[ddoolin]

Cheap take: no matter where you fall on the entire political spectrum, this implosion is incredibly entertaining, even if predicted for a long time now. Musk has managed to unite bitter political divisions against him. It's impressive really.

[0cf8612b2e1e]

The most amusing summary I read -now Teslas may be getting keyed by both political parties.

[paxys]

"Entertaining" in a "ha ha these morons are going to kill us all" way, yes.

[prds_lost]

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.

[reaperducer]

this implosion is incredibly entertaining,

Two type-a jackholes bickering on the internet. Shocking.

People like them are just uranium. Put enough of them in close enough proximity, and things go boom.

[burnt-resistor]

Almost 20 years ago now, Prof. Robert I. Sutton suggested that the maximum allowable a-holes should be close to zero.

[burnt-resistor]

In the absence of substantive accomplishment, dramatic reality show soma has replaced leadership with a staged performance art that caters to social hierarchy and in-group approval rather than real, stable, effective, efficient benefit and happiness for the protection and thriving of most individuals' needs.

[tacon]

The best line from Justified, so apt here:

"Seeds of Distrust in a Garden of Assholes" https://youtu.be/ifJwLOon6g4

[ActorNightly]

It would be more entertaining if one party didn't have its hands on levers that could make our lives significantly worse on a whim.

[dzhiurgis]

It feels 100% manufactured. Would bet on anything ar this point other than volatility itself.

[burnt-resistor]

Do you have any evidence for this or is it just speculation? Their drama seem real enough given an elderly con artist and a neurto-atypical weirdo doing lots of drugs, where both seem rather megalomaniacal and used to getting their ways. They're competing for attention, approval, and power.

[1970-01-01]

Perfect take: Our modern version of bread and circuses is popcorn and tweets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses