I’m afraid I have to disagree with Elon on this. We have way too many people on this planet. It think it’s unethical to have many children when we are stressing our resources.

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    The planet is already buckling under the immense strain of the current population’s emissions and resources demand. He just wants more people so that his labor costs are low.

    There is nothing wrong with being child free, especially in today’s fuck up world.

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      He doesn’t need more labor. He is automating most of his plants. Soon, he will have robots doing the bulk of the work.

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        I didn’t say he wanted more labor. I said he wanted more people so his labor costs would be lower. Supply and demand also effects the labor market. When there is a couple thousand people fighting for a single job, that drives the wage of that job down.

        And as much as he is automating, the labor costs he has is more than enough for him to be motivated to spout bullshit like the above.

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          His motivation is he wants to expand to other planets.

          Guess you’ve never really read anything by Musk. Musk thinks we are heading for an extinction-level event. As such we need to protect our genome.

          Yet you argue he wants cheaper labor. lol. It is weird to watch liberals just make things up about Musk.

          That is the goal of Space X. To send us to another planet.

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            His motivation is he wants to expand to other planets.

            No, his motivation is money. That’s it.

            Guess you’ve never really read anything by Musk.

            I used to be a fan of him. Key part being “used to”. The more I learned about him, the more I realize how morally bankrupt he is, how much he lies, etc.

            Yet you argue he wants cheaper labor. lol. It is weird to watch liberals just make things up about Musk.

            Labor is one of the biggest costs of businesses, and his businesses are neither small, nor simple work. He as a business owner wants to maximize profit, and for his he has a legal requirement to maximize profits. That means that he has to drive labor costs down.

            I didn’t make this up, this is how capitalism works.

            That is the goal of Space X. To send us to another planet.

            That might be Space X’s goal, but Musk only cares for money, and the same goes for all other billionaires. You don’t get to become a billionaire without being a greedy bastard that only cares about money.

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              What a way to say you’ve never read anything about Elon without actually saying it.

              Now we get some anti-billionaire rant, just a personal attack with nothing to do with the topic.

              has a legal requirement to maximize profits.

              Cite this as it’s a complete lie. It is something stupid people say because they heard it from another stupid person. CIte me which federal law or regulation requires that.

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                What a way to say you’ve never read anything about Elon without actually saying it.

                I literally just told him I used to be a fan from him. You are too closed minded.

                Now we get some anti-billionaire rant, just a personal attack with nothing to do with the topic.

                If you don’t like “anti-billionare rants” don’t bringing up billionaires doing shit clearly for the purpose of getting more money.

                Cite this as it’s a complete lie. It is something stupid people say because they heard it from another stupid person. CIte me which federal law or regulation requires that.

                It’s case law, and you probably wouldn’t listen anyways, given how your dismissing me out of hand on the other stuff.

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                  If you don’t like “anti-billionare rants” don’t bringing up billionaires doing shit clearly for the purpose of getting more money.

                  The topic is children. Yet, you talk about billionaires. Nothing to do with the topic.

                  It’s case law, and you probably wouldn’t listen anyways, given how your dismissing me out of hand on the other stuff.

                  No, it isn’t. Cite it.

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                    The topic is children. Yet, you talk about billionaires. Nothing to do with the topic.

                    Crazy, I must have hallucinated Musk being in the literal title of the post you made, and in the body of the post you made, and the 6 mentions of him in the article you linked.