Steve Sweet @Ssweet@qoto.org
@nathanmhurst Ha ha, I hear the similarity, but I don't feel compelled to mute/skip it like the Expanse intro, which was God-awful.
Both series are brilliant, though.
@Sir_Ivissia Thx for sharing...
I'm in agreement that in this thought experiment the billionaire shouldn't be called a hero. A livable wage should be the bare minimum expectation if you have employees.
But consider that the billionaire could have just as easily bought an island and lived his life as a hermit, giving nothing to nobody. Would he be more or less virtuous if he had never invested/formed the company in the first place?
To me it seems that there's at least some economic good here that's benefitting more than just the billionaire.
@101101000 yeah, no. Though I can see why you think that from my post.
My first beef is that Musk -- or anyone, billionaire or not -- is attempting to make money off of other people's fears. He's trolling to get eyeballs to convert to ad revenue while masquerading as a free speech advocate. It's a sleazy business model with no discernible benefit to anyone not named Elon Musk.
What's frustrating is that he may very well succeed.
@Sir_Ivissia and if nothing else, would you not concede this is proof that not all rich people are rotten to the core?
@Sir_Ivissia I hear you. How would you respond to this thought experiment…a billionaire starts a company that gives all 500 employees 0.1% ownership & profit-sharing (in addition to a livable wage) while he keeps the other 50%.
Is the billionaire evil/greedy? Has he really done nothing to make the world a little better place?
@Sir_Ivissia I will cop to being slow on the uptake at times. But I’m of the opinion that billionaires aren’t all greedy & soulless. Plenty of very rich people give some/most/nearly all of their fortune to charitable causes. Nobody is evil only because of their wealth. And I’m all for rich people getting richer, provided they are bringing everyone else along for the ride. Elon is, well, not doing that.
@freemo I know, I’m as shocked as you are.
Ok it’s clear to me now…the wealthiest man on the planet intends to get richer by using honeypot tweets like this to whip otherwise sane people into to a constant state of fear that extremists are taking over the country.
This not free speech. It’s a 2-minute-hate stretched into a 24/7 primal scream, orchestrated by a soulless billionaire for his own financial gain and amusement.
Ok, rant over. Glad I made the jump to Mastodon : )
@freemo just spitballing here, but we Americans are too busy fighting 100 other culture wars to be goaded into this one : ).
#happythanksgiving
I'm writing an article about this glorious, weird weekend on Mastodon during the nascent Twitter exodus.
My theory is that Mastodon's shortcomings are the very reason it's working. We're having to help each other find our way. No one is boss, and the kinda crappy experience brings us all to the same level as co-newbies (not to belittle those who have been on Mastodon for years).
Are you feeling the same? I'd love to hear your opinions. #NZTwits #twittermigration #introduction #mastodon
@arinbasu Thanks for the bookwyrm tip. I just joined there too and will figure out how to link them as you suggest.
Hi all,
Checking out this bird alternative and welcome conversations on almost any topic, but most especially...
> #scifi -- always looking for book recommendations
> #engineering #science #math-- I'm a career EE who can nerd out with the best of them
> #politics -- a guilty pleasure : )
> #sports #sfgiants -- a not-so-guilty pleasure
OK Mastodon, let's do this
