Musk has said he intends for there to be "loans available for those who don't have money," and jobs on the Red Planet for colonists to pay off their debts. Some critics say Musk's plans resemble an interplanetary form of indentured servitude.
"I'm also just trying to make clear that I'm serious about this. And it's not about personal consumption. Because people will attack me and say, oh, he's got all these possessions," Musk said. "OK, now I don't have them anymore."
But will he stop exploiting the labor of his workers? :doubt:
why would anyone care whether his assets are in the form of goods or converted to financial instruments?
That's what makes it so dumb. Its pretty much a thinly veiled "muh critics are just jealous of me" argument.
it's funny though, as if the difference between having $188 billion on hand vs $187 billion and some possessions is what's holding him back from getting to Mars
Born too late to explore the world, born too early to take part in a glorious, Red Faction-style uprising on Mars with a magical building-killing sledgehammer :angery:
The super hammer and super speed were a lot of fun in that game
Agreed, although if Musk does succeed in making a Capitalist hellhole on Mars full of indentured servants people should also be playing Red Faction :red-fist:
Yeah it rules, may have to replay it myself actually
Rick and Morty meme about that's just slavery with extra steps
"Resembles" interplanetary indentured servitude? No it literally fucking is that.
Smugface: You are technically wrong, most are only indentured on one planet! This makes is not interlanetary indenture, but just one planet servitude :i-am-very-smart:
The Elon Challenge: if you can get yourself off of Mars, your debt is forgiven!
I just had a daydream about seizing musk's assets and sending him to mars with the promise that he can have a little capitalism (as a treat) if he can make it back on his own (while we abolish money in his absence)
I can't wait until the Tesla bubble finally pops. Although I guess in an economy flooded with free money for financial institutions, that won't be as soon as I hope.
Yeah idk, I'm not exactly an expert by any means but I set Tesla getting floated above water by the Chinese market since they're going full EV
He doesnt plan on making a mars city he's just raising money, it's how he's the richest man now. Making plans that'll never be realized while Tesla has big investment surges because of his stupid plans.
It's Enron except if Ken Lay somehow had an army of bootlicking fanboys at his beck and call.
It's amazing that he thinks Capital will be useful on mars.
It's amazing that he thinks he will be useful on mars.
He doesn't actually think Mars is going to happen.
so it was all a long con just to exploit workers even beyond neoliberalism
If you can colonise another planet you can start over without all those pesky labor laws.
or you can just all die in the void of space, like these people definitely would
Haha, now there are no laws I can exploit my workers as much I want! Wait, guys, why are you putting me in the airlock?
the next bioshock game should take place at the elon musk mars colony
When one of his asteroid miners has enough of this shit and just chucks a large rock at his Mars city.
