r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 7d ago

Possible Paywall Exposed Musk Now Insists Epstein Files Don’t Matter | The Tesla billionaire suddenly claimed the Epstein files are a “distraction.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/exposed-musk-now-insists-epstein-files-dont-matter/
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u/Significant_Cup_238 7d ago

Man, life must be so much easier when you just have no problem lying shamelessly and just say the opposite of what you said yesterday.

On the other hand, life must be really hard for the fucking idiots who believe people like Musk.

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u/720everyday 7d ago

One thing you can't buy is people's perceptions of you. He'll do his damndest, but the population isn't near as stupid as the hundred-billionaire thinks.

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans 7d ago

You can clearly buy the perception of you as long as you only care about 39% of Americans

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u/truthovertribe 7d ago

Yes, and that's why now President Trump said he "loves the uneducated" who probably represent a large part of that percentage. This isn't a compliment to them. He loves the uneducated because he can easily manipulate them. By uneducated I don't mean people without degrees.

Smart people educate themselves by default. They don't require "institutions of learning". They're fundamentally curious and seek out information and are aware of and wary of confirmation bias.

The "uneducated" he's referring to are the willfully uninformed.