Summary

Republicans’ efforts to portray Elon Musk as a MAGA martyr are failing, as his victim narrative struggles to resonate with conservative audiences.

Musk’s controversial statements and perceived elitism, including his complaints of being targeted by Democrats, have alienated even right-wing supporters.

Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand, and Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings, especially on economic issues.

Attempts to rally sympathy for Musk, including his emotional Fox News appearance, have largely backfired.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        4 days ago

        While he certainly deserves to suffer proportional to the suffering he’s causing, top priority is stop him from causing more - if that means he ends up taking a bullet in a manner that renders him incapable of processing what’s happening, I’ll still count that as a good start.

        • comfy@lemmy.ml
          2·
          3 days ago

          While he certainly deserves to suffer proportional to the suffering he’s causing

          Even Abu Gharib would struggle to do that. The scale of influence billionaires have is insane.

        • LillyPip
          5·
          4 days ago

          Can’t we have both?

          I want Squirrel Girl to mob him with 1000s of squirrels, dragging him from wherever he is to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, then dangle him by whatever nuts he’s got on him.

          Then I’ll be happy.

          • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            4 days ago

            I mean, no amount of torture will ever be proportional to the amount of suffering he’s caused, so, if the opportunity presents to make his death excruciating, then by all means: my point is simply that all that takes the back burner to stopping him from damaging our country/planet.

            Stop him at any cost; use him as an opportunity to send a warning to other oligarchs if able.

          • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            Personally, I would prefer the squirrels to treat him like roadkill. They can start with his precious nuts and work their way up.

    • glitches_brew@lemmy.world
      12·
      4 days ago

      I don’t care if he’s dead or not. I just never want to have to hear that stupid Twitter guy say another word. I’m at the point where a single sentence from him makes me cringe enough to throw my phone across the room. Dead or irrelevant makes no difference to me. Just wish he was gone. Go to Mars already idiot.