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• thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sure, but Elon isn’t charismatic in the slightest.

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  • rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Kind of disingenuous to say that. He has some sort of weird nerd charisma. Prior to him revealing how much of an asshole he is, he had way more people that thought he was cool, myself included.

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Trump has always been a petty shithead loser. He was mocked back in the 80s for being creepy around women, running failed businesses, and not paying his contractors.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yet he has charisma for a certain demographic.

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    • thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think the IDEA of Elon back then was charismatic and energizing. He was seen pushing space flight and EV’s forward into the future. Watching a video stream of the first Falcon flight to land the booster back on Earth was exciting. The fact that their stream was on the internet and full of interesting detailed real time telemetry and video was something new and different and felt like the future.

      But watching Elon the man talk and stumble through even early interviews and press conferences was not, and to this day, I find it painful to watch. A great orator he is not. But then neither is Trump, I suppose.

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    • Eldritch@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No it isn't.

      https://images.wsj.net/im-525185/portrait?pixel_ratio=2 It's a you thing of you thought he was some awkward autistic rizz master.

      At one point it was possible to not be paying attention. Getting distracted by the smoke screen etc. But even the most basic look into him and his history. No one would ever mistake him for someone with charisma or talent.

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      • rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I would argue that the charisma is what allows him to fool people and put up that smoke screen, and you can’t argue that many have not been fooled.

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t think Musk or Trump have any charisma, but apparently a lot of people see (inherited) wealth as charisma.

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