Agree. Elon is a terrible human being! It's amazing what he thinks he can get away with. I'd like to see him flooded with suits the way Trump is. They both deserve it.
For me it’s always been his lack of regard for human life regarding fsd. Google has zero human deaths at waymo he has 30 at least but the number is higher. He is using people are Guinea pigs which is not cool. It’s very dishonest what he is telling people about a level 2 autopilot when Mercedes is at level 3 and willing to take on the legal risks associated that Tesla won’t by remaining level 2
"As you know I’m an Elon Musk skeptic and as you know Elon is a horrible human being."
I liked your opening sentence so much that I tried to tweet about it. I have like 12 followers so I wouldn't think it'd get flagged. But that was the first tweet that for some reason didn't appear after I submitted it. Not sure if that's an instance of throttling, but if so presumably that means it's just a delayed transmission.
At any rate, this is infuriating, and I don't think people are taking it as seriously as they should. If you know anything about the rise of fascism, this is precisely how it creeps into an ostensibly free society. There's always a rationalization for why it's treated as a mere inconvenience. I fear it's the free-market ideology that will keep the blinders firmly in place for Americans. "Yeah but he owns it, so he can do whatever he wants." That isn't an explanation. It merely identifies one calamity as a symptom of another.
A possible silver lining here is that these antics show even more privileged and resourceful people like us why it's unacceptable for these social media platforms to be unaccountable to the public interest. Essential elements of the global social infrastructure can't be left to the whims of any one person.
I know it's not a popular opinion, but it's also incontestable: allowing any one individual to amass a fortune in the tens of billions is itself a serious threat to democracy. If you don't support a wealth tax and massively progressive taxation that reaches above 90% at the upper 1% of income, commensurate with the degree of endemic inequality in advanced capitalist economies, well at least you ought to know which side you're on in these little spats with His Majesty.
Climbing down off my soapbox now, but I trust you realize that your comments were having a meaningful impact. I'm sure a few hundred brainwashed fanboys came to their senses thanks to your efforts. More important, there's no question that you got to Musk himself. His actions hurt people, and you did the right thing by forcing him to show his true colors.
It it quite a coincidence I was banned right when that story broke about the misleading mileage issue which could potentially be worse than dieselgate bc of the tax credits received. Did I do anything nobody else has done? No but it’s an easy out for twitter to just ban the nuisances when they feel like it. Musk is a joke he is not about free speech he’s about free speech when it comes to what benefits him
His behavior is becoming more erratic and you wonder where this is all going. Grateful to be a subscriber her and continue to get this valuable content, but I'll miss your other takes. Your post were all over my feed and the majority of my likes.
Thanks Steven. What baffles me most is we know how much the app is struggling, how does banning someone who gets 10m impressions a month and pays you $8/mo help that? Guess we’re seeing the 4d chess musk always plays lol
Damn, fintwit is the only reason I have twitter and there's only a handful of people I follow. Your tweets are 1/3rd of those I get notifications for.
It’s a shame but so is life, can’t insult the big guy
Things are spreading across fintwit. It's a shame. Hopefully they will accept your appeal.
https://twitter.com/SamanthaLaDuc/status/1684727609022701569?s=20
They denied it sadly. I’m over Twitter and musk, sad I’m gonna lose contact with many I chatted with daily but he’s a joke
Despite what it is...I know it sucks, the bully he has become...(:
As it says "submit an appeal"...let's see what happens...hopefully there are some people still there trying to manage the chaos...
I did and we will see if the benevolent one allows me back
Maybe try posting notes here more often instead? Whenever something catches your eye, post a note instead of a tweet
use the discord
Is there a channel for updates only from james?
Agree. Elon is a terrible human being! It's amazing what he thinks he can get away with. I'd like to see him flooded with suits the way Trump is. They both deserve it.
For me it’s always been his lack of regard for human life regarding fsd. Google has zero human deaths at waymo he has 30 at least but the number is higher. He is using people are Guinea pigs which is not cool. It’s very dishonest what he is telling people about a level 2 autopilot when Mercedes is at level 3 and willing to take on the legal risks associated that Tesla won’t by remaining level 2
James you probably need to put the discord link here in the substack for people who are not already in the discord.
"As you know I’m an Elon Musk skeptic and as you know Elon is a horrible human being."
I liked your opening sentence so much that I tried to tweet about it. I have like 12 followers so I wouldn't think it'd get flagged. But that was the first tweet that for some reason didn't appear after I submitted it. Not sure if that's an instance of throttling, but if so presumably that means it's just a delayed transmission.
At any rate, this is infuriating, and I don't think people are taking it as seriously as they should. If you know anything about the rise of fascism, this is precisely how it creeps into an ostensibly free society. There's always a rationalization for why it's treated as a mere inconvenience. I fear it's the free-market ideology that will keep the blinders firmly in place for Americans. "Yeah but he owns it, so he can do whatever he wants." That isn't an explanation. It merely identifies one calamity as a symptom of another.
A possible silver lining here is that these antics show even more privileged and resourceful people like us why it's unacceptable for these social media platforms to be unaccountable to the public interest. Essential elements of the global social infrastructure can't be left to the whims of any one person.
I know it's not a popular opinion, but it's also incontestable: allowing any one individual to amass a fortune in the tens of billions is itself a serious threat to democracy. If you don't support a wealth tax and massively progressive taxation that reaches above 90% at the upper 1% of income, commensurate with the degree of endemic inequality in advanced capitalist economies, well at least you ought to know which side you're on in these little spats with His Majesty.
Climbing down off my soapbox now, but I trust you realize that your comments were having a meaningful impact. I'm sure a few hundred brainwashed fanboys came to their senses thanks to your efforts. More important, there's no question that you got to Musk himself. His actions hurt people, and you did the right thing by forcing him to show his true colors.
It it quite a coincidence I was banned right when that story broke about the misleading mileage issue which could potentially be worse than dieselgate bc of the tax credits received. Did I do anything nobody else has done? No but it’s an easy out for twitter to just ban the nuisances when they feel like it. Musk is a joke he is not about free speech he’s about free speech when it comes to what benefits him
His behavior is becoming more erratic and you wonder where this is all going. Grateful to be a subscriber her and continue to get this valuable content, but I'll miss your other takes. Your post were all over my feed and the majority of my likes.
Here's a really clever video from Patrick Boyle that I think about often... https://youtu.be/w_0i45gbQUA
Thanks Steven. What baffles me most is we know how much the app is struggling, how does banning someone who gets 10m impressions a month and pays you $8/mo help that? Guess we’re seeing the 4d chess musk always plays lol
I guess you weren't selling enough Blue Chew pills and Cheech and Chong gummies...
Fucking bullshit. Sorry to hear man!
Ya it sucks I appealed it, we will see if Twitter blesses me,with all they’re losing they need every paying user imaginable
you the man
I don't blame you.