But, unfortunately, most things are politicized these days, and do we really expect business owners not to have political opinions? I don’t know many tech companies that didn’t black out something after George Floyd, and Gay Pride is everywhere at certain times of year. Those were both “political,” overtly so, though the media wants to p…
But, unfortunately, most things are politicized these days, and do we really expect business owners not to have political opinions? I don’t know many tech companies that didn’t black out something after George Floyd, and Gay Pride is everywhere at certain times of year. Those were both “political,” overtly so, though the media wants to pretend they aren’t, a sort of enforced conformity of opinion by suggesting these are all “settled issues.” Why are we singling out Musk? I mean, look at Hollywood. Is Musk any more overt than Hollywood, with its “land acknowledgments” and box checking? Just to go watch a movie might be considered supporting that mess. Yet we go watch anyway, even conservatives, when there’s something worth watching. Why is Musk a particularly different creature?
Bit of a strawman to say not have political opinions. Musk called a senator a traitor and an astronaut a retard in the past month. Part of being a ceo is not being a giant child. Standards for everyone
So you’re basically saying rather than just being your basic sociopathic CEO that signals virtue but acts like an abysmal human being otherwise, he dares to express his opinions?
I understand what your point is, but I find the argument laughable given the antics of American corporations and American leadership in general and how it’s only this that’s being called out. He got bratty on Twitter. His company seems solid and decent to work for (if you work), and his cars are decent (as you said). He keeps Americans employed and he was a darling of the left because of his EVs. But he said mean things on Twitter, and so now he’s particularly unqualified to be CEO?
Again, this attitude says less about Musk and more about his “critics” and our society in general.
You know, I sometimes think that Americans would be fine with Hitler, if he used the right pronouns and made sure the Gestapo “looked like them.” And if George Washington showed up and misgendered someone or called them a bad name, we’d cancel him. Oh, wait, we are trying to cancel him because he owned slaves when it was completely legal to do so. Well, there you go.
Well you can have your own opinion on the matter. But his juvenile behavior is turning people off. Business has certain rules and he's not abiding by them, and his employees will be the one who suffer, not him.
Yes, business has “certain rules,” but they’re pretty shallow and meaningless and basically boil down to “as long as you say the right things publicly you can be as vile in your practices as you want and few will say boo.” And, yes, there are consequences to violating those rules, but let’s not pretend that there is anything inherently “moral” and “righteous” about those rules. They are simply the rules of the game. Musk left the very narrow Overton window of acceptability to those who purchase his product and he and his business will pay the price . . . or not. They said that about Twitter, and it seems to be fine.
As for the employees . . . I’ll be looking forward to your articles on how media shenanigans have cost the employees of CNN, MSNBC, and the WaPo and every other outlet that’s had layoffs recently, since this is the standard you’ve set. I’ll also be looking for lengthy articles about the displacement of workers by immigrant labor or having their jobs outsourced or automated either mechanically or through AI, since the welfare of employees is so important to you. Unless this isn’t really about concern for Musk’s employees.
But I’m sure Musk’s employees will be just fine, if he’s such a horrid CEO. They can do better elsewhere, right? I remember you writing about all these jobs we need immigrants to fill. They can move to Springfield, OH, since there are so many great jobs there.
We live in an incredibly juvenile world, dangerously so at times I’d say. Most of the time it goes on that way unremarked upon. It’s interesting and revealing what elements of juvenility people actually take the time to point out. Now there’s a subject for you.
But, unfortunately, most things are politicized these days, and do we really expect business owners not to have political opinions? I don’t know many tech companies that didn’t black out something after George Floyd, and Gay Pride is everywhere at certain times of year. Those were both “political,” overtly so, though the media wants to pretend they aren’t, a sort of enforced conformity of opinion by suggesting these are all “settled issues.” Why are we singling out Musk? I mean, look at Hollywood. Is Musk any more overt than Hollywood, with its “land acknowledgments” and box checking? Just to go watch a movie might be considered supporting that mess. Yet we go watch anyway, even conservatives, when there’s something worth watching. Why is Musk a particularly different creature?
Bit of a strawman to say not have political opinions. Musk called a senator a traitor and an astronaut a retard in the past month. Part of being a ceo is not being a giant child. Standards for everyone
So you’re basically saying rather than just being your basic sociopathic CEO that signals virtue but acts like an abysmal human being otherwise, he dares to express his opinions?
I understand what your point is, but I find the argument laughable given the antics of American corporations and American leadership in general and how it’s only this that’s being called out. He got bratty on Twitter. His company seems solid and decent to work for (if you work), and his cars are decent (as you said). He keeps Americans employed and he was a darling of the left because of his EVs. But he said mean things on Twitter, and so now he’s particularly unqualified to be CEO?
Again, this attitude says less about Musk and more about his “critics” and our society in general.
You know, I sometimes think that Americans would be fine with Hitler, if he used the right pronouns and made sure the Gestapo “looked like them.” And if George Washington showed up and misgendered someone or called them a bad name, we’d cancel him. Oh, wait, we are trying to cancel him because he owned slaves when it was completely legal to do so. Well, there you go.
Well you can have your own opinion on the matter. But his juvenile behavior is turning people off. Business has certain rules and he's not abiding by them, and his employees will be the one who suffer, not him.
Opinions are like . . . well, we won’t go there.
Yes, business has “certain rules,” but they’re pretty shallow and meaningless and basically boil down to “as long as you say the right things publicly you can be as vile in your practices as you want and few will say boo.” And, yes, there are consequences to violating those rules, but let’s not pretend that there is anything inherently “moral” and “righteous” about those rules. They are simply the rules of the game. Musk left the very narrow Overton window of acceptability to those who purchase his product and he and his business will pay the price . . . or not. They said that about Twitter, and it seems to be fine.
As for the employees . . . I’ll be looking forward to your articles on how media shenanigans have cost the employees of CNN, MSNBC, and the WaPo and every other outlet that’s had layoffs recently, since this is the standard you’ve set. I’ll also be looking for lengthy articles about the displacement of workers by immigrant labor or having their jobs outsourced or automated either mechanically or through AI, since the welfare of employees is so important to you. Unless this isn’t really about concern for Musk’s employees.
But I’m sure Musk’s employees will be just fine, if he’s such a horrid CEO. They can do better elsewhere, right? I remember you writing about all these jobs we need immigrants to fill. They can move to Springfield, OH, since there are so many great jobs there.
We live in an incredibly juvenile world, dangerously so at times I’d say. Most of the time it goes on that way unremarked upon. It’s interesting and revealing what elements of juvenility people actually take the time to point out. Now there’s a subject for you.