Is Musk DS?
Seems he has made a lot of truthful comments about Covid that goes against the narrative.
Yet, he seems like a billionaire with a shady life.
Your thoughts?
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He is a guy that wants to be good, but he plays by their rules to give the DS what they need in tech, in order to get the funding to do what he does. Trump like in his finesse for deals, but more slimy in his govt welfare.
I've made peace with his govt. welfare behavior.
I rationalize TESLA's whole thing as a sort of tax on stupid libs, taking their money and converting it into funding for manned space exploration.
Once you turn that corner, it becomes rather sublime. It is these same assclowns that cry out: "How can we pay for rockets and bases on maaaars, when there's pooooor ppl on earth?"
Musk is taking their money, and spending it on rockets. Sucks that he can't do it up front. Sucks that he can't just get government funding in a straightforward fashion. But, if he could, we wouldn't need him. NASA would be on Mars already, and we'd have flying cars, rocket backpacks, and who knows what the hell else, while getting ready to step out into the outer solar system and really mine the shit out of some asteroids.
Could you elborate on that?
A big part of the tesla business model involves hoovering up state and federal business grants, tax subsidies, corporate welfare, meant to encourage "green" business and power initiatives.
Some would say, there is no tesla, without the corporate welfare. Also, you can occasionally find bellyaching amongst the lib media about how tesla doesn't always live up to the spirit or the letter of these grants. So far, none of these stories have gained much traction.
Most hard core conservatives are inclined to despise/distrust any business that revolves around corporate welfare.
In this case, however, I am willing to make an exception as it seems to me the money truly is being ultimately used to fund something worthwhile and actionable, that I feel we should be doing anyway. If tesla wasn't there to soak up these stupid green eco business grants, some other shitstain company would be-- and you can bet your ass they'd be turning around and spending the money on... I don't know... transgender voting rights initiatives or some other bullshit.
Bottom line: our tax dollars would still be getting used, but to a much worse end.
The rumor is that Elon is launching Starlink to counter the internet censorship.