So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX **Threadbans in OP**

’Ask not what oppressing others can do for you, asking what you can do to oppress others’

(A little off, I know…)

I don't care about his alleged racism, I never defended him as a person - because I don't care how he is as a person.

And the way to do that is blow $40 billion plus on a social media platform ... then run it into the ground such that it has lost at least half its value since then.

This fits into the plan how and where???

The levels of creative thinking being deployed here to try to excuse what Musk has done and is doing with Twitter beggars belief.

You have set this up to somehow defend of Musk and it doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny.

But hey, blowing all those billions is worth is just so you can share your mates racist tweets to a wider audience and call whoever you don't like a "paedo" - to use Musk's favourite insult.

Really shows where Musk's priorities lie.

This vision you try to present of Musk does not match reality and exists in your mind unconnected / not founded on the actual evidence and conduct.

Would rather gouge my eyes out with a rusty nail than watch that kunt speak about anything 😘

I love this laughable B movie attempt at logic that is us colonising Mars in anyone's lifetime or for the next 4 or 5 generations...at least. It's such a pipe dream at present as to be a Wellsian fantasy. We'll all be well dead before we could get a realistic colony operating even on the Moon, never mind Mars.

Into the bargain, the only thing that Mars has over the moon is some gases in its atmosphere and a soil of a sort. Both of which are actually extremely harmful to us BTW. Perhaps one day we'll be able to neutralise the dangers within those elements, but for now and the foreseeable future that's just not possible. In any case, those two very dubious "advantages" that Mars has over the Moon are outweighed by all the other pressing issues facing us with regards to a colony on the red planet. 1.) It's a long way away. A very long way away. Currently it takes over 9 months to get there and that's unmanned flight which also requires a certain alignment between the planets that happens only every couple of years. That's a long time to be travelling in the conditions that are required and would have significant impact on our bodies and our mental state. It isn't impossible, as Valeri Polyakov showed on Mir. But it is an extremely difficult prospect for the majority of trained astronauts, never mind anyone else. 2.) It's a one way trip and will be for a very long time to come. And expecting anyone to be able to A. fly to Mars and B. start setting up a colony there when they land is pure fantasy at present and that's only considering the resources (or lack thereof) that would be required. 3.) Mars is a very hostile environment to us. Aside from an unbreathable atmosphere and a lethal soil, it experiences incredibly violent and unpredictable dust storms that can cover the size of Earth's continents. These also last for weeks or months in certain cases. Such a thing would wipe out any colony we would be capable of setting up in short order. It makes our current issues with Earth based climate change look like a walk in the park...and all that's before we get into the extremely cold average temperature on Mars 4.) Cancers are an extreme risk on the red planet as there is little to protect us from the effects of solar radiation and we have very little in the way of knowledge of shielding ourselves from it in a colony sized endeavour.

Put short, absolutely none of us are going to Mars any time soon, certainly not to stay. And if by some miracle we do manage a manned trip, it would require at least a 21 month journey.

Very easy to lose 20 billion on Twitter...is that what you mean?

That seemed to come very easily for Musk.

The race was just for political image and to one up the russians. It was a reason that is just as good as Elon doing it for the craic. What's really important is to never stop trying and to aim as high as possible.

Being wealthy doesn't make a person immune to criticism. And given the state of the cyber truck and Twitter, it's reasonable to assume he can make terrible decisions.

Elon for Taoiseach

why not, the man has reached the summit in business, next stop could be the running of a country, outside of the extreme left population on boards i think he would be welcomed

Elon vs McGregor for ruler of Ireland is every edgelords orgasmic wetdream.

Continued fawning over racist South African...

I think you mean someone who was rocked too close to the wall.