Summary

Republicans’ efforts to portray Elon Musk as a MAGA martyr are failing, as his victim narrative struggles to resonate with conservative audiences.

Musk’s controversial statements and perceived elitism, including his complaints of being targeted by Democrats, have alienated even right-wing supporters.

Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand, and Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings, especially on economic issues.

Attempts to rally sympathy for Musk, including his emotional Fox News appearance, have largely backfired.

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    12 days ago

    I don’t want Elon dead, I want him to go bankrupt, fail at creating some NRx corporate dictatorship so hard that he brings about a socialist utopia, and then end up getting the drug and mental health treatment he so badly needs for free, eventually issuing an apology for becoming such an asshole and proceeding to live out the rest of his days giving Ted talks around the theme of how being the richest person on earth was the most miserable time of his life.

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    I mean, I don’t want to kill Musk, but I would certainly toast his obituary. The world would objectively be a better place without him on it.

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    What a whining fucking maggot. Elon and that whole cohort of cowardly cunts are destroying education, Social Security, international relations, food safety, financial security, and any kind of safety net for the tens of millions of people who will fall through the cracks and die because of their greed. Yeah, no fucking shit people want you dead. It’s not out of spite, or jealousy, or political differences. It’s self preservation.

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    11 days ago

    Ahhh…diddums lose a few billion dollars in notional worth? Are those bad bullies boycotting little Muskie’s terrible cars?

    Ahhh… That’s so saaad…

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    I don’t want you dead, Elon. I want you to be penniless and without anyone willing to loan you money anymore.

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          While he certainly deserves to suffer proportional to the suffering he’s causing, top priority is stop him from causing more - if that means he ends up taking a bullet in a manner that renders him incapable of processing what’s happening, I’ll still count that as a good start.

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            Can’t we have both?

            I want Squirrel Girl to mob him with 1000s of squirrels, dragging him from wherever he is to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, then dangle him by whatever nuts he’s got on him.

            Then I’ll be happy.

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              I mean, no amount of torture will ever be proportional to the amount of suffering he’s caused, so, if the opportunity presents to make his death excruciating, then by all means: my point is simply that all that takes the back burner to stopping him from damaging our country/planet.

              Stop him at any cost; use him as an opportunity to send a warning to other oligarchs if able.

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              Personally, I would prefer the squirrels to treat him like roadkill. They can start with his precious nuts and work their way up.

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            While he certainly deserves to suffer proportional to the suffering he’s causing

            Even Abu Gharib would struggle to do that. The scale of influence billionaires have is insane.

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    Oligarchs deserve what’s coming. The Oligarchs are trying to convince the people they don’t have rights. At first the people will peacefully demand the restoration of the constitutional order. When the oligarchs refuse, the people will fight back, taking the fight to the doorstep of the oligarchs. If fighting starts, it will be too late for the oligarchs - the people are well armed.

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    Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand

    This is the narrative Musk and Republicans want.

    The protests and vandalism aren’t hurting his brand.

    They’re another consequence of him openly being a fucking Nazi, which is what’s hurting his brand.

    It’s not that complicated, but a shit ton of people keep missing the point

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      11 days ago

      by doubling his intake of ketamine binges, and downing expensive bottles of dom perrignon.

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    Why would any person want to kill Muskrat? I can’t even think of 10,000 reasons. I certainly don’t think the world would be a better place if he was feeding worms in a shallow grave.

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    11 days ago

    If he would drop his doge bullshit the hate would fade almost overnight even with the Nazi salute shit

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    Elon Musk is a real victim, instead of having “more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime”, now he only has “more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime”.

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    Honestly, I’m hoping he just speed runs the McAfee plan. Drop down a k-hole into a paranoid delusion and then do the world a favor at the end