alt Hacker NewsI don’t see Musk as a nefarious actor; more of a nerd — albeit a visionary one — who is socially awkward but got unfathomably rich and powerful.
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His antics vis-à-vis propping up the far-right in Europe or calling people he doesn't like NPCs don't persuade you otherwise?
His Nazi salute doesn't bother you in the least? That's not "socially awkward".
Stop anthropomorphizing billionaires.
Those are not at all mutually exclusive. In fact, both of those characteristics make up most of the Silicon Valley oligarchy.
Then you haven't been paying attention.
Are you not aware of his blatant Nazi salutes or his DOGE attempt to dismantle oversight/regulation of his business concerns or him cancelling USAID (700,000 deaths and counting) or his interference in UK/European politics to promote far right violence and riots?
If you had that amount of money and power, you could be anyone you wanted, so why on earth does Musk choose to be as he is?
He recently shut down Starlink for Ukrainians, thus contributing to Putin's genocide. Have you not been reading the news? Calling Musk a "nerd" is the wrong term here. That is deliberate support of a genocide.
The Musk invective in HN is just wild to me. No, it wasn’t a Nazi salute (unless Biden, and Hillary and Obama are all Nazis too having made the same motion). No, he hasn’t cut Ukraine’s internet. All of these are lies, repeated over and over and over. He’s just a Republican accelerationist and unapologetic about his race. His companies create legitimately awesome products that millions use daily. Shocking that today that’s enough to breed such extraordinary hate from the left.
I don't think any 'evil' person sees themselves as 'evil'.
But pushing himself onto the President, manipulating democracy and being responsible for killing kids as a billionair makes his actions nefarious.