Elon Musk Truth Bomb

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regollyek on January 2nd, 2019 at 21:27 UTC »

If you want to bitch about useless billionaires, Musk is probably the wrong one.

LeaderOfTheBeavers on January 2nd, 2019 at 21:36 UTC »

I had a conversation about this recently on wholesomememes (which used to be a hub of caring individuals being genuine, and like most of reddit, seems to have degenerated into something entirely different).

There was an exclamation something like: “If you’re morally good, than you’re not allowed into the elite.” Which had me flabbergasted.

I then made the point that Bill Gates is using his money to try to eradicate malaria, polio, guinea worm, and cancer; at which point it was pointed out that that could be from a profit motive.

So I pointed out that Musk is an engineer, and a business magnet. He isn’t going to Mars because of the money in it, he’s going because he wants to push the human race forward, and protect us from the inevitable WW3.

My point was met with resistance, mostly comprised of “he’s a capitalist, and he’s trying to make money”.

So I tried to argue that the free market has already been way more efficient and cost effective than government, such as FedEx compared to the Post Office. Capitalism is the reason we all have nice clothes and cars and smartphones, etc.

Again, I was met with fervent resistance. So I eventually just gave up.

I’m not sure if it’s ignorance or resentment, but I see this everywhere and it sort of breaks my heart.

RedditBannedMyName on January 2nd, 2019 at 22:47 UTC »

Maybe I’m confused, but why is this on the Jordan Peterson subreddit?