Summary

Bill Gates criticized Elon Musk for his support of far-right politicians, including the UK’s Tommy Robinson and Germany’s AfD party, calling it “insane shit” and accusing Musk of destabilizing political systems.

Gates questioned Musk’s focus on divisive politics while managing global businesses like Tesla and SpaceX.

Gates also expressed concern about wealthy individuals influencing foreign elections.

Musk has faced backlash for controversial actions, including a Nazi salute.

  • Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Maybe if Musk started out with no money, that would be fair in some sense.

    Why is this american obsession on weighting the value of men with the money they made? Musk is an idiot regardless of his money or how he made it.

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      4 months ago

      I’m not sure what you mean. I’m not American, and I don’t place much value on enormous wealth accumulation. I’m just acknowledging that there is a difference between gaining enormous wealth with a hefty leg up from family wealth versus doing it from scratch, like growing up in poverty for example.

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      4 months ago

      Americans equal money with power, the more power you have, the more value, etc. That is basically it.

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        4 months ago

        Its not just power, its ego and success. If McDonalds started paying 30$ an hour it would suddenly be a job that signaled success, despite nothing changing about the job duties.

        Thats what’s happening here, elon is rich so he must be smart, and now people are jealous and emulate him. The OP is right though, money or not he’s an idiot.

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      4 months ago

      Quite a lot of americans equate money with success and ability. Elon musk must be the smartest guy because dumb people dont make money like that.

      I think its reverse engineering though, americans see his worth, and work backwards claiming all his choices are genius and well thought out.