Tesla co-founder previously suggested Taiwan should become a ‘special administrative zone’ in China
Elon Musk, the owner of X/Twitter, was called out on his platform by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs after calling the island nation an “integral part of China” and insisting that he understands “China well.”
Mr Musk made the comments on the “All In” podcast while answering a question about China and the future of his involvement with the nation.
During the interview, Mr Musk said “I think I understand China well,” and notes that he’s been there several times and has met with high-ranking officials.
He then turns his attention to Taiwan, and compares its relationship to China to Hawaii’s relationship to the US, insisting it is "an integral part of China that is arbitrarily not part of China”.
That comparison is flawed in two major ways: first, Hawaii is not a contested region, but is unquestionably a US state with all the same powers and freedoms granted any other US state; second, Taiwan’s assertion that it is its own state is not arbitrary, but instead a position it has held for decades.
Tesla co-founder? Since when?
Yeah my thoughts exactly. A lawsuit can’t change the truth of the founders.
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He does seem to have a few fetishes. Makes sense.
This guy really doesn’t know when and how to shut up.
It’s intentional
Yeah, I think people underestimating Musk is extremely dangerous.
Everyone underestimated Trump too and gave him 24/7 coverage because of how “stupid” he was.
Assume a powerful enemy is intelligent, or you’ll not understand how they got their power and will be perplexed as to how they grow it and how they will abuse it.
When relentless coverage of terrible people, and their insane words/actions, results in said people winning fair elections, I think the intelligence of the electorate might be the biggest problem.
But yes, that’s beside the point, as is their growing mental illnesses and instability. The wealth/power they’ve been allowed to accumulate will always make them a danger/threat that should be taken seriously.
Well…this musk person is a well paid shill so…uhm yeah
¯_(ツ)_/¯
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Wait, what?!
Did that gigantic moron tell Taiwan is part of China???
He knows who’s buying 70% of his cars. And that’s not Taiwan.
Extreme wealth and a love of authoritarianism, name a more iconic duo.
Oh COME ON. This guy is actively mocking Taiwan now, too??
Damn it, Muskrat
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Fair enough, poor fuckers don’t deserve that
So Elon is basically now acting like a tankie?
This is fucking hillarious.
Elon and false communists both benefit capitalism
Elon should become a special administrative prisoner in some chinese gulag
Didn’t he recently say he does everything he can to prevent wars and the like?
Cause this is quite the exact opposite of trying to prevent wars.
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How can they hit!?
why not the opposite?
I’m convinced that this guy gets off of getting his name on articles.
Why does this tool have an opinion about absolutely everything?
Truly smart people are happy to give opinions about topics they have some knowledge of and tend to not weigh in on things they know they’re ignorant about. Then there are people like Musk who seem to think they’re an authority on absolutely fucking everything.
People think this guy is an idiot yet there’s not a single day he’s not on the front page. Keep on fueling his popularity…
I used to want a Tesla and loved catching SpaceX streams but this has all soured them for me.
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