Summary
At a Wisconsin rally, Elon Musk complained about personal attacks and financial losses tied to his role as head of the DOGE.
He insisted he’s not stealing from Social Security, saying it’s actually costing him money—citing Tesla stock’s sharp drop.
Musk whined about Governor Tim Walz mocking the stock’s decline, calling him “a big jerk.”
Despite the criticism, Musk is pouring millions into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, while lamenting the pressure he faces for pushing controversial reforms.
Hitler probably said the same
Ironically, Hitler was a very charismatic man who people felt had a honest interest in and a magnetic personality.
You can feel something if that when listening to the Mannerheim tapes, the only recording of his actual speaking voice. When not shouting through a tinny PA system that warps his voice into the shrill shrieking that most people know, he had a lovely warm voice.
So Elon has very much less rizz than the Führer.
There’s no ‘von’ in Mannerheim. Just pointing out, appreciate the comment.
Ah I may have conflated him with von Mannstein. Ty, fixed!
Whether or not you consider Hitler legit charismatic is based entirely on personal perspective. There were people who met him in the early 1930s and thought he was the most bland person ever. Orson Wells in 1970 even said that when he met Hitler when trekking through Germany as a young man he said he was the most unimpressive person he ever met and could not fathome how anyone was swayed by him.
Yeah it’s also a matter of taste, and I think most charisma dehydrates in the shade of Welles.
But there’s no denying he had some type of amgnitism, a rockstar-like aura that very many people are sensitive too. With Elon he had a spell of ‘cool nerd cred’ due to him backing cool ideas. However he seems to repulse most people if they get to know him. Aside from money he has no people who want to be his friend.