Multibillionaire and Space X owner Elon Musk is facing fresh criticism for one of his latest social media posts, made on Monday, where he voiced negative opinions on Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
In the Sept. 18 post on X (formerly Twitter) Musk wrote “So much death for so little,” apparently in agreement with a post by David Sacks, a venture capitalist and friend of Musk – who has criticized US support for Ukraine.
Sacks had posted the quote, “Ukrainian territorial gains from their much-vaunted counteroffensive … are so miniscule they can barely be seen on a map,” attributing it to David Pyne, a contributor to The National Interest magazine, which is published by the Washington think tank, Center for the National Interest.
So much death for so little
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2023
James Kirchick, a journalist for Politico ,wrote back in 2016: “As for the Center, both it and its journal, the National Interest, are two of the most Kremlin-sympathetic institutions in the nation’s capital, even more so than the Carnegie Moscow Center, which has evolved from a hub of Russian liberalism into an accommodationist, intellectually-compromised think tank.”
While Musk had his share of supporters on X, many voiced their anger and displeasure with the comment of the Space X and Tesla CEO.
“Elon … Stick to cars please,” one user wrote.
Another, using the name “Scribbles,” wrote: “It’s a fight for liberty against a genocidal invader. It’s not so little, it’s everything.”
Ukrainian Drones Target Electrical Substation and Radar Station in Kursk Region, SBU Reports
“Russia can end this at any moment by leaving Ukraine. Ukraine has the right to fight to the death against any invader. That’s what freedom means,” another posted.
In another post the same individual said: “Freedom is bought by blood and suffering. Those who think freedom is found in ‘peace’ and ‘negotiations’ will soon lose their freedoms entirely.”
While another user wrote: “Also: Your decisions [with regards to] Starlink enabled RU & gave it time. NOW you bemoan the result? GMAB [Give me a break].”
A senate probe has been launched calling for a review of any incidents where Space X or others have disabled Ukrainian services following the revelation that Musk had not extended the private Starlink satellite network to aid Kyiv’s attack on Russian warships in Ukrainian waters near the Crimean coast.
Musk said he made the decision fearing that Moscow would retaliate with nuclear weapons.
“If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation,” Musk said.
The move triggered an immediate backlash in Ukraine.
“Sometimes a mistake is more than just a mistake. By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via Starlink interference, Elon Musk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities. As a result, civilians, children are being killed. This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego,” Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote.
Sometimes a mistake is much more than just a mistake. By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via #Starlink interference, @elonmusk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities. As a result, civilians, children are…
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) September 7, 2023
In an op-ed published in The Guardian, American historian Timothy Snyder was also highly critical of the multibillionaire.
“The Ukrainians took this decision under stress, since if a weapon were detonated it would be on their territory. Musk, who was in no danger of any kind, chose instead to give in to nuclear blackmail, thereby encouraging more of it,” Snyder wrote.
Snyder argued that Musk’s decisions gave Russians time to build more fortifications and lay the mines that are now slowing Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
Ukraine has recently been having success with its grinding counteroffensive.
On Saturday and then on Monday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) announced the liberation of the villages of Andriivka and Klishchiivka respectively – each setting the stage for a possible assault on the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut.
You can also highlight the text and press Ctrl + Enter
Comments (13)
In this world, we all need loyalty and be around people you can trust, some other times we might mixed up in things we do not know about, so if you facing problems with a disloyal spouse or you need to clear your criminal records databased, i have brought you all a solution and a suitable one at that, working with [email protected] was best thing i have ever done for myself, reaching out to them was not hard at all, you can also contact via Whatsapp +14106350697, no need to thank me when you get your jobs done.
I can’t believe that with just a contact to Dr. Todd, I got my ex husband back. I had read some stuff about Manifest Temple before I contacted him but I didn’t know that all those stuff were so accurate until I got my husband back, After getting my ex husband back I taught it wise to share my testimony with everyone on this website that how Dr. Todd was able to get my husband back with his powerful reunion love spell. That rebuild my broken marriage. All my hope has been fully restored and am happy to share my experience to everyone. Do feel free to Contact Dr. Todd via email if having any challenge with marriage or relationship at: (manifestspellcast@gmail. com) I so much believe he can also help out with his powers.
https://manifestspellcast.wordpress.com
What a self-involved spoilt white rich Apartheid loving twat Musk is, deciding the fate of a whole people because he got rich with daddy's start in life. Richer than anybody on the planet but still too much of a coward to do the right thing, sucking Russian and Chinese knob for a quick buck, pathetic.
Hello my name is Carrie Kilman from Birmingham UK. My fiancé broke up with me last month. I was so downhearted, I’ve spent the last month agonizing, crying, feeling guilty and feeling the lowest ever. I wasn't talking to anybody, I cried a lot, I was so depressed and shell-shocked that I was scared I'm going to end up in the hospital because of all the stress and depression until one day I search online on getting love tips because I just want us to be together as a couple again, then I found a powerful spell caster Called Dr Peter that he solved so many relationship problem then I contacted him through his email and after writing my issue out he assured me he will come back to me between 24hrs after he cast spell on him I never believe it until my fiancé called me on the phone pleaded and told me he want us to come back and live happily together forever, I'm so happy now that Dr Peter help me bring my finance back to me. Please contact Dr Peter cause he is the perfect answer to your problem. Here’s his contact: Email him at: [email protected]
https://drpeterspellcaster.wixsite.com/my-site-1
https://drpeterspellcaster.mystrikingly.com/
WhatsApp +1 (646) 494-4360
Hello my name is Carrie Kilman from Birmingham UK. My fiancé broke up with me last month. I was so downhearted, I’ve spent the last month agonizing, crying, feeling guilty and feeling the lowest ever. I wasn't talking to anybody, I cried a lot, I was so depressed and shell-shocked that I was scared I'm going to end up in the hospital because of all the stress and depression until one day I search online on getting love tips because I just want us to be together as a couple again, then I found a powerful spell caster Called Dr Peter that he solved so many relationship problem then I contacted him through his email and after writing my issue out he assured me he will come back to me between 24hrs after he cast spell on him I never believe it until my fiancé called me on the phone pleaded and told me he want us to come back and live happily together forever, I'm so happy now that Dr Peter help me bring my finance back to me. Please contact Dr Peter cause he is the perfect answer to your problem. Here’s his contact: Email him at: [email protected]
https://drpeterspellcaster.wixsite.com/my-site-1
https://drpeterspellcaster.mystrikingly.com/
WhatsApp +1 (646) 494-4360
All the psycho-babble and gobbledegook abou Musk is unnecessary. He is what he is. He named his youngest child X AE A-12 until he was forced by law to change it. What does that clearly indicate?
Musk did not turn off Starlink coverage over Crimea / Sevastopol. He simply refused to turn it on at the request of the Ukrainian military. Guess what? Musk is American, he doesn't take orders from Ukraine. Figure it out. Beggars can't be choosers. If Zelensky or any other Ukrainian thinks he can order Americans around, he is in for a world of hurt. It will be painful, but he will be crushed like a bug.
I am Banning the purchase of a Tesla; will others follow suit!
As a teenager I had a pet musk turtle. They stink too!
musk is a communist russian loving piece of filth. He did not just order Starlink to be turned off...he had the system turned off on putin's birthday.
Ukraine defends itself and he claims escalation...russia has done nothing but escalation and he remains silent.
musk MAY have been promised exclusive rights to items such as aluminum and lithium in Eastern Ukraine for his commie clown cars. musk claims he allowed Starlink in Ukraine to be used to "watch netflix, learn, and chill." Who the hell watches netflix and chills in a nation at war?
Let's not forget this is the same musk who inherited blood money from his racist father who owned and operated minds in South Africa and exploited Africans. musk must remove himself and his garbage Starlink, which I said from day one would be used as a trojan horse against Ukraine, out of my nation and keep his uneducated opinions of "truce" to himself. musk describes how he had a conversation with a russian official warning of a nuclear response in Crimea YET musk seems to think a "truce" is possible with the same people threatening nuclear annihilation of the world every other week. musk clearly suffers from dunning kruger.
"It’s a fight for liberty against a genocidal invader. It’s not so little, it’s everything.”"
What a dumb reply. Putin being genocidal is true but also completely beside the point; the fact remains that Ukraine is paying a high price in human lives while not gaining much ground right now. How is it somehow unsupportive of Ukraine to state these facts? Is it better to ignore the death count completely? Is that respectful of Ukrainians?
@John Doe,
@John Doe, You seem to think that the goal is to win back territory, but it is not. The goal is to Win The War. Sometimes small steps are all that's possible.
M(u)insk is working for Putin? At least he alinges himself with this killer-regime and because of that, he is morally repugnant and disgusting.
Musk was in the right place at the right time to make a fortune, and has since bought into his own hype. He may be quite impressed with himself, but most of us see him for what he is-just another massive ego worshipped by small minded cretins.
@Mark, there were a number of competing auto designers early in development of the same technology, and that Musk had merely been a success due to more aggressive accumulation of trusting investors.
We are obligate social animals, and find safety in emotionally attaching ourselves to others. Hitler, Putin, et alia, craft narratives - stories that clarify goals.
However much those goals and methods may do harm to those outgrouped, humans TRANSFER their sense of personal agency to others in order to coalesce.
(notice that business competition and fascist ideology do not differ in this - both form internal cooperation and external competition. Neither are inclusive, unlike the more ancient model of farmers' cooperative inclusion in a geographically defined region)
Musk cultivated credibility in his businesses, as that is necessary for investment.
When he opines amorally, without concern for the violated, he destroys his credibility. To compensate creates false narratives. He appears to favor aggression as policy.
His scramble is to avoid responsibility, testing rhetorical methods of blaming others. THIS desperate attempt to avoid responsibility for ethical errors CREATES fascist fantasy.
That fantasy is followed; individuals choose to preserve coalition, social status, control, profit, over moral sense, compassion.
Ideology ignoring moral treatment of another life, does not differ from fascism - both create scapegoats, outgroups, exteriorizing responsibility.
@Makuye,
@Makuye, what socialist bullshit is this? Humans have being fighting over lands and resources against each other, nature and animals since forever and when we were apes, hell all animals do that. What do you get be glorifying a time when people barely have enough to live and so on? Fascist like any extremist movement like communism both thrive in the mass as a medium to arrive to an utopy paved in hell.