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Re: Free America Now (@elonmusk)

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Post by bildung »

tecleandor wrote: post #5
criddell wrote: post #2

What's the context of this tweet? Is he just trolling?

I don't think so. And his tweets aren't really aging well... https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960

He also implied there won't be more than 0.1% of the US population infected overall, https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1239755145233289217

Re: Free America Now (@elonmusk)

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Post by jinushaun »

criddell wrote: post #2

What's the context of this tweet? Is he just trolling?

The more Musk tweets, the further away he gets from the visionary with dreams of Mars and the closer he gets to Trump. I used to be a fan, but I’ve found it impossible to defend Musk in recent years.

Re: Free America Now (@elonmusk)

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Post by dr_dshiv »

criddell wrote: post #2

What's the context of this tweet? Is he just trolling?

I think his opinion is that the Coronavirus threat has been overblown and is perhaps the biggest direct threat to the future of Tesla.

Following, "We're working on ventilators, even though I think there will not be a shortage by the time we can make enough to matter"

I haven't checked recently, but I believe the vast majority of hospitals are not overwhelmed nor short of ventilators -- but is there any source of data on bed shortages or ventilator shortages? (That was the point of flattening the curve)

Re: Free America Now (@elonmusk)

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Post by jmull »

fernandotakai wrote: post #13

wow, that's... bonkers. i wonder why the hell he's saying this kind of thing -- it's not like his companies are having issues due to covid-19 (afaik).

He aspires to be a populist demagogue. I have no doubt he'll be running for president one of these days.

edit: I'm dumb, he can't run for president of the US.

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