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595 points geox | 9 comments | 02 Jul 25 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 1.242s | source | bottom
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archildress ◴[02 Jul 25 22:51 UTC] No.44449673[source]▶
I just feel extremely sad about the mass quantity of events like this happening right now because they are all aggregate to huge negative effects but the average person knows nothing of it. It feels so unfixable.
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beanjammin ◴[02 Jul 25 23:59 UTC] No.44450142[source]▶
They certainly want us to feel like its unfixable, but it's not. Were govt to put the effort into the energy transition that we saw in the early days of covid we could zero our emissions, and relatively quickly. The technology is largely available, it needs to be implemented.

The ties between the fossil fuel industry and the far right are clear. Apathy, indifference, inertia, they are all products of propaganda and updated Cambridge Analytica methods.

Fossil fuel interests will stop at nothing to further their greed.

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schmidtleonard ◴[03 Jul 25 01:19 UTC] No.44450645[source]▶
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1. pjc50 ◴[03 Jul 25 12:12 UTC] No.44454187[source]▶
You weren't paying attention to his Twitter, then. The far right turn was extremely obvious.
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2. epgui ◴[03 Jul 25 13:18 UTC] No.44454755[source]▶
You can pinpoint, fairly easily, the year Elon turned from eccentric to insane to sometime in 2019 just by looking at his wiki page. It’s so weird.
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3. ta1243 ◴[03 Jul 25 13:48 UTC] No.44455074[source]▶
I think it was "pedo guy" which broke something in him.
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4. lcnPylGDnU4H9OF ◴[03 Jul 25 13:50 UTC] No.44455081[source]▶
Huh, makes me wonder about claims that it’s a reaction to his daughter coming out as trans. That happened publicly in 2020, according to wikipedia, but it probably came up in private beforehand. The timing is close enough that it seems likely. It’s interesting to note since I wasn’t really familiar with the timeline of his villain arc.
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5. assbuttbuttass ◴[03 Jul 25 14:39 UTC] No.44455542{3}[source]▶
No one becomes transphobic when a family member comes out as trans, it's usually the opposite
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6. bbatsell ◴[03 Jul 25 15:41 UTC] No.44456185{4}[source]▶
I agree that it's not the usual response, but given Musk's strong promotion of natalism and the fact that he has used IVF to select XY embryos for _all_ of his offspring...
7. theossuary ◴[03 Jul 25 16:19 UTC] No.44456613{4}[source]▶
Am I misreading this it are you claiming the family of trans people becoming more transphobic when they find out not common? Because it's extremely common. There's a reason the joke exists: Don't like in-laws? Date a trans person and you won't have to worry about them!
8. epgui ◴[03 Jul 25 18:58 UTC] No.44458142{3}[source]▶
Maybe... But to me that whole incident seems more like a symptom than a cause. IMHO (disclaimer: pure conjecture), Musk must have been "broken" prior to engaging in such behaviour.
9. pjc50 ◴[03 Jul 25 21:20 UTC] No.44459298{4}[source]▶
? It's uncommon for trans people to still be on good terms with their family. Coming out often gets terrible reactions.