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This is so pointless. We often make fun of people who obssess over the Kardashians and yet here we are obsessing over everything Musk..


The Kardashians don't own ICBMs.


He has a far bigger impact on society, both potential and realized. And there's still a lot of damage he could (and seems inclined) to do.


The world is much much bigger than you think. It might be shocking but Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX, and even PayPal are irrelevant to the daily lives of the vast population of the planet, and they will be for a long time.


> The world is much much bigger than you think.

This is a condescending, ignorant, and stupid sentence.

> It might be shocking but

And so is this.

> PayPal

Ah yes, ecommerce, famously irrelevant to modern society.

> Twitter

I don't even know where to begin. We live in an information age, and this is one of the largest platforms of disseminating information there is. More importantly, the most prominent journalists in the world rely on Twitter for sharing information. Do you think the Saudis are so hell bent on infiltrating Twitter because it's irrelevant? Why do you think state actors spend so much effort trying to control narratives on social media?

And to the larger point: you're saying the richest man in the world and his attempts to mold modern society are irrelevant.


The ignorant and condescending sentences you pointed out are true and I only added them because you still seem to be looking at this from an upper class American/European perspective.


The fact you think something entirely subjective and ill-defined is 1) objectively true and 2) something you can know without being in my head is ridiculous.




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