Joyce Carol Oates sees Elon Musk

LotusBud said:

What Joyce Carol Oates wrote to Elon Musk on Twitter rattled him. And we love it:
“So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates – scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the ‘most wealthy person in the world.’”

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LotusBud said:

Musk has meltdown over Mamdani criticizing him. Jay Ponti's response:

Musk's empire had been built on tens of billions of dollars of government handouts. One user

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for being the "biggest single recipient of US taxpayer dollars of all time."

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takedown came from grassroots political organizer Jay Ponti, who pointed out that many of Musk's business successes were built on the shoulders of others.

"[Martin] Eberhard and [Marc] Tarpenning founded Tesla," he wrote, referring to the EV maker's original CEO and CFO before Musk joined in 2004. "You didn't invent eBay or Twitter."

"Your wealth is from acquisitions, hostile takeovers, and stealing credit," Ponti added. "Everything you have was built by workers and you fight to keep from unionizing while you receive [government] welfare."

"You are a parasite," the political organizer concluded.

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