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Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds a lot like another conservative figurehead I could name...

Actually, it sounds a lot like almost all conservative figureheads in US politics.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They're completely idiotic and yet way more successful than I'll ever be. But then again I have a guilty conscience.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

They're "successful" if you define success as being born into wealth and/or being willing to ignore the suffering of others. For you and me (and most right thinking people), that's no real measure of success. Unfortunately, capitalism and the US political systems gives power to the people least suited to wielding it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And that's why their base votes for them. Because they can relate.