Orrin Konheim
2 min readMay 12, 2021

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These are a lot of assumptions and projections about the guy. Why don't you start your essay from the viewpoint that he isn't maniacal or villainous and see where that takes you.

I don't know if it's a good thing to be so dismissive of people who have different economic views as us. People who believed in trickle-down economics didn't used to invite flat-out scorn and the sort of "it's unacceptable to normalize" attitudes that we treat as if they were racists.

Personally, I think capitalistic worship and the association of the socialism with some vague doomsday scenario for the US is absurd. Hell, I would rather have been born in Switzerland than the US if I could have chosen my geographical fortune. But that certainly doesn’t extend to hating people who have benefited from capitalism and if one is going to hate Elon Musk for being rich, I would expect them to at least admit it’s a pretty radical viewpoint that hasn’t existed for very long.

The key word "misogyny" is also a great way to link people to bad behavior. You're not showing much evidence here. Yes, he fired someone but show me the linkeage that it was because she was a woman. You are aware that he has aesperger's, so maybe check your ableist privilege. Some autistic non-profit said that the day after he announced his diagnosis there was a 105% increase in people looking for autistic support circles. Hell, I have aesperger's but I've never been that public about it. I just might now.

But man, Jessica Wildfire, 44 comments off one article, that is pretty f---ing impressive. I wish I had your marketing accumen.

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Orrin Konheim
Orrin Konheim

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