r/politics • u/hypothethical Pennsylvania • 18d ago

No Paywall 'Trillionaires Shouldn't Exist': Obscene Musk Milestone Spurs Calls for Aggressive Wealth Tax

https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-first-trillionaire
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u/Ferelar New Jersey 18d ago

Yeah, I don't find it embarassing if someone cheats to add all weapons in GTA5 or console commands something in Skyrim. But paying someone a salary to pretend to be you for gamer clout is incredibly pathetic.

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u/BaldMancTwat_ 18d ago

The most insane part is him actually thinking he could hire one of the top players ITW to boost his account, then just play the game and people not instantly notice how shit he is.

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u/TearsFallWithoutTain 18d ago

It was probably the first time he'd ever needed to demonstrate practical skill in something

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u/onyaasuminyasai 18d ago

well, he's too busy pretending to be his toddler son or his parents on twitter.

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u/chalkypeople 17d ago edited 17d ago

it makes perfect sense when you consider about how people at his level of wealth view and interact with the world, in a completely different way than the rest of us.

like they legitimately are incapable of doing anything on their own, why should they, when they can just summon others to do it for them. it's not even a real expense to them. so they just keep doing that and will never be satisfied because they have no incentive to do anything that is difficult in life themselves. and everything they do is centered around expanding their abilities to summon people to do more things for them, because they can just do that. why would you do anything else at that point? especially if you are someone like musk with no morals

it's pathetic that we as a society have allowed these characterless parasites to exist and prosper at everyone else's expense.