• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No, you don’t throw away $44 billion just for shit and giggles, not even if you are as rich as Musk. Musk is (probably) a narcissist who thought he could make it work in his delusional mind.

    He wanted a mouthpiece for the MAGA crowd, and he probably thought the desire in the population for it, would make it succeed, if he made the platform embrace that. He probably envisioned himself as a great liberator, who would be celebrated for bringing free speech back to America.

    Musk has been losing it for a long time, and it seems to only get worse.

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      1 year ago

      Also, I don’t think a narcissist would intentionally and publicly humiliate themselves the way Musk has done (Not a psychologist).

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        1 year ago

        Absolutely true, being humiliated is just about the worst thing for a narcissist.

        An example of that, was when Elon Musk called the diver who actually rescued 13 children in Thailand a pedophile. Imagine that, calling the hero of the day a pedophile because you are butthurt!!

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        1 year ago

        No they definitely don’t like to be humiliated, they probably feel that a lot more deeply that non-narcissists. But at the same time, they lack the self-awareness that would help them avoid getting into situations that would lead to humiliation.

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      1 year ago

      He’s being bankrolled to keep it up and running for the next election. It will be interesting to see if the money runs out.