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Elon Musk Blames Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg For Capitol Riot
Observer.com ^ | 1/7/2021 | Sissi Cao and Jordan Zakarin

Posted on 01/09/2021 9:44:30 PM PST by Beave Meister

In times of social crises in America, big tech billionaires are often amongst the first to speak up—though how they do so varies. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, unlike many of his peers, didn’t directly speak about the riot that erupted in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday afternoon. But the second-richest man in the world did make it clear that he was watching the news and indeed had a strong opinion about the surreal events that transpired at the U.S. Capitol.

Late Wednesday night, after police had cleared protestors from the Capital ground to allow Congress to resume vote counting and certifying election results, Musk tweeted a meme showing bricks lining up like dominoes. The smallest front brick was labeled “a website to rate women on campus”—a reference to the early version of Facebook—and the largest tile in the back was superimposed with a tweet by The New York Times Magazine correspondent Mark Leibovich that read: “The Capitol seems to be under the control of a man in a Viking hat.”

His message was clear: The shocking rampage on Wednesday was the culmination of years of political and ideological polarization fueled by social media platforms, primarily Facebook. “This is called the domino effect,” Musk tweeted alongside the meme.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: antifa; bigtech; billionaires; capitalriots; capitol; congress; dc; dominoeffect; elonmusk; facebook; fascistbook; markzuckerberg; musk; paidprotesters; polarization; riots; socialmedia; spacex; tesla; washington; washingtondc; zuckerberg
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Zuckerberg squats to pee. I hope he loses every dime of his new found fortune...
1 posted on 01/09/2021 9:44:30 PM PST by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

They must be financially ruined. They are dangerous and they are selling us out to China.


2 posted on 01/09/2021 9:46:44 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Williams

The opportunities for conservative entrepreneurs is wide open. Economic warfare will be a key in winning.


3 posted on 01/09/2021 9:51:08 PM PST by Salvavida
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To: Williams; Beave Meister

EO 13848 can be used to ruin him financially and send him to prison for life or worse.

Anyone aiding and abetting a foreign power interfering in a US Election can have their assets seized and prosecuted according to the law.


4 posted on 01/09/2021 9:51:57 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Beave Meister

pretty funny musk! not a fan of your cars, but ridicule is one of the best weapons against the globalist totalitarians.


5 posted on 01/09/2021 9:52:19 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Beave Meister

“But the second-richest man in the world”

He’s now the first .. as of a day or so ago.


6 posted on 01/09/2021 9:59:06 PM PST by Bobibutu
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To: Beave Meister

OMG, I am gonna get SO many “fact checks” for posting this and possible jail time.

/into the fire

:D


7 posted on 01/09/2021 10:02:51 PM PST by Salamander (We're All Hamlet, Now....)
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To: Beave Meister
Seriously thought. I like Elon Musk. He's been red pilled. His electric car Tesla is overrated but I have no problems if its up to the free market to adopt it with zero interference from the government.

Back to the point, my liberal friends and relatives have been talking nonstop about politics. So the way that Facebook (and Twitter but ignore that here) is set up encourages divisiveness. Conservatives by most part, we do not care what Liberals do with their lives as long as they leave us alone. But Liberals (actually Leftists) cannot accept the way we live because we are simply wrong.

8 posted on 01/09/2021 10:05:05 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Bobibutu

Awwwww....was there jumping ship from FB like for Twitter?

That’s a damn shame.

:D


9 posted on 01/09/2021 10:05:06 PM PST by Salamander (We're All Hamlet, Now....)
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To: Salamander

I’ll chip in to bail you out!


10 posted on 01/09/2021 10:08:51 PM PST by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: nutmeg

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11 posted on 01/09/2021 10:10:01 PM PST by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Beave Meister

His accounts will soon be banned


12 posted on 01/09/2021 10:18:46 PM PST by vigilante2
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To: Beave Meister

I can’t stand Teslas, but SpaceX is probably the most impressive and consequential corporation since Ford Motor Company made the model T.


13 posted on 01/09/2021 10:20:26 PM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING)
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To: kanawa

Just remember to go keep the snake company while I’m locked down.

;)


14 posted on 01/09/2021 10:23:06 PM PST by Salamander (We're All Hamlet, Now....)
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To: Beave Meister

Elon is busy setting up Starlink. When his rockets finish this task we will have global internet and all this Commie censorship should be a thing of the past.


15 posted on 01/09/2021 10:35:09 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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"They must be financially ruined. They are dangerous and they are selling us out to China.

If this coup was instigated and orchestrated by foreign countries then it is an act of war. If this is the case then, after their domestic agents are dealt with, the retribution should be on a scale and ferocity that would make the ancient Romans recoil in horror.

16 posted on 01/09/2021 11:00:47 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: Beave Meister

Bookmark


17 posted on 01/09/2021 11:17:11 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!at )
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To: Beave Meister

overall, from everything he’s been doing lately, i am warming up to elon


18 posted on 01/09/2021 11:52:45 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Beave Meister

The domino theory is different but very related.

Domino theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory


19 posted on 01/10/2021 12:29:38 AM PST by familyop
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To: Beave Meister

Elon Musk is John Galt.


20 posted on 01/10/2021 2:55:22 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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