He’s also got less sense than I thought a human was capable of, which is saying something, if he was smart he’d have fucked off after PayPal like Tom did when he sold MySpace
I had to sink to the lowest level but I think the perceived irony is that a socialist is opening a store which some people think is inherently capitalist
In his empty head, there might be some connection to the Conservative Propaganda about people starving under Socialism, vs a Socialist opening grocery stores, and we’re supposed to see that as “Irony,” rather than popping a hole in their “Socialists Starve People” trope.
He’s just not smart enough, or sober enough, to follow the mental path beyond “Har, har, look at this Socialist with food, har, har. Ironic, huh?”
I would use my wealth to destroy all wealthy people’s wealth, then when that is all done I would donate every last cent to all workers and create one big union with every single worker being a participant. There wouldn’t be much of an economy by then but we could rebuild and maybe get rid of money altogether. Just some little pipe dream of mine.
It’s been clarified that you won’t need an id to buy. It would be more akin to a loyalty card. Seems they want to use it to track usage patterns and cut off scalpers.
The meme of communism being the root cause of the starvation in the USSR and China is infuriating to me because it stops people from seeing the valuable lesson that’s actually there: the destruction caused by ideology taking precedence over evidence and a system that cannot see or adapt to evidence that it’s made the wrong decision.
A well run communist nation would have run optional trial programs to test lysenkoism. It would have slowly ramped it up, seeing if it actually produced results, all while promising those trying it that if it failed they’d be given food, and if it succeeded they’d be allowed to keep some of the surplus.
No way to safely test the 5 pests campaign though. Gotta have people who understand agriculture and ecology make agricultural decisions to stop that.
Regardless though, these problems aren’t innate to communism. Reaganism/Thatcherism are of the same nature. And fascists did it far more egregiously than anyone else, partly because their ideology is built on explicitly rejecting non ideological thought and all old ways of doing things. If communists call watering crops communism, fascists will build tents to keep their plants dry.
The USSR and China were and are not Communist countries. Just because they call themselves Communist, doesn’t mean they have anything to do with Marxism.
the destruction caused by ideology taking precedence over evidence and a system that cannot see or adapt to evidence that it’s made the wrong decision…Regardless though, these problems aren’t innate to communism.
Absolutely correct. I’d go so far as to proclaiming it a base aspect of the human condition.
Prehistoric survival strategy that hasn’t uniformly left the species/adapted to the modern world.
Reaganism/Thatcherism are of the same nature. And fascists did it far more egregiously than anyone else, partly because their ideology is built on explicitly rejecting non ideological thought and all old ways of doing things.
Also absolutely correct, and they know that.
Even a moron like Musk, who I genuinely believe couldn’t correctly ID 10 pieces of irony even if they all floppily cockslapped his stupid face, is aware of why he peddles the drivel he does.
I don’t understand. What’s ironic about a socialist opening some city owned grocery stores?
Nothing in the slightest, Musk is just a dumbass with more money than any human should have.
He’s also got less sense than I thought a human was capable of, which is saying something, if he was smart he’d have fucked off after PayPal like Tom did when he sold MySpace
Wait, Tom is gone? He was a friend of mine!
Tom was and remains all of our friends, he left so it would be that way
My Space may be back.
So ive heard… im keeping my distance for the time being, seems like a trap
I would be doing secret AI experiments with a small AI center if I was in his place.
Sounds dumb, until you realize I would be architecting the actual algorithm myself, and not for corporate goals.
The irony is that Musk, self-proclaimed super genius, doesn’t know what irony is while calling things ironic.
he would like the days when children return to the precious stone mines in South africa.
That would be emerald-y
probably force them to go africa, south america again and mine rare earth minerals
Isn’t it like rain on your wedding day?
I thought it was more like a traffic jam, when you’re already late
He’s like a spoon who thinks it’s a knife.
Alright, alright. I see you’ve played knifey spoony before.
I actually haven’t, ironically. Is that a sex thing?
Only if you’re in Australia
An innocent Simpsons reference I’m afraid.
He’s like an egg who thinks it’s caviar.
I had to sink to the lowest level but I think the perceived irony is that a socialist is opening a store which some people think is inherently capitalist
Thank you, my brain was failing to understand even in theory what point he thought he was making…
Even if it is dumb, I at least like to know the reason…
By Zeus, that makes sense now.
In his empty head, there might be some connection to the Conservative Propaganda about people starving under Socialism, vs a Socialist opening grocery stores, and we’re supposed to see that as “Irony,” rather than popping a hole in their “Socialists Starve People” trope.
He’s just not smart enough, or sober enough, to follow the mental path beyond “Har, har, look at this Socialist with food, har, har. Ironic, huh?”
it apparently requires an ID for… something…
Imagine when he learns about library cards.
Or driver’s licenses
I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t even have one.
If I was a gazillionaire I would probably not drive.
Of course, I would also be a class traitor to the rest of the capital class and soon stop being a gazillionaire…
I would use my wealth to destroy all wealthy people’s wealth, then when that is all done I would donate every last cent to all workers and create one big union with every single worker being a participant. There wouldn’t be much of an economy by then but we could rebuild and maybe get rid of money altogether. Just some little pipe dream of mine.
Shit. I’m gazillionpoor and I don’t drive
Ah, I see. And he’s saying it’s ironic for them to require an ID when they are against people having to show their ID at the polls. Right?
It’s been clarified that you won’t need an id to buy. It would be more akin to a loyalty card. Seems they want to use it to track usage patterns and cut off scalpers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-team-153800291.html
Thank you for that clarification.
The irony is, he’s calling something irony and no one understands what he means.
Gommonysm 100Trillion starbed hardyharharhar
You need to dial down your intellect to the extend of a 12 yo, than you understand the mind of trillionaire.
The meme of communism being the root cause of the starvation in the USSR and China is infuriating to me because it stops people from seeing the valuable lesson that’s actually there: the destruction caused by ideology taking precedence over evidence and a system that cannot see or adapt to evidence that it’s made the wrong decision.
A well run communist nation would have run optional trial programs to test lysenkoism. It would have slowly ramped it up, seeing if it actually produced results, all while promising those trying it that if it failed they’d be given food, and if it succeeded they’d be allowed to keep some of the surplus.
No way to safely test the 5 pests campaign though. Gotta have people who understand agriculture and ecology make agricultural decisions to stop that.
Regardless though, these problems aren’t innate to communism. Reaganism/Thatcherism are of the same nature. And fascists did it far more egregiously than anyone else, partly because their ideology is built on explicitly rejecting non ideological thought and all old ways of doing things. If communists call watering crops communism, fascists will build tents to keep their plants dry.
The USSR and China were and are not Communist countries. Just because they call themselves Communist, doesn’t mean they have anything to do with Marxism.
Absolutely correct. I’d go so far as to proclaiming it a base aspect of the human condition.
Prehistoric survival strategy that hasn’t uniformly left the species/adapted to the modern world.
Also absolutely correct, and they know that.
Even a moron like Musk, who I genuinely believe couldn’t correctly ID 10 pieces of irony even if they all floppily cockslapped his stupid face, is aware of why he peddles the drivel he does.