Anonymous Called Out Elon Musk About His Cryptocurrency Memes And Potential Market Manipulation In A New Video
Anonymous, which admittedly feels like it was a much bigger influence on the Internet a few cycles ago, has apparently set its sights on Elon Musk after another week of crypto shenanigans. The internet collective that has hacked and exposed countless groups and people issued a warning to Musk via a video where it scolded him for manipulating the cryptocurrency market and impacting the livelihoods of people investing in the market that’s fluctuated wildly in recent weeks.
In a video posted to YouTube on Saturday, a Guy
Fawkes-wearing person with a masked voice issued a warning to Musk, scolding
him for the way he acquired his wealth, his business practices and warned that
the gleeful way he’s impacting the cryptocurrency market is impacting the
actual lives of many people.
“For the past several years you have enjoyed one of the most
favorable reputations of anyone in the billionaire class because you have
tapped into the a desire that many of us have to live in a world with electric
cars and space exploration,” the video said. “But recently your
carefully-curated public image is being exposed and people are beginning to see
you as another narcissistic rich dude desperate for attention.”
The video pointed out “intolerable conditions” for Tesla
employees and others working at lithium mines around the world, as well as Musk
describing himself as the “emperor of Mars.” Musk was criticized as less
interested in saving the world and “more rooted in a superiority and savior
complex than it is an actual concern for humanity.”
“There are plenty of companies working on space exploration
and electric vehicles,” Anonymous said. “You are just the only CEO who has
gained a cult following through sh*tposting and trolling the world on social
media.”
The video pointed out that much of Tesla’s value comes from
government subsidies from selling electric cars, not the vehicles themselves.
They’ve also made a lot of money on holding Bitcoin.
“Reading from the comments on your Twitter posts it seems
that that games you have played with the crypto markets have destroyed lives.
Millions of retail investors were counting on your crypto games to improve
their lives,” the collective said. “This is something you will never understand
because you were born into the stolen wealth of a South African apartheid
emerald mine and have no clue what struggle is like for most of the working
people in the world.”
The video referenced some of Musk’s latest tweets, including
a meme about “breaking up” with Bitcoin that seems to in part have caused a dip
in the crypto market as well as an emoji-filled tweet that seems to have
referenced an ejaculate-themed cryptocurrency used by adult performers.
“Your tweets this week show a clear disregard for the
average working person. As hardworking people have their dreams liquidated over
your public temper tantrums, you continue to mock them with memes from one of
your million-dollar mansions,” the video said. “You may think you’re the
smartest person in the room, but now you have met your match.”
Musk didn’t address the Anonymous video directly, but did
tweet on Saturday about some crypto stuff and the world in general, including a
tweet that said “don’t kill what you hate, save what you love.”
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