• masquenox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Incidentally, do you guys remember when this fuckhead was a darling of the left?

    And when was this? I cannot remember a time when a celebrity capitalist parasite was a “darling of the left.”

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      1 year ago

      I will admit there was a time when he was pushing electric cars while traditional auto manufacturers seemed to be dragging their feet. It felt like he was on the right side of a big issue and shaking things up. I think it’s important to admit when we get it wrong. And boy did I get it wrong.

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        1 year ago

        It felt like he was on the right side of a big issue

        No. No, he never was. Any leftist will tell you that the only solution to the car problem is public transport… not silly attempts to make individual cars more “eco-friendly.” That’s not leftism - that’s what we call “green capitalism.” And leftists have understood that loooong before Phony Stark skipped South Africa to avoid being drafted into the SADF to uphold the white supremacist state he benefited so richly from.