To think Elon Musk has gone nuts

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What on earth is going on with him. Calling for Nagel Farage to resign. Now wanting the PM to resign amd said we have a tyrannical government. It's all a bit odd.

Sorry it was a long time ago. I have a vague memory of a shell suit for some reason as well.

I don’t have the inherited wealth, inclination or penis to be required to stand up to him but appreciate being allowed to have an opinion on him however humble and stupid I may be.

Is that OK?

He's banned a bunch of people for even slightly criticising him in the last few days alone.

hence the interest in Mars!

Ooh excellent, why not?

It’s hilarious 😆

He's South African.

Yes, and that's quite a statement!

On a personal level I have a customisable block filter on my browser.

More generally it's a shame about the lack of a viable alternative, Bluesky not there yet.

I'm off to have a peek at twitter.

I suspect if I enquired about his bladder issues my feet wouldn't touch the ground.

Lots like Trump, another who has built his career on inherited wealth and made an entire bollocks of that, most of the time. His financial history does not inspire confidence..

He seems to be wanting Tommy Robinson to be the leader of reform. I can't understand how someone for another country is allowed to put billions into a political party here. Surely the rules don't allow that?

Hubris-Atis-Nemesis-Tisis: An ancient universal law

(I think he has exited the Hubris stage and entered Atis)

It does feel like a play by Euripedes or something.

What will be most interesting to see will be the inevitable falling out between him and Trump. Trump won’t stand for being upstaged and someone else appearing to have ideas. He only wants sycophants who do nothing but praise and worship him. Musk isn’t doing that. He has too much of an ego of his own and there’s no room for that alongside Trump’s.
As well as that, Trump and his handlers must be realising that Musk is a liability. He was useful because he used money to help get Trump elected. They’ll get rid of him soon enough.

Wow, if he’s using that much drugs he won’t last long. The world would definitely be a better place.

They don't. Reform isn't a political party. It's run as a business.

Interesting to see he's not having a pop at Russia or China, too big and too powerful I reckon , plus he doesn't speak the languages

He'll be mounting pavements in his car, keeping women silent in the house, running around with a knife next. Oh sorry no, but he's white, so definite statements about his character can be made based on one of his country of origin.

It’s registered with the Electoral Commission as a political party

Ah yes the customary equivalence to Fascism etc. Everyone you don’t agree with must be a neo nazi.

Very imaginative. And original. But not surprising.

That’s a shame. He’s never been particularly consistent. Depends what he’s interested in at any given moment. Hyper focus. Comes on and off like a tap, for some people.

That's really interesting, thank you.

I was amazed to discover during lockdown (woman I used to work with went all QAnon on the facebook) that he genuinely has loads of followers who take him deadly seriously. I remember him on Wogan with his turquoise tracksuit getting an absolute pasting in the UK press and finding very little traction for his ideas. Not now! What's happened to us? Is it just down to the internet?

He's also suing loads of advertisers for pulling out of Twitter after he told them to fuck off.
If he gave a damn about rape or child grooming he would be working with his fellow billionnaire tech bros and work with governments to stop it happening on their platforms. Except he and them couldn't care less.

Oh, shit, have they found oil in the UK?