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As the de facto head of the Department of Governmental Efficiency, Musk has deployed this brand of tactical callousness to maximal effect. He has boasted about throwing the United States Agency for International Development into a “woodchipper” and stumbled around the stage at CPAC with a chainsaw. He has presided over the dismantling of the administrative state and the harassment and mass-termination of federal workers—all while flaunting his lack of concern for the lives he has upended. Fired government employees, he announced last Thursday, with the laughing/crying emoji that’s become his calling card, will now have to “get a real job.”

This kind of depravity is a prerequisite for Musk’s new line of work. Dancing on the graves of lifesaving programs for kids is not something you can easily do with a conscience. But there is one set of feelings Musk is uniquely attuned to: his own. On Friday, the same day foreign service officers around the world received notices from a DOGE flunky alerting them that they would soon be out of a job, Musk—sans sunglasses—sat down with Fox News’ Brett Baier to ask for a little sympathy.

“I mean, you have Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price, where the stock price has gone in half—and he is overjoyed,” he said. “What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like, who derives joy from that?”

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[–] frazw@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You know how sometimes your get so frustrated at someone you struggle to eloquently articulate your dislike of them because there are so many facets to that dislike. This is how Elon makes me feel these days. I struggle to put it in the simplest terms.

It really bothers me that he thinks he deserves pity while denying it to others. It bothers me that his attitude towards money comes from never having had to worry about it. It bothers me that he thinks that he can take actions that threaten people's livelihoods and even their lives and expects to be loved for it. It bothers me that the only way he can rationalise why people hate him is that they have brainwashed or paid by the left rather than having legitimate grievances with him. It bothers me that he thinks if you aren't a billionaire it's because your are lazy/don't deserve to be and that their hard work is not equal to his. Lastly it bothers me that I don't know if he genuinely holds these positions or if he just uses them as justification to do horrible things.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 1 day ago

Musk is the guy that says he wants to burn society to the ground and rebuild it better. Then he's shocked people are focusing on and strongly disliking the burning part. Also people have seen the cyber truck and the yearly promises to have self driving next year for sure and don't trust his rebuilding abilities.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've felt like that about Elon for a good decade now whilst everyone was praising him as a genius

He's not a genius, hes mostly an idiot with very few discernable skills. He is a scammer who got very lucky

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

He's a scammer who was born with an emerald mine shoved up his ass and a silver spoon dangling from his mouth.

I had a bit of an argument with a former boss a few years back about him. My boss couldn't understand why I didn't like Musk, so I explained. It didn't help.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

he had a PR team helping his image, his narcissist in him, much like amber heard, fired thier pr team.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

I feel this so hard, and it extends to people who still support him (which is thankfully very few in my day to day life.)

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yes! Absolutely this.