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Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by consumer451 on Friday May 05, 2023 @01:53PM (#35832792)
> He still doing the exact same thing as before, running SpaceX and Tesla.

I think we are living in different realities, which is the new normal I suppose. You missed one company he has recently purchased. You know, the one that is 100% political in nature? Jeez, just imagine the space telescopes or moon bases he could have invested in, but instead we got Twitter allowing self-described Nazis back on the platform. What a tragic waste of Musk's resources, both mental and financial.

What I meant by "all-in" was jumping headlong into the hyper-partisan political fray - and loudly choosing a side!

Musk 2021: Elon Musk said he prefers to stay out of politics [0]

Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1]

[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-spend...

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/elon-musk-says-hell-vote-rep...

Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by panick21_ on Friday May 05, 2023 @02:20PM (#35833178)
Yes running Twitter and Boring as well, but practically the waste majority of his time is Tesla and SpaceX.

I believe Musk fought buying Twitter would be both good politically and he could lead the company more successfully. Hence he wanted to get out of it when it was clear that it was a huge as shares dropped.

> Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1]

I'm not disagreeing that Musk go more political, but calling it 'all-in' is LITERALLY wrong.

All-in would be doing politics as his primary occupation.

Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by HelloMcFly on Friday May 05, 2023 @04:41PM (#35834897)
Elon Musk went all-in on the culture war of American politics and has vocally sided with the political party on an authoritarian and minoritarian track. He has put his thumb on the scale on more ways than one, including seemingly bad-faith actions e.g. his banning of journalists and unbanning of much less savory characters.

He's not running for office, but he's inserted himself part of the larger political narrative.

Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by panick21_ on Friday May 05, 2023 @04:58PM (#35835084)
Again, this word 'all-in' simply doesn't mean what you think it means.

He is not doing a TV show on Fox News 5 days a weak, he isn't running for president.

He occasionally tweets something that is political or runs arguable runs Twitter in a political (not sure if its possible to run Twitter in a politically neutral way).

His actual job that he spends 95% of his time on is running SpaceX and Tesla, just like before he bought Twitter.

Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by HelloMcFly on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @04:29PM (#35879975)
> Again, this word 'all-in' simply doesn't mean what you think it means.

Ah, you're the "semantic guy" at parties. In this case it did mean exactly what I thought it meant, but not what you wanted it to mean. I didn't realize I had to speak in literal terms and not common parlance.

Clinical and sterile: Elon Musk has used his elevated platform as the CEO of Twitter to advance authoritarian agenda, support and endorse authoritarian leaders (in the US and outside of it), make hate speech easier, and make journalism harder. He's endorsed conspiracy theories, he's adjusted the algorithm to ensure you see more content from himself and the people's he's "blessed".

Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by peterfirefly on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:35AM (#35887996)
> to advance authoritarian agenda

> make journalism harder

Quite the opposite, as far as I can see.

Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by HelloMcFly on Thursday May 18, 2023 @01:01PM (#35990907)
Things that Elon has done that make this comment absurd:

- Banned journalists (among others he didn't care for)

- Discrediting journalism accounts with "state sponsored media" labels

- Require journalism organizations to pay to provide they are an actual source (I doubt they were targeted in the checkmark fiasco, but they were impacted)

- Elevating his own platform into your feed where posts half-truths and elevates authoritarian right-wing talking points and conspiracies. Speaking of...

- Publicly espousing conspiracy theories about globalists that need reining in (hear the dog whistle?)

- Literally mocking journalists

- Auto-replying to legitimate inquiries with a poop emoji

- Selectively using right-wing voices for his politically-laden "Twitter Files" disclosure

- Providing near-zero pushback to requests for content removal from authoritarian governments

But sure, see what you want to see. And before you turn around and tell me I'm doing the same, my opinion on Elon was positive as he was buying Twitter. I've observed him, I've read what he was to say. Either I never knew him (more likely) or buying Twitter has changed him substantially.