So interesting that adolescent black boys are perceived as hardened adults but a rich white man who uses his wealth to influence politics around the world and is eligible for AARP benefits gets infantilized as just a little silly goose. You don’t know how much this shit right here pissed me off: - ThreadSky

wstafrican.bsky.social • 130 days ago

So interesting that adolescent black boys are perceived as hardened adults but a rich white man who uses his wealth to influence politics around the world and is eligible for AARP benefits gets infantilized as just a little silly goose. You don’t know how much this shit right here pissed me off:

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tstj.bsky.social•128 days ago

Expect better from the Economist. Shame on them

sophiadiamond.bsky.social•128 days ago

They LOVE infantalizing themselves. Childhood was the last time they were happy - look at the language they use: "daddy's home," comparing *everything* to grade school dynamics, whatever this photo is...they want to be kids again. And also in charge of everything 🙄

piratesandpoets.bsky.social•129 days ago

He is a South African apartheid Nazi taking control of this country.

ggard4.bsky.social•128 days ago

Not to mention his ketamine-addled brain.

sioux-v.bsky.social•128 days ago

This!!!! Wtf… a ketamine addicted emotionally stunted unelected rich white racist African douche is playing ‘government’ with our country.

banana-jam.bsky.social•128 days ago

Don’t forget an *actual* illegal alien who committed at least one of the only 2 offenses that can lead to denaturalization.

bluealways.bsky.social•128 days ago

IMO the photo makes him look like he's God like omnipresence overseeing the earth with his brilliant creations 🤢. He didn't create, invent, or develop any of his companies.

kmryan.bsky.social•128 days ago

😡😡😡

aesleale.bsky.social•128 days ago

That is a GREAT observation!!

madisonk2.bsky.social•128 days ago

So true!

sthomas451.bsky.social•128 days ago

I think Elon has shown us what a superpredator really looks like.

fvlib.bsky.social•128 days ago

trump is right, there are illegal immigrants who are dangerous, especially those from South Africa

joshtpm.bsky.social•130 days ago

As a white man only two years older than Elon Musk I've been pleasantly surprised that I'm apparently much younger than I thought.

somerandomdave.bsky.social•128 days ago

Social Security benefits. (AARP is a scammy marketing group that mostly targets the elderly.)

wstafrican.bsky.social•128 days ago

Did you just well actually me over something I said sardonically??????????????????

mbsweetzer.bsky.social•128 days ago

And what's worse is, your original statement was correct! Elon Musk is 53. Therefore, he is etligible to receive AARP benefits (discounts, etc.) but not Social Security. And your point about this cover photo is spot-on, too.

wstafrican.bsky.social•128 days ago

Thank you for saying this. I specifically used AARP because he’s in his 50s and it’s just funny to me to say. lol.

mbsweetzer.bsky.social•128 days ago

I'm in that same "limbo" state between AARP and SSI! But hey, they offer good discounts on hotel rooms!

somerandomdave.bsky.social•128 days ago

I apologize. The phrase "AARP benefits" is usually something I hear from non-Americans unclear on how the American retirement system (such as it is) works.

vaqueandconfusing.bsky.social•128 days ago

nickel boys.....it's enough to make the winter scene out my window blurry and crack

hupp47.bsky.social•128 days ago

And here we see the very deep pockets assuring funding to "primary" any anti-trump Republican elected official.

msshawnamarie.bsky.social•128 days ago

It should make us ALL angry. The fact that there are two sets of rules infuriates me.

melba54.bsky.social•128 days ago

Why we could he get AARP benefits 🤔

m00psy.bsky.social•130 days ago

oh but he’s a white autistic cis man*, we must protect the rich, genius smol bean who can never do any wrong.

*saying this as a white autistic trans person

paulalj.bsky.social•128 days ago

Nazis are gonna Nazi. If black boys vote for him it’s on them. Those of us who see Elon and djt as the racist leaders of the hellscape need help. Women, minorities and actual Christian’s need to actually think about the bishops prayer.

stlcardsgal13.bsky.social•128 days ago

If heils and bootsteps like a Nazi...

nerditry.bsky.social•127 days ago

When Trump Jr fucked up during his Dad’s first term and was called “a kid” by conservative media it pissed me off. He was in his forties with multiple children.

jb-notes.bsky.social•128 days ago

Picture has him being a child playing with fire, and implying he doesn't know any better. I don't buy it. Children do not send an op-ed to a German paper to hail the far right AfD party as the only path forward for Germany, and IMO responsible adults don't either.

anthrodiva.bsky.social•128 days ago

And rightfully so!

stoddard.bsky.social•128 days ago

The Lost Boys have seized power. Musk and Pan are our masters.

maryskully.bsky.social•128 days ago

I know a good place to stick that rocket.

tatersfly.bsky.social•127 days ago

It's called the "Glee of Insanity"‼️🤪

(Eloon Laughing at dead deer in pool)(WTF‼️🤖)
https://youtu.be/o6diILK7Hio?si=qkXIVXTsIQ2EmpN0

theexhaustedcat.bsky.social•128 days ago

Jamelle Bouie wrote about how Musk and Zuckerberg and these tech bros are all adult men trying to be children again and it makes total sense.

buffysagesayer.bsky.social•127 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/buffysagesayer.bsky.social/post/3lgj6lhg5ys2c

buffysagesayer.bsky.social•127 days ago

f them all.

ejanice295.bsky.social•128 days ago

You are spot on

runswithspoons.bsky.social•128 days ago

It is accurate how it shows elon as a flippant and capricious manager of our national security. A man child with nukes.

But it makes the consequences seem trivial when in reality they are world war

porcupunk.bsky.social•128 days ago

I responded to the author on Twitter and was told by more than a few people that I'm paranoid and overreacting.
Glad I'm not alone.

electra49.bsky.social•128 days ago

Elon musk should be deported stay!

demsforthepeople.bsky.social•128 days ago

Putting Trump in the White House is like ripping off the bandage and picking at the scab.”

Madeleine K. Albright

READ IT — Fascism: A Warning

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fascism-madeleine-albright/1127753625?ean=9780062802200

reedeeda.bsky.social•128 days ago

I remember reading a post years ago, and I am paraphrasing, "Elon Musk is how I imagine 11 yr old Roman emperors must have been like."
And here we are.

sferrara.bsky.social•128 days ago

Right there with you. In fact, all the followers of the leader of this administration have gotten a pass on their behavior, as has he with his white fist in the air. Had any of them been People of Color, they would be in jail. And he should be in prison.

cindylee.bsky.social•127 days ago

This us how tRump was created & sold as President. Elon just buys it. Both are disgusting.

mnrin.bsky.social•128 days ago

Yes!

katheendoh.bsky.social•128 days ago

🤬🤬🤬

susanmangum.bsky.social•128 days ago

I couldn’t agree with you more! As an old white woman “ White men need to get over themselves “.

sandyrice.bsky.social•128 days ago

Don’t know what the article says, but this photo is blatant propaganda designed to make Musk look harmless. Infuriating and dangerous.

islan-kleinknecht.bsky.social•127 days ago

I don't know how I'm supposed to be seeing an adult toddler treating our institutions (and our lives) as toys as harmless, it seems like an existentialist horror show to me.

dreamweasel.bsky.social•130 days ago

The Elon Musk salute, revisited: ⬇️
https://bsky.app/profile/dreamweasel.bsky.social/post/3lgifg5dgit2q

edsell.bsky.social•129 days ago

I guess Wall Street, NASA, and the White House are all playthings then?

thejcobb.bsky.social•130 days ago

He’s also a Nazi,… so…

thescratchmonkey.bsky.social•127 days ago

mewmew13.bsky.social•128 days ago

these are the same creepy guys that are calling trump "daddy"..
🤢

like-eike.bsky.social•128 days ago

Track sometime how media refers to 17-19 yo black young men and women as adults and the same white teens as, well, teens. Or minors. Particularly when accused of crimes.

sunnyrainstorm8.bsky.social•128 days ago

Barf

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