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    “Running Out of ‘Conspiracies’ That Turned Out to Be True”: Elon Ignites Internet with Conspiracy Claims

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    Zuby, a British rapper, podcaster, and semi-conservative commentator, just started a firestorm on Twitter with a post about media lies and the so-called “conspiracy theories” about them, with the conspiracy theories nearly always turning out to be true. Posting about that, Zuby said (we reformatted the posts to be in paragraph form for ease of reading):

    “What are the biggest media lies of the last few years? -Covid-19 (all of it) -Jan 6 ‘insurrection’ -‘safe and effective’ jab -Jussie Smollett -Bubba Wallace -Covington hoax -Kyle Rittenhouse story -‘Very fine people’ hoax -‘drinking bleach’ -‘horse dewormer’ -Russian collusion -Ghost of Kyiv -Hunter Biden laptop -‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill -Twitter collapse post-Elon -Nord Stream pipeline -‘Transitory’ inflation -Men can get pregnant -BLM narrative -‘2 weeks to flatten the curve’ -Blaming Russia for missile that landed in Poland.”

    “This list is not exhaustive… Kinda crazy to see it laid out like this. And people have the nerve to call ME a ‘conspiracy theorist’. I didn’t promote any of these. Mainstream media has the misinformation game on lock. I can’t compete.”

    That’s when Elon chimed in, saying, “We are running out of “conspiracies” that turned out to be true! Can someone manufacture a few more? The shelf is almost empty.”

    Then someone joked “The earth is still round though, right?…Right?” and Elon responded by saying “Slightly flattishly round”.

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    Predictably, that infuriated the idiots. One, for example, chimed in and said “Bad news, Musk sold Mars to buy #Twitter. The red planet just got $44Billion farther away…But yes, I imagine he did want to use the robots there. And to replace those pesky #Tesla factory workers who have a nasty habit to #unionize in countries where workers have rights.”

    In any case, that was far from all Musk did. He also sounded off on how old the American political class is, saying “The gerontocracy is real” in response to a post from Wall Street Silver that said:

    “Maybe it’s time for some new people to take over.

    This group isn’t working out so great.🧐

    McConnell is 81
    Joe Biden is 80
    Nancy Pelosi is 82
    Maxine Waters is 83
    Chuck Grassley is 88
    Dianne Feinstein is 89
    Klaus Schwab is 84
    George Soros is 94

    He also attacked the media as being a “collective NPC hivemind,” saying “Accurate. How did media go from questioning authority to doing their bidding as a collective NPC hivemind!?” That was in response to a post quoting him and saying “”Media want to control what you know, which is why citizen journalism is essential” —@elonmusk”

    Elon also kept supporting the Twitter Files journalists. Michael Schellenberger tweeted “Over the last three months, a small group of us have, thanks to the Twitter Files, exposed the ways in which social media platforms have, under pressure from U.S. government agencies, censored ordinary Americans and spread disinformation.” to which Elon responded by saying “Great work! This is *actually* important for the health of our democracy.”

    Elon is a masterful Twitter poster and troll. It’s amazing that anyone still tries to engage with and defeat him, but makes for some hilarious content.