> not contributing to musk's empire
replyYou are if you've got a 401(k), just not voluntarily.
The SpaceX IPO is basically a scam designed to force pension funds to buy in before the stock price falls to where it should be.
The whole society is pandering to the people with the most money, you can't separate yourself from that. For instance more of your customers - no matter what you do - are Musk fans because that's what gives them money and makes them more likely to become a customer.
replySomebody sells a tesla and then buys something from you with that money... and now you're contributing to musk's empire. Our money is set up so that you're not in a position to consent to it or even be aware of it.
replySounds like I sold something and therefore made money! glad to hear my business is doing well.
replySure, but at what cost? Maybe you made $10, by doing so did you enable musk to do $9 of harm to you, or was it $11?
replyAlmost certainly less than $1.
replyWhat kind of harm do you have in mind here?
You're not accounting for all of the government contracts that US taxpayers fund.
reply> Are y'all really buying Teslas and blue twitter checks? The fact that he has a bunch of money really has no bearing on me.
replyThe lives of many people who have never given Elon Musk a dime have been materially worsened by the fact that he has a bunch of money, since that money bought political power and he used it in a way that was very destructive to a lot of people across the globe.
Happy for you that you weren't impacted, but a lot of people were and still will be.