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@ChairmanOfBased @ConQrM_PL Electric vehicles are so affordable under Tesla and arent luxury cars right? Oh, well at least the energy for the cars comes from that solar tech so its free right? Oh, well at least the AI has been made with that clean energy so we dont have to worry about any pollution right?

@Lrdofthetwinks @ConQrM_PL Solve issues like human spaceflight, Electric vehicles, solar energy, AI, and automation? Boy do i have news for you.

Why is it not ethical tho?

@1RandomThings_1 @ConQrM_PL What can someone realistically do with that much net worth

@Lrdofthetwinks @ConQrM_PL start a car company -> sell 2 million cars a year -> earn 700B because you own the company. how is that greed or power grabbing?

@ConQrM_PL Way more than can fit in a twitter reply lol But what I want upheld first is life and freedom, thats a extreme simplification but

@Lrdofthetwinks Okay, what criteria do you use to judge what is more socially beneficial and what is less, such that we may judge what goals are justifying the ethical possession of fortune, and which do not justify it?

@ConQrM_PL No, I don't think privately controlled flights to space are beneficial when money coukd br better invested here on earth on things like world hunger, homelessness, disease, infrastructure, jobs, etc

@Lrdofthetwinks I am not worried, but some people are, thus they pay him for the work they find valuable. I do not think Musk ever did something I benefited from personally. However, he also did not ever wrong me or made me worse off as far as I'm aware. Could you please answer my question now?

@pongo1848 @Fullautosherman @Burdrann @Eldriel_999 Im not even going to entertain this anymore

@Lrdofthetwinks @Fullautosherman @Burdrann @Eldriel_999 Homeless people have so many resources. If you starve or freeze to death there is literally no one to blame but yourself

“Gosh I can’t stand rich people” “I don’t think whining about it really-“ “Shut up you disgusting poor person” Do leftists really?

@ConQrM_PL Why are we so worried about reaching the stars when our planet still needs so much fixing? Tell me, 3 things musk has done that has positively effected your life personally. Not something grand like country wide, but you specifically

@Lrdofthetwinks Is developing means of space travel not a societally desired goal? By what criteria do you distinguish what goals ethically justify possession of fortune, and which do not?

@ConQrM_PL I mean yeah, the concept of someone having that much wealth wouldnt be as bad if he was trying to improve life for everyone. But hes not. Most wealthy people arent. And most who do have ulterior motives or are only doing a little for publicity

@Lrdofthetwinks Is the ethics of given organisation that controls wealth determined just by stated goals of this organisation? Could the existence of a trillionaire become ethical if he publicly pledged himself to work toward some societally beneficial goal?

@pongo1848 @Burdrann @Eldriel_999 Not all people are homeless due to addiction. And those who are should be sent to rehab not put into this hand up program

@Lrdofthetwinks @Burdrann @Eldriel_999 itd last 3 months, at most. junkies are junkies because theyre addicts, not because they’re homeless. you cant solve a problem without a root cause

@Randomguy9991 Dunkin flag

Altering the colors of Mexico's flag is an actual crime.

@ConQrM_PL Governments are systems that are supposed to create and enforce laws, govern over, and maintain a country. Governments (are at least supposed to) collect money to pay officials, maintain roads, research institutions, the military, make inport system's etc. Trillonaires aren't

@Lrdofthetwinks By what criteria do you judge the existence of the government as ethical, while the existence of a trillionaire as unethical then?

@ConQrM_PL Existence no, just a lot of their current spending habits/operations is

@Lrdofthetwinks Would you say then that US government existence is unethical?

@JalyxHunt I would not argue such superiority, but it does have a stronger footing then many

@Lrdofthetwinks Yes we can know, do heavy research and you’ll know. Christianity is at least head and shoulders over every other religion. You could even argue knees and heels too.

@ConQrM_PL It's about what's beneficial to mankind and those less fortunate then ourselves. The government does not care about that what so ever. You can even see Musk himself helping in that by hiring people who have no idea what they're doing in DOGE when it was around

@Lrdofthetwinks Alright, let me ask you this: if an organisation that controlled such vast wealth and spent all of its income on some things that you like and some that you don't, it would still not be an ethical organisation, correct? Is the US government such an organisation?

@ConQrM_PL I do not see how thats relevant. If he is separated from it, it is not really his is it? It also befalls upon the organization of unethical then

@Lrdofthetwinks Would it be ethical if he would be separated from his wealth, such that it all would be managed by some faceless organisation?

@Burdrann @pongo1848 @Eldriel_999 He has a networth of 1 trillion, if he cashed out enough to collect ~20 Billion, he could end homelessness for roughly a year in the US, and lets not pretend like he couldnt employee a lot of them or people just like him for doing that boosting his sales and creating more wealth

@Lrdofthetwinks @pongo1848 @Eldriel_999 How much money do you think he has for him to be able to "solve homelessness"?

@ConQrM_PL I did answer about him keeping his wealth, "That would help as it puts more money back into the economy in a trickle effect" would it be as ethical as other things he could do? No, but its a start

@Lrdofthetwinks Please answer my question - would it be ethical to keep the wealth if he is spending his income?

@ConQrM_PL That would help as it puts more money back into the economy in a "trickle" effect. But honestly the dude is so rich he could literally solve issues on his own and still go back to a mansion to wipe his ass with gold flakes

@Lrdofthetwinks Would it be ethical if Elon started spending all of his current income, such that his wealth would no longer grow from this point onward?

@GrassTouchr8 @Eldriel_999 How so

@Lrdofthetwinks @Eldriel_999 You're barely sentient