silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNobody Voted for Elon Musk | A self-interested, erratic megalomaniac has seized control of the US government.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1999arrow-down17cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up1992arrow-down1external-linkNobody Voted for Elon Musk | A self-interested, erratic megalomaniac has seized control of the US government.www.motherjones.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square89fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 days agoIt’s amazing that destruction of his reputation is going to go down in history as surpassing his destruction of the Twitter brand.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoHe’s buying the means to determine how history books are written.
minus-squareSecondaryAnnetagonist@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoHistory books are written at a state level actually, you can thank the lost-causers for that one.
minus-squarenomy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoHistory books are written by the winners. We’ll have to wait to see what they say about Muskrat and Trump.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoHis reputation was and is being a scammer who got lucky. I think the bigger historical footnote will be that he was allowed anywhere near a government in the first place
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe government was designed for guys like him.
It’s amazing that destruction of his reputation is going to go down in history as surpassing his destruction of the Twitter brand.
He’s buying the means to determine how history books are written.
History books are written at a state level actually, you can thank the lost-causers for that one.
History books are written by the winners. We’ll have to wait to see what they say about Muskrat and Trump.
His reputation was and is being a scammer who got lucky.
I think the bigger historical footnote will be that he was allowed anywhere near a government in the first place
The government was designed for guys like him.