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floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Welcome to the city of Starbase, home to SpaceX and a huge Elon Musk bust

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Welcome to the city of Starbase, home to SpaceX and a huge Elon Musk bust

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Welcome to the city of Starbase, home to SpaceX and a huge Elon Musk bust - National | Globalnews.ca
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A large bronze bust of the tech billionaire looms at the entrance of the city, and it was vandalized shortly after Starbase was officially declared.

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A large bronze bust of the tech billionaire looms at the entrance of the city, and it was vandalized shortly after Starbase was officially declared.


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    Elon is trying to turn America into his company town as well.

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      ➕ 💯

      Leader of the New World Robber Barons… (read: techbros)

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    Strong BioShock vibes with that statue… yikes.

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      Elon Musk is definitely the kind of person to look at Rapture and think “Hey that looks like a great idea” while missing the point entirely.

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    The ugliness of that bust is surpassed only by the subject himself.

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    That bust needs destroying.

    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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      Or a hitler stache welded to it.

    • Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world
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      Some might say busted, even!

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    Well least the bust looks accurate.

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      Nah, should’ve been prior to the gender-affirming surgery.

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    To which all the citizens of Starbase proclaimed “Praise Kier Elon!”

    /s, in case it isn’t obvious

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    That bust looks nothing like Musk and I love it for that reason

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      Nobody cares as long as it’s huge and dystopian.

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    Starbase? Isn’t that Mexican for go fuck yourself?

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