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New town in TX, does Snailbrook seem any better than Weaselton or Elonburg? (1 Viewer)

does Snailbrook seem any better than Weaselton or Elonburg?

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"...Among those Musk has apparently consulted on Snailbrook: Kanye West, West's architectural designer, and his own ex, the singer Grimes."

AKA "Project Amazing"....
 
"...Among those Musk has apparently consulted on Snailbrook: Kanye West, West's architectural designer, and his own ex, the singer Grimes."

AKA "Project Amazing"....

A town to house his employees? IOW, a "company town"?

So much Conservatives do seems to be reversion . . .
 
Maybe Musk can collaborate with *rump on his plan for freedom cities. On a serious note, Musk is fickle and his employees would be foolish to live in his utopia considering how he treated them when he purchased Twitter.
 
I don't think company towns can be a successful economic model for any modern industries that rely on high-tech workers. Unless Elon Musk can get other companies to go in on it with him...but 1) his ego is too big for that, and 2) might as well just build in an existing city at that point. I mean, Bastrop County is basically just the overflow from Austin anyway...so why not just build in Travis County, where people actually want to live? It's not like Elon Musk or his workers can't afford it.
 
The hate-on for Elon is quite remarkable.... also entirely political.
 
I live in Texas. Please explain how this thread makes any sense at all.
 
I live in Texas. Please explain how this thread makes any sense at all.
Ummmmmmmm, because this is about building a town, and calling it Snailbrook, IN TEXAS.
 
The hate-on for Elon is quite remarkable.... also entirely political.
Hmmmm, do you feel the same way about the hate ons for Biden, Pelosi, George Soros, Fetterman, or to be fair, Trump, DeSantis, MTG?
I guess we better stop mocking ANYONE unless we check with you first to make sure we aren't displaying a "hate-on."
 
"...Among those Musk has apparently consulted on Snailbrook: Kanye West, West's architectural designer, and his own ex, the singer Grimes."

AKA "Project Amazing"....
Businesses used to make corporate utopias for their employees all the time. They used to call them "company towns." Company housing. Company store. Why bother with real money just use Company script? But if you're fired you're homeless...in the middle of nowhere. With no Money.
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Hmmmm, do you feel the same way about the hate ons for Biden, Pelosi, George Soros, Fetterman, or to be fair, Trump, DeSantis, MTG?
I guess we better stop mocking ANYONE unless we check with you first to make sure we aren't displaying a "hate-on."

Perhaps I should clarify.

Elon is a weird dude. There's no denying that. But then again, creatives and innovators are often weird people.

However, he has done a lot of good for humanity in general, ref SpaceX and Tesla, and other ambitious projects he's tried to take on that no one else wanted to touch, due to the risk of failure. SpaceX, in particular has achieved a truly AMAZING degree of success in revolutionizing space travel, and stands poised to completely change the paradigm.

I respect Elon for that, and my chief interest in him is based on these technological advancements he has caused to happen.

I also note that a few years ago, the public view of him was "eccentric but good."

Then, he made some political statements indicating his frustration with far-left politics, and further stating that he considered himself a liberal but felt that the liberal wing had moved so far Left that it had left him behind, somewhere right of the middle where he had not expected to be. That's when the hate suddenly began.
Then came Twitter, something I wish he'd left alone, and the hate *exploded* and now EVERYTHING HE DOES is tarred with this brush.

If you want to hate on him for his politics or Twitter, fine.

But at least acknowledge his contributions to human advancement, and don't let your political hate poison your view of those as well.
 
If you want to hate on him for his politics or Twitter, fine.
Where did I demonstrate a hate on for him? SHOW ME THE QUOTE!
I was simple referring to the worn out age old canard that ANY criticism is viewed as "hate on." Criticize Trump, we have TDS, or a hate on for him. Criticize Musk, and we have a hate on for him. This is such a lame old argument it goes beyond silly.
So if I criticize you, do I have a hate on for you? Or if you criticize me, will I defend myself by claiming you have a hate on for me?

What I am trying to say is this: You can disagree with other people, even tell them they are being silly, or stupid, or uninformed, or partisan, but when you automatically assume a criticism is a result of "hate", you end up making a mockery of your own comments, not of those you are attacking.
 
If you want to hate on him for his politics or Twitter, fine.
But at least acknowledge his contributions to human advancement, and don't let your political hate poison your view of those as well.

Okay but Fordlandia II is not a contribution to anything except a company town, you understand that, yes?
Because it will be a company town, and no company town has ever thrived...NONE.
Once the company decides it is not in their interest to continue supporting it, the town dies and lives are overturned, and economies are starved.
 
Where did I demonstrate a hate on for him? SHOW ME THE QUOTE!
I was simple referring to the worn out age old canard that ANY criticism is viewed as "hate on." Criticize Trump, we have TDS, or a hate on for him. Criticize Musk, and we have a hate on for him. This is such a lame old argument it goes beyond silly.
So if I criticize you, do I have a hate on for you? Or if you criticize me, will I defend myself by claiming you have a hate on for me?

What I am trying to say is this: You can disagree with other people, even tell them they are being silly, or stupid, or uninformed, or partisan, but when you automatically assume a criticism is a result of "hate", you end up making a mockery of your own comments, not of those you are attacking.

I wasn't referring to you specifically, but to the knee-jerk- hateful way many progressives react to all-things-Elon these days.
 
I wasn't referring to you specifically, but to the knee-jerk- hateful way many progressives react to all-things-Elon these days.
Attraction to Musk, as it is to Trump, is irresistible.




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