 #18