Tremendous followers of the Netflix present Black Mirror who noticed the Tesla Cybertruck (the ugly Elon Musk Cell) for the primary time mentioned to themselves, “I’ve seen that earlier than; it’s Metalhead.”
Metalhead was the identify of episode 5 of Black Mirror season 4. Metalhead was a machine with no conscience, no emotion, no empathy… an ideal image of Musk, who famously advised Joe Rogan in a February interview, “The elemental weak point of Western civilization is empathy.”
Empathy is that human high quality (means) that makes us most human, compassionate and understanding, and Musk defines it as Western civilization’s “basic weak point.”
That ought to say all of it about Musk, however Invoice Gates’ phrases describing Musk’s affect when he led DOGE (the Division of Governmental Effectivity) are much more to the purpose. Gates mentioned, “The image of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest kids shouldn’t be a reasonably one.”
That’s Musk, although, and his temperament and practices as a businessperson and supposed human being: ruthless, heartless, chilly, unthinking, damaging.
That’s Metalhead, too. Zero empathy. Whole destruction.
Musky reflections
And that’s the Elon Musk Cybertruck, as nicely.
Musk apparently constructed the automobile with the identical lack of take care of humanity he expressed in his quote. These automobiles have been described as dying traps and accidents ready to occur, cheaply made to maximise revenue and reduce humane security.
Crazier nonetheless is the truth that these Metalhead Musk Mobiles do one thing hardly ever completed within the historical past of corporations making stuff. It’s a product that eerily displays the center and soul of the individual(s) who bought it.
The Metalhead Musk Mobiles mirror their creator’s chilly, callous, inhumane aura. There have been hundreds of complaints concerning the exterior panels of these automobiles flying off whereas being pushed, endangering everybody on the street—a lot in order that there was a nationwide recall. Not surprisingly, Musk has not expressed a peep of concern for his clients’ security or that of most people.
To be truthful, there have been numerous merchandise prior to now that mirror the character and countenance of their creators. For instance, Apple, identified for its glossy design and user-friendly interface, aligns with Steve Jobs’s imaginative and prescient for a product that’s each stunning and intuitive.
Match made in MAGA heaven
However what number of instances has a product so mirrored the center of its patrons to the diploma that the Tesla Cybertruck does?
Chilly, heartless, ugly, damaging and harmful are all phrases social scientists use to explain the psychological profile of economically higher-end MAGA members. This demographic tends to be upper-middle-class, white and male, with a median age of 54. That’s the identical profile of the Metalhead Musk Cell’s most ravenous clients.
The Tesla Cybertruck, with its Metalhead design and excessive worth level, appears to attraction to those that are tech-savvy, prosperous and taken with cutting-edge expertise (whether or not that expertise is de facto cutting-edge, or a minimum of useful, is debatable). Once more, Donald Trump supporters are primarily white, primarily male, primarily socially conservative (ie, anti-empathy), with the wealthier ones being closely into all issues cutting-edge tech (and mega-fans of all of the Tech Bros, Elon Musk included).
If any mixture of Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, Harvey Weinstein, Jeff Bezos, Pete Hegseth, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, Megyn Kelly, Marjorie Taylor Inexperienced, Laura Ingraham, Jeanine Pirro, Justice Clarence Thomas and fascist guru Curtis Yarvin had a child, it could be the Tesla Cybertruck.
Actually any mixture.
So, in contrast to most people who need all these ugly monstrosities off the street, I’m all for them being offered and pushed on metropolis streets and highways in plain sight (so long as they’re at a protected distance away). This lets us people know precisely who we’re coping with as soon as the homeowners step out of these ick-mobiles.
