The Trump II cabinet so far: Tulsi Gabbard, RFK, Jr. and Elon Musk.
Can we shatter this bullshit about tech bros who struck it lucky with some early dotcom investment being geniuses?
I’m fucking tired of hearing about how these barely functional assholes who chanced into luck once are geniuses or in any way genuinely earned their wealth. They’re all fuck heads that spend most of their time trying to justify why they’re entitled to their lavish lifestyles…
In fact, can we just stop using the term genius? Some people are pretty good at some shit, but the elitism associated with that term is fucking toxic.
Elon inherited apartheid wealth and then got lucky in addition to that. He would have a fine life without his “investment genius” or how they call it.
You support me = genius. You don’t support me = asshole, woke, liberal, loser, commie, ect. Ass kissers at their best.
No he does not use terms like that. He gives them a creepy nickname that is leaking mental illness and presents it as a teasing joke from grandpa but his demon child mercernaries instantly make it into a hateful call to violence
Genius = born into wealth
These pricks were both born on third base and think they hit a triple.
Only a Batchelor degree and college drop out. Genius seems to be a broad term nowadays.
Not even a STEM BSc IIRC.
Nope. And his degree was awarded after he stopped attending after a large donation by daddy. No one in the physics programs remembers Elon in class. Only official statement they will give since transcripts are not public.
Really? That means I’ve accomplished far more academically than this billionaire???
Bill Gates actually understands com sci
It goes beyond that and is largely related to the same anti-intellectual propaganda we have had shoved down our throats for decades (basically since reagan).
Think back to basically every single movie/tv show with a “smart” character. Invariably, they are “cool” and have anti-authority tendencies. And, invariably, there is a character who is a conventional nerd who is actually an idiot compared to this cool kid with an ice rink in their basement because they pronounced a word wrong or got a single question wrong.
And what has that done? It has raised generations of people to value “genius” over “smart” where someone who is quirky and weird is WAY more intelligent than the person who actually just sits down and reads things. THOSE people are losers.
And what does a balding techbro with hairplugs who has driven double digit companies into the ground have? That’s right, he thinks he is a living meme and thus must be a genius.
And what does a balding techbro with hairplugs
Had me until then, he has lots of bad qualities, the above isn’t one of them.
The term genius might have its place, but IMO it has nothing to do with how good you are at making money or exploiting your workers. Like in the world of investing maybe you could argue Warren Buffet is a genius, but that certainly doesn’t go for every asshole that’s hoarded millions to billions of dollars.
It’s also overused in most cases anyway. Much like saying something is “awesome” when it fills nobody with awe, saying somebody is a “genius” usually means as little as “pretty good, even solidly above average” rather than somebody who taught us something new about the world or ourselves.
I would even say he had a good run of picking good ideas and making them work. But I think he’s too rich and crazy and out of touch now, he has lost his drive.
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under 500 million
Do you have a source? We know it’s way down, but the only stuff I’d seen with real numbers was pure speculation. And none of them were as bad as dropping to 10%.
Looks like it’s not too far off if we extrapolate
Internal documents obtained by The New York Times show that, in the second quarter of this year, X earned $114 million in revenue in the United States, a 25 percent decline from the first quarter and a 53 percent decline from the previous year.
But the original numbers showed a 90% decline, so something isn’t apples to apples here.
Those were talking since purchase, which was further out than last year I think
That’s just at par with Trump. Bankrupt several casinos, businesses. Etc
If Trump wins, Musk will effectively have purchased a seat in the federal government. How democratic.
Just like trump’s last cabinet where he appointed people who donated large amounts of money to him.
This is flagrant corruption, or nepotism, or both, right?
Pretty sure every president does that. Aren’t ambassador jobs to allied foreign governments essentially gifts to friends or donors? Of course were talking about cabinet positions but it seems to me cabinets positions usually go to who kissed the most ass instead of who’s most qualified. When’s the last time secretary of education went to some who has actually taught a class?
“We don’t want the ruling elite telling us what to do just to enrich themselves! We want billionaires to run the government!”
I don’t have many braincells more than a typical Magoo but my God are they killing what I had left…
Trump thinks Elon is a genuis… that speaks volumes of Trump’s own intelligence
A scary large number of people still seem to see him as a genius. It sounds dumb to those who pay any real attention, but those that don’t still (in my experience) see him as smart.
I listened to the Joe Rogan podcasts (I know, I know) and the difference of intelligence between Zuckerberg and Musk is night and day.
the difference of intelligence between Zuckerberg and Musk is night and day.
Which one is dumber?
Go make that decision for yourself my friend.
I’d rather not have to listen to either of them.
He used to at least be smart enough to have a good PR team, but even that has collapsed in recent years.
Fair
Having OTHER Billionaires in your Cabinet is EXACTLY how you Drain The Swamp and DEFEAT the Deep State!
Rich idiots failing upward, unite!
Translation: Ladies and Gentlement, cabinet seats are for sale, bid accordingly.
Wilbur Ross got his for bailing Dementia DonOLD out when he bankrupted a casino during the casino boom.
Elon Musk is a genulius just asuch as Trump is.
Both are incompetent scammer assholes who got incredibly lucky, that’s it.
Born on third base with a chauffeured ride to home.
Another sure sign you’re not intelligent or educated: You think Musk is a genius.
I mean unless he’s falsifying his IQ records, he is technically. 30 points higher than genius.
That said: 1) he’s probably falsifying and 2) he’s a fuckwit genius or no
IQ is overrated as a method of measurement
I mean okay. That’s like saying temperature is an overrated method measuring the conditions outside.
Does it capture the true essence of how it will feel outdoor? No, there are too many other factors to consider.
But it gives the ballpark.
And someone with 130 IQ is unquestionably smarter by every conventional standard than someone with 100.
So like him or not (I don’t trust me lol) he is a genius.
An IQ test doesn’t really measure much other than how good you are at IQ tests.
160 is a high score, but that’s the same as Sylvester Stallone got. And people don’t go around saying he’s a genius.
The world is full of “genius” people that made things, but all Musk seems to make is money.
They do go around saying that though He’s smart as fuck.
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“An IQ test doesn’t really do much except tell you how good you are at IQ tests - that… Measure… intelligence.” See how that sounds? Lol.
It doesn’t measure intelligence, it correlates with (logical) intelligence. There is also emotional intelligence, which Musk is evidently on the exact opposite side of genius. You just can’t put an exact number on intelligence, only approximate it. Having a lot of money ensures good baseline education, and many avenues to inflate score. His actions and results are going to speak louder than any score he pumps up, and we know where that ends:
The easiest way to cheat on an IQ test is to simply practice. As far as I know, nobody has yet managed to design an IQ test where you can’t get better with practice.
Sure, and you can also get smarter with hard work and studying. So that tracks. See what I did there lol
No, because temperature actually is a valid and reliable measure of heat. IQ tests are neither valid nor reliable. Most of their use has been co-opted by racists seeking to prove a point about minority groups. They are not a measure of intelligence, and should not be used as such. Broadly speaking, human intelligence is too vast and complex to be easily reduced to a three digit number.
Signed, an incredibly annoyed psychologist.
“People who boast about their IQ are losers” - Stephen Hawking.
Aside from creativity (which elon also excels at) and social intelligence (which he does not - or does he) it is a good predictor of intelligence. I mean psychologist or not, you can argue it til you’re blue in the face but tests measure aptitude, there’s a reason the entire world uses them. Saying someone is “good at tests but not good at the thing” is just a lazy argument.
Temperature measures heat, which is one of many indicators of how it’ll feel outside. IQ tests measure “reasoning/problem solving, memory, pattern recognition, and information processing speed.” As a psychologist you know that already! Those are a few of the many indicators of a persons intelligence! See how that works?
Carry on!
Is it perfect? Obviously not! But to say it’s inaccurate is just wrong.
He’s shaping up to form a truly unique cabinet…
- RFK Jr - Secretary of Brain Worms
- Tulsi Gabbard - Secretary of Bullshit
- Elon Musk - Secretary of Arrogance and Hubris
- Kari Lake - Secretary of Bootlicking
- Mike Lindell - Secretary of Shouting
- Roger Stone - Secretary of Crime
- Stephen Miller - Secretary of Child Snatching
- Donald Trump Jr - Secretary of Self-Loathing
- Eric Trump - Sturgeon General
Kristi Noem - Wildlife/DomesticAnimal Management
Yup. As in: Eric is the king of the vacant-looking wet fish.
Head of Henry Kissinger in a jar - Secretary of Offense
Oh please he doesn’t cherish geniuses. He reprimands them and has his aides fire them after they tell him that what he wants to do is fucking idiotic and against the law and then does it anyways.
He is completely against geniuses. And elon is no genius. He’s just a rich dumbass that got lucky on a few investments.
No black people? Not even Kanye?
Maybe one of them will become black like Kamala.
Elon is from South Africa, I rest my case.
Exactly, Trump probably thinks… “They keep telling I need more African Americans in my employ… I know! Elon is African American!”
Suddenly!
You get a cabinet position for $135 million.
Wilbur Ross got a bargain. Well, that was last time before facing sentencing for 34 felonies.
So why musk then?
We can’t be cherishing our geniuses if we waste them on things like a Trump cabinet, so he’s going with Elon instead.
$135 million.
Russian ties
Promoting his campaign
Paid for it
