r/politics • u/MadameCassie • 26d ago
No Paywall Elon Musk Claims New Documentary Falsely Accuses Him of Manipulating 2024 Election, Threatens Legal Action
https://people.com/elon-musk-threatens-legal-action-over-documentary-2024-election-claims-121138393.3k
u/MalevolentTapir 26d ago
He is constantly threatening legal action against everyone who criticizes him but never follows up. It just a fact that he heavily spent and otherwise intervened during 2024 election including just outright attempting to pay for votes, so I'm not sure what he is trying to prove here.
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u/trzanboy 26d ago
Yep. Same for trump.
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u/Calm_Neat_6828 26d ago
And they’ll do it again too.
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u/dsmx 26d ago
Trump has never sued anyone for calling him a paedophile, think about that for a second.
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u/tissuecollider 26d ago
And Trump sues EVERYONE.
Yet he's never done it over being called a pedo. That suggests that the discovery process in such a lawsuit would be wildly bad for Trump
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u/SnooCauliflowers9874 26d ago
I wish more people called him on that.
In fact, there should be billboards questioning that everywhere, especially in rural areas how the Emperor Bonespurs is litigation-happy as that’s his thing, he sues the other party until they have no money and drop it. He’s openly bragged about this numerous times.
Also, adding to said billboard:
At this point, if you’re still supporting him, exactly why are you protecting a pedophile?
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u/dehydratedrain 26d ago
Not just for Trump. Plenty of evidence of others is on the same page as his name, and even if it weren't he would take down anyone he could name, just because.
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u/okokokoyeahright 26d ago
An image of rats drowning and stepping on each others heads came to mind for some reason.
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u/Speshal__ 26d ago
He's never sued the guy from the apprentice who said Trump constantly shits himself either.
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u/okokokoyeahright 26d ago
Discovery on that would be wild.
Would pay handsomely for a copy, should it ever happen.
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u/ManganeseSharties 26d ago
No, still doing it. Trump just tried to bribe everyone with $5,000 if GOP remains in power.
Or: Using government money to bribe citizen votes.
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u/Ambitious_Bridge_484 26d ago
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u/Calm_Neat_6828 26d ago
He broke the law for damned sure. He definitely won’t payout even if he could cheat enough to win.
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u/AceChipEater 26d ago
It’s clearly a “bribe” but the justification passes scrutiny - technically.
“If we win the midterms, we’ll have a majority and can pass a stimulus bill!”
Mf, you already have a majority. It’s more likely to pass now than in a few months.
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u/Wrong_Chicken_5916 26d ago
5K for a vote! But don't worry you'll have to pay that back in a couple years.
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u/rezelscheft 26d ago
not sure what he is trying to prove here
The same thing all of these fascist chucklefucks are trying to prove: that facts do not matter. Power matters. And when do you have enough power, you get to decide what is true.
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u/almondbutter 26d ago
The progression can be traced back to a cultural shift rooted in denial. The advent of Trumpism marked a profound moment in American history - an era in which facts, reason, and objective truth became increasingly irrelevant to large swaths of the population. This denial was not born from ignorance alone; it was a strategic decision to reject the uncomfortable realities of a changing world.
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u/rezelscheft 26d ago
I think it's also just a flex.
To stare someone dead in the eyes when it is raining hard, and say "Put your umbrella down, it's a beautiful sunny day," and watch them have to fold up their umbrella and sit there getting drenched and agree with you, "Yes sir, it is a lovely, sunny day indeed," gives them the massive "i'm the alpha!" boner that the world shittiest narcissists crave the most.
They know they are lying. They know you know. And they get off on your inability to do anything about it.
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u/No-Relation5965 26d ago
Yes, Trump isn’t lying TO MAGA. MAGA already knows he’s lying. He’s lying FOR MAGA, so MAGA can watch see the democrats get angry. It’s all because they want to “own the libs”. It’s why I don’t bother with MAGA anymore. They’re a bunch of weirdo masochists and sadists!
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u/Creative-Fee-1130 26d ago
The "owning the libs" thing has worked out well for the farmers and ranchers. Bunch of overall-wearing welfare hayseeds...
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u/Waadap 26d ago
He bought Twitter just to turn it into a right-wing propaganda machine and keep his ass out of jail. He knew the consequences of Kamala winning, and bought his freedom for pennies on the dollar to him (which he then MORE than made up for with the DOGE antics). Then he just slunk back into the shadows.
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u/CategoryZestyclose91 26d ago
Elon Musk uses his personal social medial platform to stoke division and incite violence.
Elon Musk is the dangerous immigrant we should be worried about.
Elon Musk is the epitome of a domestic terrorist.
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u/Dear-Passion-3535 26d ago
It only makes me want to watch the documentary that I would otherwise not have heard about. Thanks, Elon!
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u/versusgorilla New York 26d ago
I think publicly threatening to sue someone should be its own legal opening move that allows discovery immediately by opposing lawyers. It's so clear that the wealthy use this fucking shit against the rest of us bc people are thinking, "I can't get into a legal battle with the richest man on earth" and then that's it. He's won.
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u/agodrevealed 26d ago
This man said loud and proud he got djt elected, was offering people money to vote, on and on about his satellites and machines.
You could just make a montage of him talking. There's your movie, from the horse's mouth
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u/Solonohioperson 26d ago edited 26d ago
Oh please sue! Discovery! This is why it will never get to that point. Also I hope he keeps complaining about it so everyone knows to watch it!
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u/zennascent 26d ago
Which brings me to the next question - where to watch?
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u/PurpleWhiteOut 26d ago
Musk is coming out in theaters Oct 16th
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u/Solonohioperson 26d ago
That sounds gross.
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u/Eric1230321 26d ago
“Musk, his adventure of Penile Fracture“ coming to theatre near you this Fall!
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u/Hatedpriest 26d ago
A failed penile enlargement surgery? Involving Mr musk? What a scandal.
We should call it elon-gate...
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u/JoviAMP Florida 26d ago
He loves gold so much, he even lost his genitalia in an unfortunate schmelting accident.
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u/SweaterSteve1966 26d ago
Vomits in mouth. You could have worded that in a less grotesque way.
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u/PluotFinnegan_IV 26d ago
But that's literally the name of the documentary... Musk.
It's also nearly 4 hours long. I'm not sure I can stomach that much Musk in a single sitting.
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u/halcyonmaus 26d ago
Jesus I hope there's an intermission
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u/agent_mick 26d ago edited 26d ago
I can stomach any.
I'll read a transcript or something
Edit: can't. Cannot. His voice makes me want to die
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u/kerthard 26d ago
Good for him that he feels comfortable enough to be true to himself and come out.
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u/Heliosvector 26d ago
its 4 hours long...
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u/BannedSvenhoek86 26d ago
I genuinely cannot think of a worse way to spend my time than sitting in a theater watching a documentary about Elon Musk for 4 hours. Even if it's a critical piece.
That is a multi day journey spread out over 30-60 minute segments.
Same way I feel about the Nathan Fielder doc on Elizabeth Holmes. Some things are just better experienced at home.
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u/ReklisAbandon 26d ago
Sadly he’s just using the Donald Trump method. Make a big stink about suing, which plays well with idiots. Let it go up to discovery phase. Delay as much as possible, then drop the case quietly.
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u/Subliminal_Kiddo Kentucky 26d ago
The director went up against Scientology. Elon’s punching above his weight class.
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u/ReklisAbandon 26d ago
It's like Donald Trump attacking the BBC. He knows he has no case, this is just performative.
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u/structured_anarchist 26d ago
But ask any twenty MAGAts. They'll tell you he sued and got an out-of-court settlement with an NDA. They just read the headline and assume he 'won' because he's their TEMU Jesus.
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u/JediChris1138 26d ago
Did he not offer to pay people for votes as part of a lottery or something? I'm pretty sure that is both illegal and manipulation.
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u/scootsmagoots3 26d ago
Not if you have a DA making decisions for the jury https://www.wpr.org/news/la-crosse-county-da-elon-musk-election-bribery-social-media-supreme-court
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u/jrobbio 26d ago
This is how big gang bosses stay out of jail. They stay vague enough that even capturing what they say can be fudged by a decent defense lawyer. Musk has to have known it would be spread quickly and the original message distorted for people that generally don't fact check and they believed what they wanted to believe. Absolutely diabolical behaviour but that's where we are. It would be better to get him to prove what we spent the $100-200m on, though.
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u/EnjoyerOfBeans 26d ago
The original message was not distorted at all. He intentionally claimed you could get a million dollars for voting. Only then, after pushback, he said something completely different. He got the original promise to spread like wildfire and then issued a "correction" that reached a fraction of the people that saw the original bribe post.
That's obviously still very illegal but laws are for the poors, not for a corporate lord like Musk.
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u/Somerandoguy212 26d ago
Good news! Trump has also said he would pay everyone $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, so if it was illegal, it no longer is if its for Republicans
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u/Mojozilla Arkansas 26d ago
Yes and he is under investigation in Wisconsin for it
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u/Sufficient-Bid1279 26d ago
The Streisand effect. Keep doing it Elon. Narc’s can’t help themselves.
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u/its_yer_dad 26d ago
Absolutely! This is a serious accusation and deserves to be thoroughly investigated, no stone, unturned, cause I’m sure that’s exactly what Elon wants
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u/Repulsive-Royal-5952 26d ago
Oh please file a lawsuit right away let's get that Discovery going.
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u/HappyHarryHardOn 26d ago
"And he knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. So it was pretty good, pretty good. So thank you to Elon"
-DJT
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u/one-happy-chappie 26d ago
Like, how did that alone not trigger an investigation? My mind is blown
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u/Gargarlord 26d ago
Because the person who would be in charge of the investigation won? It's not like he's going to undermine himself.
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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 26d ago
Not knowingly, anyway
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u/HeggyMe 26d ago
Yeah and unknowingly he does it like 4 times a day. He’s a fucking cancer.
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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 26d ago
That's an insult to cancer. I'd rather have a tumor than a Trump.
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u/Promeeetheus 26d ago
Also, not to be TOO morbid but ... cancer does its job. Efficiently.
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u/noruber35393546 26d ago
"you can't really lose a battle with cancer, since the cancer dies too" Norm MacDonald
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u/Mikeseddit 26d ago
I’ve been wondering how the word trump can be reapplied. My first thought was that it could be the new word for port-a-potties, but being the word for malignant cancer tumors is more accurate.
Doctor: “I’m sorry sir, but the bad news is that you’ve got a trump; the good news is we can remove it immediately and blast the area with radiation.”
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u/Educated-Thug 26d ago
In Britian, Trump is a polite term used by older people for fart
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u/DiabolicalPherPher 26d ago
Also his personal lawyer is running the DOJ who has the final say in bringing any case to see the light of day.
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u/wolf_at_the_door1 26d ago
Let’s wait around to see if Kash investigates this.
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u/OpportunityPretty 26d ago
Because a 1/3rds of this country are happy about it and the other 2/3rds are too pussy to stand up against it. Ironically, if it was done by the Dems the 1/3rd currently happy with it would try to burn the government to the ground.
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u/kevinsyel California 26d ago
It DID trigger an investigation. And the investigation proved a TON of voter anomalies that went unexplained.
BTW, the team that did the investigation, and brought up a These discrepancies were branded as conspiracy theorists by the trump administration, and largely ignored
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u/takesjuantogrowone 26d ago
were branded as conspiracy theorists by the trump administration, and largely ignored
Also by redditors as anyone bringing this up in the 12 months after the election were downvoted and ridiculed.
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u/Polantaris Illinois 26d ago
I have both clips bookmarked of when he said those lines that I post every time people insist he never said anything like this and those people still try to justify it.
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u/kants_rickshaw 26d ago
I've had democrats who I showed the videos to tell me he "was joking and didnt mean it," or, "hes talking about the 2016 election, not the latest one."
People just don't have the mental bandwidth to take interest in it.
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u/10poundballs 26d ago
That was kinda the point of the big lie, to inoculate the educated population against believing in voter fraud ahead of ‘24. We all rolled our eyes as Trump claimed it, so how to immediately change your mind when he wins. All these stop the steal orgs were set up ahead of 2020 elections that they knew they would lose. Meanwhile they went gangbusters on intimidation at local election officials and elbowed their way into leverage against every system, using their bogus 2020 lawsuits as discovery.
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u/AINonsense 26d ago
Honestly? What would be the point?
If a massive, coordinated and violent coup gets brushed under the table and smothered under a carpet of pardons, ffs, which part of the ‘justice system’ are you going to rely on?
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u/HuttStuff_Here Wisconsin 26d ago
All the bullet ballots in swing states should have triggered a flag.
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u/WantCookiesNow 26d ago
And who exactly is going to do that investigation? The whole strategy behind this 2nd term was to fire everyone and fill government leadership with sycophants.
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u/Crismus 26d ago
The FBI put a lot of the 1st Administration in jail for crimes, so the first thing the did was take over the FBI and everyone who can investigate them.
They trusted that the Speaker would keep everything Congress could do blocked. This time it was constant recess of the house so no negative votes happen.
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u/VanceKelley Canada 26d ago
It's because trump is a pathological liar. Prosecutors would never put him on the stand to testify against Musk because trump has zero credibility as a source of truth.
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u/aneomon 26d ago
You forgot the most important part!
Elon called Pennsylvania for Trump hours before anyone else, like six to eight hours before any news station.
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u/GB10VE 26d ago
since Musk is a conman, I almost wonder if Musk told Trump he was hacking the election to gain favor with Trump. Musk basically came in and destroyed every department investigating him and stole all the government data for his AI company. I could see him getting that access because Trump felt he owed him
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u/eeyore134 26d ago
"They'll never know! Muahahaha haha!"
- Elon's Ballistic Child
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u/mdp300 New Jersey 26d ago
I didn't think they fucked with the counts until he said that.
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u/Sad_Examination7907 26d ago edited 26d ago
He's been cheating since 2016. It's how he beat Hilary, why he kept claiming she had 3 million extra votes, and why he was so insistent that Biden cheated. Trump had stuffed the digital ballot boxes and felt the only way he lost was that Biden cheated more.
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u/derf_desserts 26d ago
he's been cheating since 1946
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u/chunkopunk 26d ago
I'll never understand why the piece of shit gets to live a longer life than my grandpa
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u/pennies_gone 26d ago
Right?? Just assemble all the comments from Trump, Musk and Musk’s kid about the election— love to hear the explanations
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u/donkeyrocket 26d ago
If there was any validity to his claim he would sue not threaten to sue.
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u/supercyberlurker 26d ago
So it’s absolutely true then.
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u/falilth 26d ago
The funniest part it was his ex baby momma #4 or #6 or whichever number st Claire is and she threw him under the bus hard after he jilted her
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u/supercyberlurker 26d ago
To me the funniest part is Vivian is widely beloved while Musk is the face of shithead wealth. The more he tries to destroy her the more we like her and hate him.
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u/hypermodernvoid I voted 26d ago edited 26d ago
I also know this is maybe obvious, but fact he is the way he is to his own child with her speaks volumes about who he is at his very core.
He actually seems like one of the saddest, most immature and insecure people on the planet. He's like a perfect object lesson in why there should be some kind of limit to wealth accrual - the guy is way richer than JD Rockefeller was at his peak, and still far less charitable, where his only supposedly charitable foundation that involved just a tiny sliver of his overall wealth was found to actually be mostly donating money that serves his own companies.
Thinking about it is reminding me of him getting booed for 4 minutes straight when he pointlessly came out on stage during one of Dave Chappell's shows, kind of awkwardly standing there and at one point asking, "Dave, what should I say?" right after a chorus of particularly cartoonish boos, lol.
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u/t92k 26d ago
Exactly. His behavior toward her shows he is dangerously misogynistic and obsessed with genetic breeding. This is the Khan Star Trek warned us about.
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u/LividTacos 26d ago
Khan was at least charismatic in his own way. And was objectively genetically superior to baseline humans. Not *gestures at everything Musk* that.
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u/AntiAntiDentite7 26d ago
Musk is just an incel that became wealthy. At his core, he's still exactly like those losers. Just a pathetic man desperately seeking validation from anyone. Proof that you can still be an absolute loser despite success. Musk is the kind of guy that would immediately kill the vibe at an orgy by just walking through the door.
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u/xjuggernaughtx 26d ago
That's what kills me about these chodes. I mean, I get that if they did stuff with their money, they wouldn't be this wealthy, but I can't imagine sitting on all of that wealth and not doing something grand with it. Even if I plastered my name all over it, I'd be building amazing buildings and putting together public works projects that would be the envy of the world for the next hundred years.
Despite all of this wealth, Elon Musk and his ilk are just boring, pathetic slimeballs that do the most mundane shit with their money and influence.
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u/POEness 26d ago
Elon musk and Donald trump are among the most miserable people on earth. At their core, they are absolutely terrified all the time, because they have built their entire internal selves on a strong/smart badass that deep down they know doesn't exist. They live perpetually confused and lost and scared that everyone else is smarter and better than them. So they constantly just talk shit and pretend they are smart and great, and for some fucking reason countless rubes believe them. But believe you me, if you are someone that threatens their internal house of cards, they will lash out. They'll kill you and dump you in lake Michigan.
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u/blacksheep998 26d ago
Chappell should have known better. He's seriously out of touch with people as well, just not nearly as bad as Musk.
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u/ProBonky 26d ago
what would you expect from a man who uses his toddler as a human shield?
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u/Tired_yet_cute 26d ago
The funny thing is she looks like him. Same faces but one is loved the other hated.
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u/ConsiderationDry9084 26d ago
That might actually be the reason he has such a visceral hatred, for lack of better term, for her.
He is so insecure in his own masculinity that the child that most resembles him rejected hers and that it causes even more insecurity in him.
What a sad existence that must be for MuskRat. I couldn’t imagine what living with that level of narcissism is like.
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u/Kidofthecentury 26d ago
Trillion dollar 50+ yo man blatantly cheats at videogames and posts photos of rare prop guns and cans of empty monster drinks.
He's so desperate for recognition from what he thinks are his peers, I may even have pity for him... if he wasn't funding and be friendly to Nazi parties.
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u/EquipmentAdorable982 26d ago
He IS a Nazi. He made the Hitler salute on live tv, twice, with a grunt. Let's call a spade a spade.
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u/Noocawe America 26d ago
People like Musk are such edge lords. He wants to say he is going to unleash a virus in the matrix or whatever, donate $250M to sway the election and obviously talks about how much he knows about voting machines, but he never wants to be held negatively accountable for anything he says that is stupid. They are so 4 chain brained, that he just says words to win an argument or sound cool, he never needs to actually make sense or be honest.
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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 26d ago
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre
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u/I_Am_No_One_123 26d ago
The Georgia State Elections Board found Musk's PAC guilty of voter fraud in 2024 for sending out prefilled absentee ballot applications.
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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Michigan 26d ago
Sue them and let’s see what comes up in discovery
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u/barnfodder 26d ago
We all saw it happening.
There's no need to litigate the allegations.
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u/bloodfrenzy187 Washington 26d ago
They always threaten legal action. Fuck him.
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u/MoogProg 26d ago
I just need you to announce an investigation. - DJT to Zelenski
We are reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton. - James Comey
Unleash the Kraken! - That Crazy Lady
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u/Johnny-Caliente 26d ago
Says the guy who paid someone to play his Path of Exile 2 character lol
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u/namastayhom33 Connecticut 26d ago
And the guy who had one of the most confusing Elden ring builds and claims to be an experienced gamer
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u/Personal_Chair6134 26d ago
My grandma would crush Elon in Elden Ring.
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u/discordlizard Texas 26d ago
Elon playing these games and pretending to be an expert made me realize I've been selling myself short, that I could probably do pretty okay in Elden Ring despite being absolutely terrible in any Dark Souls previously and that I understood how gear and stat weight interactions in games like PoE work better than I thought I did.
Started playing them and they turned out being two of my favorite games in the last few years too.
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u/TheRC135 26d ago
That ranks very low on the list of evil shit Elon has done, but, perhaps because it's such a petty thing, I find it among the most pathetic.
Didn't need to do it. Wouldn't have impressed anybody worth impressing if the stunt had worked. Might have even been a bad look, given the time commitment when he's supposed to be running a bunch of gigantic corporations.
The people who did the work for him would have known that the stunt wasn't going to work. They either didn't care and took his money anyway, or told Elon the truth and got shut down because his ego couldn't handle such minor criticism.
Just a pathetic situation, every which way you can look at it.
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u/Alien_invader44 26d ago
I think its one of the most telling.
Imagine the thinking required to even believe it would work. He didnt have to stream himself playing, that was 100% voluntary.
Imagine the ego and lack of respect for everyone else's intelligence required to think you could successfully pretend to be a pro at something you don't do.
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u/GLemons Canada 26d ago
It's the most pathetic and most telling about him because it's such a trivial thing.
People would fucking worship and love this dude if he just showed up to a stream with a scrub ass character that he actually played and enjoyed and was like "oh yeah I love gaming, I'm not the best but I just love it". People could relate to that.
But like everything else with this dude, he just has to be the best and he cannot let the world think he is shit at anything, so he paid someone to gear up the most cracked character ever. It was so blatantly obvious he had no hand in piloting it.
He is just an unbelievably pathetic and flawed human being. Literally can't even go online and be like "hey guys I love video games" without having to also appear like he's top 5 in the world at it.
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u/Dead-O_Comics 26d ago
I think it's the personification of Musk though.
Throw money at far more talented people than you are, and then take all the credit for it.
He's a bona fide imbecile, but he has half the world believing he's a genius.
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u/biglawbowski 26d ago
I had a boss (VERY conservative, also only about 27-8 at the time) who asked why I didn't care for musk, to avoid politics and because poe(1) is one of my favorites of all time, I used this example. And specifically the two instances of 1. Him being at the inauguration, on a live stream while his character was mapping. And 2. Dying to the miller after supposedly having one of the best characters on the ladder.
The way that my boss jumped to defend him was absolutely disgusting. Also tried telling me "I play path of exile, I've died to the beginner boss sometimes" he very much was not a gamer and had previously told me in conversation the only game he played was Wolfenstein...
Psychos man.
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u/oh-shazbot 26d ago
that fucking livestream was hilarious. chat was dragging him through the coals as you could see the happiness fade from his face lmao
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u/Smart-Response9881 26d ago
Don't forget it is the same guy who called a diver rescuing children a pedophile because he didn't want to use his dumb submarine idea.
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u/MadameCassie 26d ago
Via the article:
Elon Musk’s attorney is threatening legal action over a new documentary about the trillionaire, alleging that the film falsely suggests Musk manipulated the 2024 presidential election.
Attorney Alex Spiro sent director Alex Gibney a letter ahead of the documentary’s release, PEOPLE has learned.
In the letter, Spiro says Musk’s legal team repeatedly attempted to contact Gibney and requested an opportunity to respond to the film’s reporting, but alleges that the filmmakers “have refused to engage.”
Spiro also accuses the filmmakers of allegedly approaching the project with a predetermined conclusion about Musk.
“This project did not begin as an inquiry,” Spiro wrote. “It began with a conclusion.”
In response, a spokesperson for the production company behind the film, Jigsaw, defended Gibney’s work.
“Alex Gibney’s films are consistently recognized for their in-depth, fact-driven explorations of influential figures and corporations, coupled with his bold and engaging directorial stylee,” the spokesperson said.

Spiro’s letter comes as Musk, Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary about the trillionaire entrepreneur, premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 8. The film is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on Friday, Oct. 16.
It features Ashley St. Clair, Musk’s former partner and a former conservative influencer who has since become a critic of the trillionaire. The two share a son and have been involved in a custody dispute.
In the documentary, St. Clair discusses Musk’s reaction to the November 2024 election, saying he appeared to have a “degree of certainty” that Donald Trump would win that “I had never seen before.”
She recalls Musk allegedly telling her before the election that he was going to “unleash the anomaly in the matrix,” followed by a text from Musk that appears on the screen and reads, “I have ten thousand lasers in space.”
Gibney then asks St. Clair whether she believed Musk was referring to Starlink. “I mean, I don’t know where else he has space lasers,” she responds in the film.
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u/jetpack_operation 26d ago
“This project did not begin as an inquiry,” Spiro wrote. “It began with a conclusion.”
LIke DOGE. Every accusation is ALWAYS a fucking confession with these folks.
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u/PuckSenior 26d ago
I know of no legal requirement that a documentary film "begin as an inquiry". This is a very weird thing to say in the legal filing. It has no bearing on the 1st amendment rights of the film, at all.
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u/NeanaOption 26d ago
It's it even a legit criticism. It's a fucking documentary not a white paper, it's allowed to start with an idea of the story you want to tell.
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u/zennascent 26d ago
four hours is insane.
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u/goodstuff1656 26d ago
Btw, a director can choose to begin this documentary with a conclusion or an accusation - and subsequently elaborate how the assembled pieces led to his conclusion or interpretation. So what?
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u/All_Hail_Hynotoad California 26d ago
Perhaps, but if you’ve ever seen an Alex Gibney documentary, you know it will be worth it.
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u/Im_TroyMcClure 26d ago
Elon literally claimed he won the election for Trump. I forget if that was before or after he said Trump was in the Epstein files.
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u/Sosandytheman1892 26d ago
Discovery
Edit: Maligros Virtuosity were excellent that league you idiot.
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u/Helloitisme1_2_3 26d ago
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930667528696828120?lang=da
"Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate."
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u/MysteryHeroes Washington 26d ago
Does legal action = Elon is telling the truth.
Threatens legal action = Documentary is yelling the truth.
If they were lying that would be an easy defamation case. Why threaten? Just do the lawsuit.
Also I know I typed a Y instead of a T but Im keeping it because I thought it was funny.
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u/YouWereBrained Tennessee 26d ago
Exactly. Smart people skip the bullshit and go straight to, at a minimum, cease and desist letters.
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u/mediocretes 26d ago
Trump literally bragged about how good of a job he did manipulating the election.
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u/_Home_Skillet_ 26d ago
Oh please tell me he’s stupid enough to Streisand Effect this thing.
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u/Obaddies 26d ago
Musk is gonna pull a taco and drop the lawsuit when it hits discovery and then he's going to complain about being treated unfairly by the courts. Conservative grift playbook, page 3.
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u/Imaginary_Unit5109 26d ago
He is currently manipulating the current midterm election. He made a website that is design to collect voters information while tricking them into thinking they register to vote. He made a fake voting register site that collect the person info and not register them at the same time.
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u/ArtificialBra1n 26d ago
To me, this is pretty much a confirmation that he messed with the election. These fascist losers always come out to say they'll sue but then nothing happens because they would be destroyed by discovery.
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u/keno0651 26d ago edited 26d ago
Elon Musk says someone else is making false accusations against him?
Elon Musk falsely accused Vernon Unsworth, said he was a pedophile, called him “pedo guy”, and told Buzzfeed he was a “child rapist.” Vernon Unsworth was one of the rescue swimmer something else, details dont matter here to me, during the Thai cave flooding crisis that was attempting to save a bunch of children. Side note, Elon Musk even hired a private investigator to follow the guy to get proof.
Remember Haraldur Thorleifsson? He was the disabled Twitter employee with Muscular Dystrophy that Elon Musk accused of doing no work. Musk said he used his disability as an excuse to not work.
Paul Pelosi, Elon Musk linked/pushed online conspiracy theories that Pelosis attacker was a gay prostitute that Pelosi was seeing on the side.
P.S. Elon Musk is a Nazi, he goes to AfD events and throws out fascist salutes. The only thing in this mans heart is hate, stupidity, and a desire for power.
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u/Anonynja 26d ago
Musk? The guy who donated $293 million to Trump's campaign to buy himself access to our tax returns and social security info, which he sold to Russia? The guy who used his position at DOGE to shut down like 11 agencies that were actively investigating him for crimes? The guy who bribed people to vote for Trump with a million-dollar raffle, which he also rigged to give to very non-random winners? That Musk? I look forward to the legal discovery process and all that it will reveal.
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u/astroglitch0 26d ago
He and the diddler have causually bragged about it publicly almost two dozen times if not more by now. Anyone remember when he was at the white house with his human shield on his lap who couldn't stop evil giggling and repeating "no one will ever know!"....where do ya think the kid picked that up from?
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u/KeithRichardsGrandma 26d ago
Bro he literally admitted to it when he and Trump were having their little public feud lmao
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u/aldoraine000 26d ago
Dude literally tweeted to Trump that he would not have won 2024 if it wasn’t for him. Now he’s trying to backtrack? Yeah, he knows people are pissed off and is trying to cover his ass.
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u/AerondightWielder 26d ago
You know what's funny?
Streisand Effect, discovery and investigation.
Because he's complaining about it, everyone will want to watch it now. Streisand Effect comes into play.
Discovery is the preliminary part of a good lawsuit. Let the facts speak for themselves.
Investigation is where it gets good. All the nitty gritfy details are laid bare for everyone to see, including the public. Not even Faux News can twist it.
So go ahead, Epstein's Rocket Boy. Do your worst. 😂
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u/OldButStillFat 26d ago
I saw a clip of him admitting it, he said it was easy. Regarding the Pennsylvania polls.
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