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I am not a fan of Musk or Twitter, but can you substantiate this?

I'm about 1/10th of the way through the transcript and I haven't come to this conclusion yet.




He is parroting Russian talking points for peace talks in Ukraine. Not that I know anyone who asked for his opinion on the subject.


The same talking points that the chief of staff to the Nato secretary general floated just days ago?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/nato-official-...


Not at all the same. Elon’s plan was Ukraine give up land, become neutral and not join NATO.

That plan guarantees Russia can conquer the Ukraine rump state some time down the line.

The NATO staffer remark said “trade some land for nato membership for Ukraine”. Russia probably wouldn’t go for that one.


Not OP but I believe the main assertion is that Elon Musk's public rhetoric has become increasingly political over the past 5 years and that his dialogue conforms with modern conservative messaging. To break it down:

* Hes posting a lot more

* The content of his posts are proportionately more "culture-war" topics versus company/nerd/geek stuff that he used to post

* Some of his posts align with populist conservative influencers

I don't have data to back this up - just my anecdotal experience.


Well the left side of the political isle has also became increasingly critical of him since 2016 when he briefly worked at the White House. He went from being a darling fighting climate change to an evil villain almost overnight.


The left has been largely aware of Tesla's green washing for much longer than that.




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