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I am honestly curious what Elon would need to do for you to dislike him. That ship sailed for me long ago

Words have meaning. He said he does not hate him. That does not mean he likes him. Hate is a very strong emotion. Dislike is a much less stronger emotion. That is not all the same.

(I also don't hate Elon, but I still don't like him or consider doing buisness with him in any way)

USAID was a highly effective and efficient operation. Musk dismembered it, leading to untold misery, death, and the spread of infectious diseases. I think this is reason enough to hate Musk.

Also, keep in mind that what Musk did was a violation of the separation of powers in the Constitution, so he simultaneously killed a program which saved lives while he also started the U.S. on the road to authoritarianism.

https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2025/tracking-anticipat...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1...

I would argue without Musk and his Twitter/richest man of the world power, Trump would have never been elected in the first place, which would have prevented this and a lot of other bad things. Still, I don't hate him. (Hate is not a condition I think is healthy or constructive or something I should explain myself not feeling it)

> Hate is not a condition I think is healthy or constructive

I agree with you on this. Strong emotions impede our ability to be creative and problem-solve.

The race to the highest body count looks like Elon in first, RFK jr. second, and Stephen Miller a distant third but looking like he'll finish strong once the camps are fully operating.

/Raises hand Sam Altman hater over here.

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