Befuddled Elon Musk Proposes Theory That Homeless People Don’t Actually Exist
It’s no secret that multi-hyphenate CEO — and richest man in the world Elon Musk — has become significantly detached from reality. He’s long surrounded himself with sycophants, going as far as to buy himself a social media network to systematically tune out his critics. Musk has also long looked down on those far less privileged than him, baselessly accusing them of crimes and insulting them. Now those dark threads seem to be merging: in a recent tweet, Musk claimed that “in most cases, the word ‘homeless’ is a lie,” arguing that “it’s usually a propaganda word for violent drug addicts with severe mental illness.” Needless to say, the utterance marks a new low, highlighting Musk’s well-documented vitriol and lack of empathy for the victims of an unjust society. It also underlines a staggering unwillingness to engage with the actual issues that have led to a steady growth in the number of unhoused people. Musk was responding to a tweet that baselessly alleged that giving homes to unhoused people leads to them fighting and killing each …
