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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBob Cesca: Elon Musk is the perfect illustration of the rising idiocracy here. So many humans with
money and status happen to be some of the biggest dumbshits around politics, pop culture, business the Supreme Court. Likewise, too many of us conflate status/wealth with smarts.
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Bob Cesca: Elon Musk is the perfect illustration of the rising idiocracy here. So many humans with (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Nov 2022
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Yup. Also check out the discussion about Twitter and Eloon on his Tuesday podcast.
GoCubsGo
Nov 2022
#3
so true. Never understood the whole Kardashian attraction, Kanye, all that crap...
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2022
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PortTack
(32,773 posts)1. Elon like his buddy the orange mass should have never gone down this road
A public figure b4, but now..a public figure with a huge ego and not a lot of brains. His comments and actions become more outrageous by the day
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)2. Exactly.
Income inequality inevitably leads to autocracy by giving people the incorrect understanding that those few at the top have more value and therefore deserve all the power!
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)3. Yup. Also check out the discussion about Twitter and Eloon on his Tuesday podcast.
https://www.bobcesca.com/the-bob-cesca-show-11-1-22/
One of the interesting things he and Buzz Burbank brought up was the fact that the European Union's new social media rules are likely going to put the kibosh on any of his attempts to monetize blue check marks.
One of the interesting things he and Buzz Burbank brought up was the fact that the European Union's new social media rules are likely going to put the kibosh on any of his attempts to monetize blue check marks.
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)4. so true. Never understood the whole Kardashian attraction, Kanye, all that crap...