We just don't think a weird, drug pumped, Apartheid nostalgic, eugenics sympathising manchild who can't even be responsible for his own children should be worshipped as some kind of divine tech bro saviour of civilisation.
I wouldn't know the ins and outs your contact does. I'm merely saying it is factually impossible for a billionaire to not be competent at a single thing.
The point is the weird cult that thinks because he can grift well he is some deity of all human intelligence.
"the kind of things Elon is best at — building and improving organizations, identifying talent, managing large numbers of people, fundraising, creating and communicating a vision for the future, and so on."
I would argue he's only good at fundraising and maybe communicating a vision for the future.
He is competent at manipulating people into giving him money by tricking them into thinking he is smart. Which isn't that hard for a white man to do because the bias is already there.
I appreciate substantive debate and analysis but I am also fine with people curating their limited time on this planet by determining some people are conclusively not worth spending time on and I have reached a conclusion like Jamelle’s about Noah some time ago.
That he takes Seth seriously and didn't notice that Brets reference to great man theory was about a specific theory and not the strawman counterargument he made up in his head should tell people enough.
This is a gem from Noah Smith’s piece: “Before you’re tempted to sneer at Elon for misspelling “Khan”, remember that Genghis Khan himself was unable to spell his own name.”
“Right now, Elon is applying all of the same talents he used to build his companies - motivating employees, circumventing red tape, identifying and overwhelming every bottleneck at breakneck speed — to his effort to remake the U.S. civil service with DOGE. ”
He just vomits out this shit
Here’s a substantive response: anyone who is capable of writing “Elon got a 1400 on the SAT in the late 1980s, on his second try” in a column in 2025 is a obviously an idiot, and therefore there is no need to waste your time with any of his ideas and opinions.
Your idea of 'substantive' involves spending time on Musk's 1980s SAT score? It's more discrediting to you that you are taking it seriously than to Bouie that he isn't.
My brother in Cthulhu, the only thing necessary to prove that Noah’s picture shows up in the dictionary definition of “schmuck” is to read any of his work
Sorry, no. I have longstanding hard disagreements with him on economics. He has had some stopped clock moments, and is still not with my time. #byefelipe
The most substantive response one can give here is "using SAT scores and a bachelor's degree to argue for someone's superintelligence is fucking stupid"
If you can't reach the conclusion that Noah's a moron by reading his inane, senseless ramblings, all the substantive replies in the world won't help you.
No, he's where he is in spite of being dumb. He's where he is because he was born to a wealthy, apartheid-supporting Afrikaner family who grew rich from wealth stolen from black South Africans.
He's been enabled all his life and there are a lot of people that can't accept that fact. If it's mostly white guys, then we're probably close to an answer.
substantive response: he completely misunderstood the Great Man Theory of history as saying 'individual actions don't affect history'; the thread he responded to even answered that
lol, you don’t need to give a substantive reply to something that is easily refuted by watching any interview of the man in the last six months. You debase yourself by even suggesting it might be warranted.
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https://youtu.be/NisCkxU544c?si=qNDuwJf4ZNaDJhsn
No one thinks Elon Musk is incompetent.
We just don't think a weird, drug pumped, Apartheid nostalgic, eugenics sympathising manchild who can't even be responsible for his own children should be worshipped as some kind of divine tech bro saviour of civilisation.
Happy?
The point is the weird cult that thinks because he can grift well he is some deity of all human intelligence.
I would argue he's only good at fundraising and maybe communicating a vision for the future.
He hasn't managed a single thing himself since he was fired from PayPal
Dear readers: No one who chides the writer for calling out bullshit "without first addressing it point by point" is posting in good faith.
Or you can stay.
But whatever your choice, fuck yourself.
The blogger is venerating a fucking Nazi, nothing furhrer need be said
He just vomits out this shit
Persuading and countering morons is no small part of winning in a democracy and it sure as shit is not a new thing.
But yes; life for the average person is wildly better than it was for all of human existence.
That's in part because we've reasoned our way here; which requires arguing with morons and people with bad takes.
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-is-being-sold-out-by-its
This post from earlier in the week was more serious and itself more substantive.
He just also has awful output and takes like this Elon drivel.
Everyone has bad takes and half-baked posts.
If he wants people to share his opinion that Noah's a moron he should prove it with a response rather than just insults.
Anyone can throw easy insults; Jamelle is a strong writer with a big audience; platforms come with responsibilities and Noah's failing his.
what do you hope to achieve here?
He's utilizing his massive wealth to savage the US government after milking it for his entire adult life.
He's primarily an evil oligarch at this point, not defined by his stupidity but his apathy & his impact on American lives.
He's not where he is because he's dumb. He's where he is because he's amoral or even unethical in pursuit of his goals.
That's what defines him; not intelligence or the lack of it.
The best part of it is Elon coming in to curse out Noah who is in the midst of defending his competence.
It is, but I doubt it's worth the effort.