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He's just going to get people killed. But that's ok he doesn't give a shit anyways, so it's moot. What are a few thousand dead peasants when we could make big stock number go up?

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[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So US citizens should be able to import Chinese Teslas clones for half the price, right ?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago

No. He's saying THEY get to ignore all regulations. Not you.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Does this mean I csn buy a Hilux?

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 7 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Can you not buy a Hilux in the US as it stands?

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 148 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

You have to remember that musk literally, unironically, thinks we're npcs. He actually genuinely does not think that the masses of poor people are actually people.

So no, he won't fucking care.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He should maybe remember that the deathclaws that punish you for skipping straight to New Vegas are also NPCs.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

He paid someone to get past that part for him.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You got a little extra negative there.

Not negativity, you can't overstate the direness. Just grammar.

He actually genuinely thinks that the masses of poor people aren't actually people.

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 137 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From my point of view from the other side of the Atlantic, you guys in the US don't have enough regulation as it is. There's only one class of people that benefit from removal of the regulations you do have, and that's the top 1%. It's just going to allow them to do all of the following to make more money, at everyone else's expense.

1: Treat their employees worse than they already do, AND put them into dangerous situations legally. 2: Cut corners to save money at the expense of safety. Think airlines, airliner manufacturers, car makers, construction. The list here could be endless. 3: Well, finance/banking regulations. That will be a field day for the finance sector I'm sure.

I mean the list is potentially endless. But the three points above will keep you busy for long enough I reckon.

No, I don't really feel safe even this far away. We're not immune to all of this anywhere in the world.

[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Your list has most of the highlights, but you're missing 2 really important one: 1. food safety. I guess Americans don't care what is being sprayed on their vegetables or what diseases their meat might have. And 2. environmental. Burning rivers, even more wildfires, smog in all your cities, toxic waste in your lakes, etc. Don't think they won't start polluting like crazy if they can.

All regulations means ALL regulations; even the ones most people would think are so common sense they don't expect them to go away. They will. If it makes more money, they'll get rid of any and all regulations.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I stopped at three when I realised I could be there all day when it comes to regulations that private companies need to adhere to. But I would agree those should have been on my abridged list too.

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All this bullshit from someone that never even took a US civics class. And likely has little to no idea of US history.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He learned enough. Accrue enough money, and you can do whatever the fuck you want.

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Crashing two planes in his first week wasn't enough, huh?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

But that was the fault of the DEI - the secret shadow government responsible for all things you don't like.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He’s starting with planes, but next he’ll be crashing rockets in your backyard and charge you for the cleanup.

[–] mdd@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago

Musk does not clean up environmental messes. He just makes them.

[–] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's all going according to plan...we are so fucked

https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 22 points 1 day ago

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard. It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.”

Julius Caesar, ACT II Scene II by William Shakespeare

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He thinks we're probably living in a simulation so logically killing people wouldn't be morally wrong to him.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (7 children)

You gotta break a few eggs to have your butler make you a ribeye steak.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Between this and Ulbrict’s pardon, it seems the libertarians may be happy with their choice.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They had more regulations in the middle ages.

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