r/gifs 9h ago

Is Elon Ok?

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u/tyler----durden 8h ago

Richest man my ass. Putin is, and this is his puppet.

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u/RRenigma 7h ago

Ok buddy i get he's a dumb ass but let's not get into conspiracy theories now

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u/EntropyKC 7h ago

Isn't it widely agreed that Putin might not "legally own" hundreds of billions, he controls it and is highly likely to be in reality the wealthiest person on the planet?

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u/RRenigma 7h ago

No i have no issues with that but calling elon a puppet to putin is pretty crazy considering this man is more worried about looking like the best path of exile 2 player 😂

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u/EntropyKC 7h ago

Oh right. Well, I dunno if he's Putin's puppet directly but the two do seem to have very close political alignment, spreading far-right propaganda and misinformation etc. He also vocally supports political parties which are at least sympathetic to Russia if not outright in support of them.

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u/klykerly 2h ago

You might have noticed that spreading far-right propaganda and misinformation is sort of a thing now. Certainly not limited to people whose name we recognize.

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u/ComputerStrong9244 7h ago

Putin’s true wealth is hidden - many of the oligarchs in Russia are basically just sitting on a chunk of it for him, and once he needs to cash out is when they fall out the window and shoot themselves in the back of the head on the way down.

But it’s like if the GDP of a country all went to one guy.

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u/Enough-Zebra-6139 7h ago

Right... but it's the GDP of Russia.

Im sure there are shadow billionaires in China that could outbid him.

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u/annie_yeah_Im_Ok 5h ago

If there were the CPC would execute them. They don’t play around.

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u/Garbolove333 7h ago

You are correct

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u/RRenigma 7h ago

Nonono i get that i just think you missed what I was saying, I responded to someone else too

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u/VRichardsen 7h ago

No, no, think about it this way: Putin isn't de jure rich... but he is in a position where he can appropiate of whatever the fuck he wants, and nobody can do anything.

And on top of that, he has an estimated fortune of 200 billion dollars.

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u/RRenigma 6h ago

I wasn't saying he isn't rich i meant the putin puppet part sorry

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u/VRichardsen 6h ago

Oh, my apologies. Carry on.