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The left hates Elon Musk because he’s a twin threat that doesn’t tolerate BS
NY Post ^ | 19 May 2022 | Glenn H Reynolds

Posted on 05/20/2022 5:50:49 AM PDT by Rummyfan

Why does the left hate Elon Musk?

It’s simple, really: Because he can’t be controlled, and because he doesn’t tolerate BS.

The left can’t stand either. It insists on control, to the point of systematically eliminating or co-opting anything that might serve as an independent power center. (Their fear is justified: “Music clubs” turned out to be a major factor in Czechoslovakia’s 1989 anticommunist Velvet Revolution.) And it insists on not merely spreading BS, but on requiring people to repeat and endorse its BS as a sign of submission.

Musk is thus a twin threat. As the sometime richest man in the world, he has a lot of power, and it’s not under anyone else’s control. And he’s a nerd, with a nerd’s low tolerance for bull. Where more socially “polished” people would go out of their way to show fealty to leftist tropes popular among the Gentry Class regardless of their absurdity, Musk is happy to point out that the emperor has no clothes.

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1 posted on 05/20/2022 5:50:49 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Musk makes me want to buy a Tesla, someday.


2 posted on 05/20/2022 5:52:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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you can buy one today

https://shop.tesla.com/category/lifestyle#lifestyle.mini-teslas


3 posted on 05/20/2022 6:09:14 AM PDT by RummyChick
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But they love his “green” cars!


4 posted on 05/20/2022 6:16:41 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: al_c

Could his come to Jesus views be a business decision?


5 posted on 05/20/2022 7:02:39 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Rummyfan

The left hates Musk because the left hates everything and everyone, almost as much as they hate themselves.


6 posted on 05/20/2022 7:03:07 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Rummyfan

More accurate headline: The ruling class hates Elon Musk because they see him as a traitor.


7 posted on 05/20/2022 7:34:33 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Salman
More accurate headline: The ruling class hates Elon Musk because they see him as a traitor.

Much better.

8 posted on 05/20/2022 7:51:51 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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To: al_c

Biden wants to end gas cars but doesn’t own a electric car it’s a matter of do as I say.


9 posted on 05/20/2022 8:04:29 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Rummyfan

The left is rolling out the same old game plan - first step, the unfounded #metoo attack.


10 posted on 05/20/2022 8:11:21 AM PDT by beekay (Justice for Ashli Babbitt! Say her name.)
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To: Rummyfan

Musk is wicked smart, also.

Another thing the left cannot abide.

I NEVER underestimate Elon-—on anything.


11 posted on 05/20/2022 8:38:07 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Rummyfan

How many other frauds like Twitter are looking over their shoulders?

Musk has exposed their fraud-—and more will come.


12 posted on 05/20/2022 8:38:57 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Clearly, the exception to the old axiom that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.


13 posted on 05/20/2022 8:47:46 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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