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CentralMass

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2. Adoration.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:59 PM

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What does Elon Musk want? [View all] Cyrano Dec 21 OP

Remember in the 80's, Trump used to be on all the covers of the tabloids? That's the only thing I can think of. LeftInTX Dec 21 #1

Adoration. CentralMass Dec 21 #2

He wants to be God, and he wants all of us to worship him and offer sacrifices to him. Midnight Writer Dec 21 #3

And to fear his power. StarryNite Dec 21 #9

I doubt he knows. elleng Dec 21 #4

More lame54 Dec 21 #5

Yep. The "More" scene from the movie Key Largo. Cyrano Dec 21 #15

Historian/writer Morris Berman has a lot to say about that scene... keep_left Dec 21 #29

He want's to be cool and hip. LuvLoogie Dec 21 #6

Yes. He wants everyone to see him as the kewlest, smartest, hippest dude in the multiverse. ms liberty Dec 21 #18

Power and control, to become the most powerful man in the world. republianmushroom Dec 21 #7

All of it. He's a megalomaniac, just exactly like Trump. Ocelot II Dec 21 #8

He's just a chicken dancing on a hotplate for the ignorant masses. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 21 #10

He thinks he's gonna take over the world. Megalomania. Walleye Dec 21 #11

"What does Elon Musk want?" J_William_Ryan Dec 21 #12

Everything Maeve Dec 21 #13

He wants...he probably doesn't really know... haele Dec 21 #14

I agree with your headline. "... he probably doesn't know." Cyrano Dec 21 #17

He wants to take over the World. no_hypocrisy Dec 21 #16

"At some point, money is no longer the issue." JI7 Dec 21 #19

Sheer egoboo, and anything that leads to it. eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #20

To be the most powerful person on Earth. I can see him running for POTUS in 2028. nt allegorical oracle Dec 21 #21

He can't jmowreader Dec 21 #22

Maybe he wants to bdamomma Dec 21 #23

Abnormal beliefs are part of the ketamine experience JCMach1 Dec 21 #24

Does anyone know what Ketamien flamingdem Dec 21 #25

I posted a study that was done in my post above JCMach1 Dec 21 #31

Money already isn't the issue for him. WarGamer Dec 21 #26

The bad thing is, he's changing for all the wrong reasons. Initech Dec 21 #28

Attention Johonny Dec 21 #27

What he wants from Trump blueseas Dec 21 #30

He wants that UAP tech! Chemical rockets are so yesterday! MartyTheGreek Dec 21 #32

I'm really hoping... Trueblue Texan Dec 21 #33

What the alien in Independence Day wants Marthe48 Dec 21 #34

He wants to put people on Mars TheProle Dec 21 #35

He also intends to charge them rent Cyrano Dec 22 #36