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Attilatheblond

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14. Is Elon at the root of Trump's psycological need to own Greenland?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:14 AM
10 hrs ago

Big Tech creates big heat, or am I misunderstanding recent news? Seems air exchange in a place like Greenland would be a cheaper way to keep things cool.

Also Big Tech thinks rules, regulations, zoning laws are for us pissant peasants, or am I misunderstanding current bribing systems? Big Tech certainly doesn't like us pissants looking into the methods they employ to manipulate hearts and minds. Seems easier to just have a big island where reporters can be held at bay.

Betting a lot of tech bros also do not like laws about employee protections (no pesky rules about visas for very bright people they want as indentured servants would be their wet dream), drug imports & use, or regulations protecting people from their encroaching into private data. Maybe the INCEL tech bros would like geographically imprisoned hot and cold running nubile victims?

Trump hates us talking about Epstein and his island, but it does keep us (rightfully) engaged. Maybe we should start snooping abound into the possibility our foreign policy might be hijacked into founding of Elon's Island?

Cut me some slack if this sounds a little far fetched, but I do some of my best prophecies before the coffee kicks in.

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And xAI is only 1 of 4 in the Memphis region. SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #1
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The way it was reported in local news SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #19
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A carnival.... SergeStorms 10 hrs ago #8
A nightmare funhouse with evil clowns carnival Clouds Passing 10 hrs ago #11
An evil carnival SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #21
So rich entitled addict doesn't operate his business by the same rules as the the competitors ChicagoTeamster 10 hrs ago #10
The court will decide. Musk won't get the last word on this one. ancianita 10 hrs ago #13
As for "we" don't need to be doing this, the thing about corrupt oligarchs is that they know "we" can't stop them. BUT. ancianita 10 hrs ago #12
So Apartheid AI polluted African American neighborhoods with their Data Centers? Who's surprised? ChicagoTeamster 9 hrs ago #17
No one is surprised. That wasn't the point of my answer. My answer was meant to update what's being done about it ancianita 9 hrs ago #18
I think it's more "nimby" than anything racist FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #27
Is Elon at the root of Trump's psycological need to own Greenland? Attilatheblond 10 hrs ago #14
Not at all farfetched. I've been posting about the tech bros wanting Greenland as one of the sites highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #23
Been thinkin & sayin the extremely wealthy have no country. They are warlords. They are without laws/restraints Attilatheblond 8 hrs ago #25
"They are typically for things like carnivals." Danascot 10 hrs ago #15
"if you're rich, they let you" mike_c 9 hrs ago #16
Boy, that's for sure. calimary 9 hrs ago #22
K&R UTUSN 7 hrs ago #26
Methane in the air is a bad idea. I get peeved when my neighbors burn mystery things downwind of me blue_jay 3 hrs ago #28
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