[ideonexus]

Vox had an apt comparison of Musk to Trump in a recent article. They noted that Musk and Trump both overwhelm the public with their flood of scandals and falsehoods so that we can't even keep track of them anymore (I had forgotten about many of the incidents in this article). A celebrity or politician involved in one scandal is always remembered and villainized for that scandal, while public figures who are perpetually in the news for their scandalous behavior get normalized--even idolized by many.

[lolc]

Isn't the difference that where Trump is selling the past, Musk is selling the future? And in some ways, their vehicles are delivering. In the end people can look past a lot of things when they think the perpetrator will help their cause.

[3cats-in-a-coat]

Everyone is selling a future. We’re gonna build a big beautiful wall, we’re gonna drain the swamp, we’re gonna make America great again. This is selling the future. Even if it’s tinted by the past. A fake past mostly.

[hsjqllzlfkf]

> In the end people can look past a lot of things when they think the perpetrator will help their cause.

A lot of people have principles.

[lolc]

I'm continuously surprised how flexible they are. Even in my case.