George Hermes
1 min readJul 7, 2024

Watching Elon musk on Saturday night live — where he has absolutely no business being — was a complete car crash. I turned it off immediately.

Clue 1: Dude, just because you are rich doesn’t mean everyone wants to see you, and it doesn’t mean you can act worth a damn. You do not have talent. Get over yourself.

Horrifying.

Clue 2: It’s really too bad our society tolerates people who have too much money. If you have more than enough, where

enough = enough to feed, clothe, house yourself

Then give the rest away. Or even better, pay your workers a lot more so you don’t end up with so much money in the first place.

Being wealthy should be an embarrassment. Give it away.

Know who can equally (for some form of equality) disburse trillions of dollars? Yes, that is right. The US government. Donate your extra billions to the IRS. Do something worthwhile with your embarrassment of riches.

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George Hermes
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