The Problem With Elon Musk

[@johnnyharris]

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[@gozfit5410]

How is this video 1m ago, and u send this 10 days ago. is my screen glitched lol

[@nattybelay9747]

Daniel 7 KJV - ዳንኤል 14: And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

[@nattybelay9747]

Daniel 7 KJV - ዳንኤል 14: And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

[@JMArchives]

@@nattybelay9747 abortion is evil and pride is a sin

[@PacificaJaena]

He's the one actually trying to enforce freedom of speech

[@cinnis5670]

I think he just showed us who he is, on Live TV.

[@MollysBlooms]

Exactly 😂 Here in 2025 after Elon did the Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration! 😮

[@ctylor3]

And why he really bought Twitter

[@ChristinaSwezy-fd9bt]

You should watch the live clip on tv when it happened then you would get the facts

[@nondisclosure3920]

This video glosses over anything negative about this guy. It's incredibly cringe

[@words4dyslexicon]

@nondisclosure " incongruity is the mainspring of laughter " Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956)

[@AmitSingh-jj7ho]

Pls make the same kind of video for Bill Gates

[@goden8884]

Bill Gates is on another level of megalomaniac.

[@hydoffdhagaweyne1037]

He will make it

[@Nitrles]

his ture devil

[@AdminXLSD]

Do it, you won't 😂

[@AureusApps]

Bet he won't

[@GSRCAOR]

I dislike that at the beginning of the video you suggest there will be interviews with former employees and even show a 5 sec clip of one. Yet, for there are none throughout the remainder of the video. I watched this whole 40 min ordeal just to not even see that part that had me interested in the first place. After scanning your references, they don't appear to be in there either. So idk why even bring them up in the video if you don't actually reference them or showcase them in any part of the video.

[@joes.customs]

First comment I saw that actually brought this up, legit thought I missed this too

[@BioUmano]

Thanks man, I forgot about them in mid-video 💀

[@dragondragon5974]

I was also surprised and disappointed that they weren't in the video

[@jtaylorb88]

Bait and switch, he's no better than all the other news outlets.

[@yossarian67]

Lame! Unsubscribing due to lack of integrity

[@AmigosBarBenidorm]

Time for an update of this, Johnny

[@Odisseu_AOE]

Yeah.... time for an sig update heail

[@AmigosBarBenidorm]

@@Odisseu_AOE after yesterday's 'heartfelt inaugriation salute' - definitely.

[@AcrylicGoblin]

This wasn't a particularly honest video. If he did an update, I'm sure that gesture would not be included.

[@chriswilliams210]

Thank you algorithm

[@chriswilliams210]

​@AcrylicGoblin that gesture makes even more sense now

[@meganmueller]

His daughter is transgender. That’s the missing piece in the story. He said it’s a major reason he bought Twitter, because he thinks she was brainwashed to be trans by her California University. It’s personal.

[@jnprz9799]

THIS

[@bardsamok9221]

He's going for 'control'. Simplifying it to trans is way too simple. He's not going to tell you the real reason, he's an expert at marketing. Narcissistic megalomaniac, with plans for media communications and designing his version of the world that is way off the scale of 2024 paradigms, and completely self interested.

[@meganmueller]

@@bardsamok9221 accurate. Although, it’s pretty obvious from his recent talk with Jordan Peterdong that him being a dead beat dad to his trans daughter was a huge part of the motivation. He’s coping sooooo hard about her changing her last name and saying she never wants to see him again.

[@NattyByNature-]

@@bardsamok9221 scary

[@NattyByNature-]

@@Asn-xh9nqif this is what you think it’s about then please do more research.

[@RickyRayPhotography]

The fact that they didn’t name his perfume “Elon’s Musk” makes me sad

[@nasheofficial]

Broo such a waste😭😭

[@IRosamelia]

The perfume should have been musk scented too. What's the use of burned hair scented perfume? 😅 Even Kramer's Beach perfume was a better idea 😂

[@WhizPill]

Lol disgusting

[@Marc_Gagné]

Who would buy this so-called perfume?

[@IRosamelia]

@@Marc_Gagné your mom 😜

[@leexi0157]

His Dad owned an aeroplane, owned the land where one of the biggest malls in Africa is right now and then he was selling emeralds worldwide , he was connected to Most people in the south african government. That's how "not rich " they were

[@jessbeez]

U okay?

[@Squidlicious-b1q]

Yeah. Downplaying his family's wealth and the fact that he's not the founder of Tesla are glaring misdirections. He "found" Tesla and did some unethical stuff to gain control of it. It's like Christopher Columbus claiming he's the founder of the New World. If you repeat a lie often enough, and most people believe it, it is still a lie and proves that at least half of humanity is of below average intelligence. Just wait until the Drumpf admin wants certain things hidden or amplified.

[@lilliantompa-vr9id]

We are all ok with admiring success . Not the end of this story.

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

So? Sounds like Jealousy and sour grapes to me!

[@heck3143]

@leexi0157 Yeah this video felt.... odd. Elon brought emeralds to school to show off. Like... maybe he wasn't mega-rich but moderately wealthy in an aparthied state is still pretty gross.

[@Coilylady]

I’m posting on January 20, 2025 just after watching Musk make two undeniable Nazi salutes at the Trump Presidential inauguration. That said all I needed to know about him.

[@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64]

Right. That's all.

[@NoelaniShapiro]

It was an awkward hand gesture. I didn't really flag that as a Nazi salute.

[@jmc3893]

Looked quite coordinated for being an awkward hand gesture, and he doubled down on it and did it twice

[@mr.martin2002]

You geese. He literally said my heart goes out to you and put his hand on his chest and then made an outward motion. Sure it was a little jerky and weird but Nazi? You’re tripping

[@Coilylady]

You have a right to interpret in whatever way makes you feel justified in your support of him and his views, but you don’t have a right to tell me what I saw. So let people watch it and make their own decision. But there are plenty of non geese that see it the same as me. Both American and others around the world. Go figure. But I’m not here to debate with you or change your view. I’ve learned that with certain topics and people it’s not worth my energy. Let’s end our discussion on this topic on a positive so …✌🏽

[@LarryBert87]

I want to see Ground news bias meter on this one

[@user-wj9si6wu8n]

Exactly why I decided to watch a video from this guy

[@brandongers]

From the first few minute it’s not looking good for Johnny.

[@JordanAF808]

I wonder why he never mentioned the failed hyperloop, instead he’s distracted by being the last person to figure out the boring company joke. P.s. it’s just another tunnel boring company, he didn’t innovate shit.

[@ryanwould6597]

This video is indeed biased.

[@thulyblu5486]

@@JordanAF808 Yes, also the claim that Musk invents "unprecedented" feats of engineering when he's really not, just trying to improve existing ones: making rockets cheaper, make electric cars more popular etc... Some details in this video are downright false like Musk allegedly trying to buy the Soviet ICBMs in order to "rebuild" them when the plan was to just shoot one to Mars with a camera and a flower pot and claim "life on Mars" as a marketing stunt - no rebuilding was planned. Very superficial and poorly researched video unfortunately.

[@oldschoolben438]

Hey Johnny, you’ll probably never read this comment but I think I know why Elon had his pivot. I’ve been a shareholder way longer than most Tesla stans and have been watching Elon’s progression in real time, before most people had even heard of him. The pivot came because of the pandemic but it was the final straw of 4 events I see as formative to his current world view. There was the jury trial Tesla lost regarding racism and resulted in a gigantic jury award (later overturned). Elon prides himself on being race-agnostic, and as a youth, he was much more willing to be friends with black South Africans than other whites. He was very confident Tesla was going to win the trial, and likely blames the “woke mind virus” for the unjustifiably high award. Then there was his daughter coming out as transgender. There are few details about this but I think it is safe to say Elon did not take this well. They have no relationship with each other and again Elon likely blames woke ideology for this. He keeps saying that he “is a liberal”, but he thinks the political spectrum has moved so far left that it makes him look like a conservative. Then there is his sense of betrayal by the Democratic Party,(which he voted for up until either the 2016 or 2020 election) which has never embraced him despite the fact that he made the electric car happen (along with improving large-scale electrical storage). Because Tesla is not unionized, the Dems cannot get too close to him for fear of alienating their union base. He has been repeatedly shut out or ignored by the Dems on many initiatives, whereas e.g. Mary Barra was given undue credit for innovating in the EV space. Lastly, the pandemic happened, and as someone else here had mentioned, he was angry that the government had the power to shut down his factories. He himself had a different view of the seriousness of the pandemic, and felt that he was being muzzled and censored for his view in the early months and days of the pandemic.

[@communitygardener17]

You have described someone who needs approval and is terrified of criticism. Without taking in feedback how can he get the course correction one needs to avoid going over the waterfall or over the cliff?

[@a.b.4251]

I think it is hard to take any other criticism seriously if you are in charge of so many lives. At the pinnacle of power you will choose the most trustworthy to be your sole advisors.. Otherwise you will go wrong all the time..

[@Apprendre-Photo]

"Not taking well" that his daughter is transgender is already conservative ideology, making all claims he's liberal untrue. He seems to generally reason from first principles and has historically been pretty rational to build Tesla and Space X to where they are, but on societal issues he's clearly dogmatic. If he wasn't, he would know basic facts, like gender affirming care has a wildly positive effect, or that there are physiological differences in the brain of transgender people which align more with their gender than their biological sex. The only explanation I see is he's so conservative he's blinded by his values.

[@pinkstor]

One correction to this above comment " the political spectrum has moved so far left that it makes him look like a conservative." Many studies have show the the political spectrum hasn't moved left at all, but the right has gone much further right. I suspect that due to your reasons above (and others) that he has taken a wild lurch to the right.

[@oldschoolben438]

@@pinkstor I don’t know either way whether what you say is true, but I was saying that Elon thinks that the spectrum has moved left, I wasn’t making a statement of fact.

[@zuferik]

Musk after watching this video: How much for KZbin ?

[@crow578]

Why? I'm a quarter of the way through & it seems like a puff piece. I've heard many of Musk's lies repeated verbatim with no critical analysis...

[@the0ne809]

he does not have the money to buy youtube. he literally had to borrow 13 billion in other to buy twitter and sell billions in shares. KZbin costs a lot more.

[@LestatTravesty]

i hope so! i'd do a got dam legit back flip if that ever happened lol

[@tw8464]

Nailed it

[@TheTenthDentist]

if google ever sold youtube I'd eat my computer glass panels and all. Just think of how much free AI collection they get from YT alone

[@sashatanbusch1135]

The fact that none of these traumatized wealthy men consider therapy is WILDDDDDDDD.

[@Satyagrahiwannabe]

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”

[@PneumaNoose]

What a quote

[@Chimashainduni]

That's why it's so important to know your blood. Most children today don't know their real parents are. They were never accepted for who they really are. Most people see children as a commodity to maintain a status quo. Never to pass down their own wisdom.

[@VictorO-i8v]

Truer words never spoken 😂

[@magnusm4]

Thank you Africa for some tasty wisdom.

[@adamkiehl2316]

That's a cute quote... where'd you find that gem? While people may mark that as wisdom... it's just a qoute. People use quotes all the time for many different things.. but saying a qoute isn't a measure of wisdom nor is it contributing to teaching others the difference between reality and some messed up ideology like "non-binary" humans.

[@andrewehyang]

“Elon buying Twitter is like a cigarette addict buying a cigarette factory” Nilay Patel

[@ElonMuskDailyLife]

well, twitter is how he built the massive followers he has and the MASSIVE influence he has around the world unlike other billionaires. He has enormous wealth, massive influence and big public support from around the world...

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

Jonny's take on Musk's Twitter is Liberal-slanted, no surprise. Even if Musk censors Liberals, it does not even come close to balancing the tide of censorship that is directed against Conservatives. I've seen it used against myself plenty.

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

Johnny's take on Musk's Twitter is Liberal-slanted, no surprise.

[@Rock_Appreciator]

Nice

[@jerynturner4626]

It’s all about perspective

[@OMDAT]

I bet Elon really enjoyed this video until 18:10

[@OGRustinMac]

Where Johnny starts crying about Elon being a big mean bully head

[@oui2611]

@@OGRustinMac its his mormon roots coming out

[@ColinKip]

​@@OGRustinMac lol, top tier musk glazing😂 cope

[@just4fun607]

bro save Elon 18 mins from filing lawsuit

[@Rubbit2024]

Looks like it 😂😂😂 bro perhaps u may be Elon in disguise

[@DeuDarlami-s4v]

He who fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you” Nietzsche

[@modzillan4429]

I thought you wrote “Gaza”

[@hamburger-n5p]

42 minutes on Musk? Strap in boys

[@DubDTube]

Popped over to the conclusion, seemed underwhelming, might circle back to watch, altho thus far it seems... political

[@afghanica]

@@DubDTube scared much

[@DubDTube]

@@afghanica 😂

[@afghanica]

@@DubDTube bleep blurp oil bot : )

[@StarlordStavanger]

no, no i don't think i will.

[@Kmlcvlk999]

I can not stress enough how important twitter is for turkish opposition. Twitter is only social media platform in Turkey that is widely used and you can interact with. It is the organizing place of Gezi Park Protests,it is the place where journalists publish their investigations,it is the place where people who had forced to escape Turkey get their news and share their beliefs and information with Turkey,it is the place that international news enter to Turkey unfiltered. It is vital. It is the radio of 3rd world countries.

[@vincentmatthis]

Internet is dead for humans, especially with AI on the move. We need to go back to paper.

[@Kmlcvlk999]

@@vincentmatthis I don't think that paper communication could gather several thousand people to occupy the Bosphorus Bridge in the middle of the night because 50 protesters were brutally beaten in a random park in Istanbul, and that just 7 hours after the incident in the morning, it could mobilize one of the country's largest universities in full force and trigger a protest that almost resulted in the seizure of the parliament building.

[@mjouwbuis]

Will ex-Twitter remain that way under Musk? He might give parties that are favourable to him, some kind of advantage for example.

[@lynnefox4892]

​@@Kmlcvlk999Yes. That is why he bought it.

[@Kmlcvlk999]

@@mjouwbuis I hope it stays like this but I don't think so. There are several reasons. First, Musk avoids conflict with Erdogan and shuts down opposition accounts upon request, especially accounts of the Gülen movement and whistleblowers from the more "dark side" of the Turkish State. Second, the bot game is big in Turkey. Each party has its own unofficial but somehow related bots and trolls (this may be an effort of that party or it may be a reaction to Erdoğan from the party's mass, especially its youth branches). But Erdoğan and his party use bots and trolls on a completely different scale. Even if the old Twitter couldn't solve this problem, it at least curbed it. Musk isn't even trying.

[@SliceOfFish]

8:08 "Patents were not copyrighted" That's not how patents work. Patents and copyrights are two distinct forms of intellectual property protection, patents can't be copyrighted.

[@reed6514]

He also didn't "open source" anything as far as i know. Open source means there is an explicit license granting rights to use, modify, and redistribute. Harris didn't show any open source licences or suggest that any existed for Musk-owned products.

[@TheAsianRepublican]

@@reed6514 incorrect, open source does not mean what you said, there's 1000 different open source licenses, Apache, MIT, ...that are actually very restrictive. Open source does not automatically grant you the right to modify or redistribute. Why you must know the license terms of the Open Source

[@asherstribe5695]

I really hope he misspoke or he is clueless. You’re correct they are two very different and distinct forms of ownership protection.

[@Validifyed]

@@reed6514 Be careful not to confuse OS with FOSS.

[@MaskedMammal]

I remember digging into the claim that Tesla's patents were open for any company to use and pretty quickly found the catch. I don't recall the details, but it hinged on a total non-starter of an agreement you had to sign onto if you wanted to use their proprietary charging solution. Car companies had other options that didn't involve basically giving Tesla an automatic competitive advantage and went for that instead. Almost universally. The outcome (almost nobody in the market taking such a generous offer back when Superchargers were pretty much the only name in town) should speak volumes as to the value of the deal on offer. Sure, they eventually dropped the requirement and now we have car companies declaring support for NACS charging standard over the next few years, but the idea Harris presented that Musk left the patents wide open and free for everyone is just straight-up propaganda (at the time it happened). It's an incredibly misleading narrative that ignores the massive strings attached. If the patents were genuinely open and available, it would have been a big PR win and a huge move forward for the industry - instead it was just a free PR win at the expense of setting back EV infrastructure development and making sure Tesla remained the only viable option as long as possible.

[@redguydhmis]

I remember back in middle school a teacher mentioned elon musk, and i said "elon musk is the best". That moment still haunts me as he abuses animals, people and goes further and further into fascism

[@zachloveringlive7419]

Would you consider it to be a conflict of interest that 5 of the authors from the study you cited worked for Twitter at the time??

[@Hekamiah112]

Thanks for writing this comment. Now I know to take all the opinions about him told in this video to mostly not be true.

[@x.x..x.x]

if they were honest, perhaps ​@@ar71498

[@KingTies]

@@Hekamiah112 Lol that study wasnt even about musk. Thanks for letting everybody know you cannot think for yourself.

[@bobclark781]

Just another entitled academic abusing numbers to maintain their funding stream. Seeking only the outcome they want. #unsubscribe

[@alanrickett2537]

They would also have the most reason to lie about it having all been fired for doing what they say didn't happen ​@@ar71498

[@sterlthepearl1000]

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell

[@LastbutNotFirst]

orwell becoming the most quoted author in history at this point. the man was on point.

[@martinasommer1306]

Oh boy😢

[@rorogexceluk9530]

Spot on

[@NotComrade1]

Y'know, I'm not a fan of orwell quotes because they're too ideologically ambigious. Too easy to shape into a specific belief and use as a reputable basis for a movement. Even when it's not. (doesnt really apply to this situation but whatever)

[@dopecat15]

1984 is a warning about the democratic party.

[@zeeshandogar9406]

Never has a Canadian immigrant from South Africa been so involved in US politics.

[@jamesthornton9399]

The USA runs the world.

[@drina4706]

Yeah.

[@FlintBits]

Give Orville Peck some time, he'll get there.

[@kaijo7309]

Wait you think Americans are ruling America currently? 😂

[@DaedricAzura]

@@kaijo7309 calm down conspirator

[@EleanorMcHugh]

8:01 The whole point of patents is that they’re published and anyone can read them. You can’t use the described invention commercially without the patent owner’s permission, but the knowledge contained within is now available to everyone.

[@jasper265]

"the patents weren't copyrighted" That's... an impressive level of not understanding the terms you're using.

[@richardhamilton-gibbs6360]

This guy doesn't get it. He's never heard of Matt Taibbi and the Twitter files? He's so far left he can't comprehend anything.

[@VestaRoleplay]

my thoughts exactly

[@Entertainment-]

It’s not surprising coming from ex-Vox media. Reminds me of when Vox published a video about TikTok claiming they made $16B profit when the article shown clearly shows revenue.

[@lachlanB323]

Open patent. He just used non copyrighted for some reason.

[@brandonburns5365]

​@@richardhamilton-gibbs6360no he comprehend. He's just doing what he's paid to do. He's a propagandist

[@psecdocumentary]

One of the most annoying and polarizing things I've seen, is that many Conservatives have become convinced that all Liberals are all hard core leftists. And of course equally on the flip side, many Liberals have become convinced that all Conservatives are far right. You all basically want mostly the same things, but both sides act as if the other wants entirely opposite things. The average person, regardless of their political side, is not so unhinged. The minority does not represent the majority, but the minority speaks the loudest, and the majority never speaks at all. Thats the problem..

[@frankvazquez5974]

Yes, and when someone as influential as Elon stokes these fires and has the legion of fan boys on here as he does.....that can't even see the issues this guy is bringing.....we are f*cked. These are suppossedly educated nerds, most of them.

[@doctaflo]

ahh, the Silent Majority-old as Nixon. definitely agree media incentives amplify the most insane voices, but i don’t think we can just “both sides” this; i think there really is a disparity between American right and left in terms of who’s more unhinged-remember Kellyanne Conway and the “alternative facts” community? i can’t remember sources, but here and there you pick up results of surveys, like 60-80% of voting Republicans genuinely believe the 2020 election was stolen, whereas less than 20% of voting Democrats are Progressives. tldr: qanon >> woke

[@jorgeenchilada]

they have become convinced of that because Donald Trump's teacher in politics was the attorney for Joseph McCarthy. You know, the same McCarthy who was one of the greatest demagogues the US ever had, who claimed there was a communist hiding behind every corner. Using the same rhetoric Trump and the republican party have become the source of modern day McCarthyism. It's far more devious than most people know.

[@IkeVictor]

The general left is farrr more left than the general right…..

[@aspacelex]

​@@e.b.1115So your examples are healthcare and a nazi conspiracy theory.

[@coindesigner7477]

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@jennyterrell6354]

I cannot believe this only has 4 likes….

[@pablolarreategui9489]

Like government ? sure

[@patrickday4206]

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.” freak Herbert a quote in his dune series

[@roxannemoser]

And Elon wants ABSOLUTE POWER!

[@pablolarreategui9489]

@@roxannemoser Lmao

[@zhcultivator]

Well i am here after elon musk's salute incident....

[@scevahful]

This landed a lot more as an opinion piece than journalism. You can shine things in the light without emotion and diatribe.

[@ELZIPOTECHAPIN1966]

Exactly!!!

[@d.l.d.l.8140]

Leon groupie much? 😂

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

There was facts of a matter and journalism is often an appeal to emotion so I'm not sure what to make of your comment. My concern is that you think that Elon Musk deserves a bunch of hate when if pressed won't really be able to come up with an articulation to defend that has no one has been able to.

[@defreshh9961]

Without emotion? Why? Are we robots ? Ignorant comment

[@1970broncoman]

@@defreshh9961hard for adults to take seriously a piece that can be boiled down to “emotionally triggered”

[@BatsiraiMusuka]

Elon: “make the algorithm reduce Johnny Harris’ tweets reach by a factor of a thousand”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@startek119]

Johnny is definitely lying about that seeing as how the X algorithm and community notes are both open sourced

[@mathewhosier9739]

He removed most of the algorithms, he hates manipulation, the dude is a free speech advocate, something that liberals used to believe in

[@johannesdewet6367]

lol

[@BatsiraiMusuka]

@@startek119 problem is, who in the company will dare turn on the community notes on head chief in charge. No one wants to get X’d 🤣😂

[@startek119]

@@BatsiraiMusuka He’s already been community noted and the entire algorithm and all its data is open sourced.

[@Jorge351X]

“Either you die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”

[@comic1263]

Good one

[@jpgv_music]

Perfect quote for Johnny Harris as well..

[@KevinKickChannel]

Is this why we rarely see Tom Scott and Michael from Vsauce anymore? They took a step back at a point when we desperately needed videos like from those

[@littlecaesar1842]

"to see urself..."

[@gabrielsilvas692]

No shit, who put him up to this there's like 2 more extra level he didn't need in here ​@@jpgv_music

[@guitartoneSA]

What you missed, and I'm South African, I have the interview with Elon's father if you want it. His grandparents on his mother's side were members of the Nazi Party in Canada...fully fledged Nazi supporters. After the end of WW2 it wasn't popular to be Nazi's in Canada so in 1950 they moved to South Africa...why South Africa? Because in 1948 the Apartheid Nationalist Party came to power in South Africa, and of course the apartheid government were full time Nazi supporters. So don't believe Elon's bs about a Roman salute, it was a Nazi salute done on purpose.

[@bhupendernayakIITDELHI]

I think he should have made this video in December , when Musk gained major power in Trump's cabinet and crossed 500 billion net worth

[@daddymoesby_8239]

Totally agree that he really should. This sounded really biased. No doubt Elon has done incredible things. This video seemed really biased.

[@c2jones]

​@daddymoesby_8239 I don't see it as biased at all. I think he nailed it. Those seeing it as biased are the biased ones.

[@samanthamax4827]

Or an update now

[@c2jones]

@samanthamax4827 An update now would change none of his assessments. If anything, impressions would be worse. He bought his way into Trump’s hierarchy and threatened to shut down the government if he didn't get votes for his $90m. Legalized extortion. Even Republicans turned him down. Remember when Republicans said they were for fiscal conservatism? Trump ran the deficit higher than any in history. Musk wants more money and no regulations for his culpability for the Tesla deaths.

[@deesteve4156]

Elon is going to have a future he never imagined, being HATED by EVERYONE!!! Have you been on Twitter lately???

[@gavinquinton9184]

Really cool to see how Johnny took criticism of his fact checking process and has just quietly improved and overhauled his sourcing to the point that he’s footnoting every assertion and sharing it with readers. Investigative reporters employ this level of scrutiny, but the practice of sharing sourcing in this way is exceedingly rare in journalism.

[@Patricia-b]

Idk man, the story about paypal is still not correct, and it's one of the most debunked and known lies of the musk origin story. Insane that he missed that.

[@wisemanofsorts6068]

He still has a lot of errors throughout. Both in pro and anti Elon parts.

[@cbs1710]

The whole video is literally skin-deep. Never delving into actual truths or what really happened (i.e. once it was eventually surfaced, but the news cycle never picked that up again), etc. The accolades you sing are undeserved, they are the barest minimum of a proper reporting (which, sadly, is a commentary onto itself how low the everyday journalism had fallen).

[@TimothyCHenderson]

@@cbs1710 Journalism has always been a mixed bag.

[@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656]

True dat

[@mk1st]

That one example of Musk banning links to the BBC documentary about Modi convinced me that he’s not at all concerned about free speech and was thinking more of how many Teslas can potentially be sold in India.

[@RabidHobbit]

Free speech (as protected by the 1st Amend) provides individuals and companies freedom *from Congress* to control what they say or print. It's in fact the very law that allows someone like Musk to ban whatever links he wants. So Musk very much cares about 1st Amendment Free Speech, because it empowers him. That being said, I think free speech law needs an update in this ultra-rich corp and internet social media world we live in. Edit: I posted this while not quite done with the video, which shows Musk's misleading quotes about "Free Speech", so I can see where you're coming from. This whole conversation though has become confused because so many people don't understand what free speech actually is. It's hard to tell if Musk actually doesn't, or if he's just been manipulating the entire time.

[@And_Nunes]

Ya this aged well

[@SirojiddinBoboqulov]

“He who fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you” Nietzsche

[@bobaddair3273]

Good one 💯👍

[@ebre3080]

Everybody should be a monster but choose to be good and kind so you can defend yourself and your lovedones if needed.

[@samuellourenco1050]

That's why I don't want to be in a position of power. Because power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. So either you are incorruptible just like God, or you will be corrupted.

[@MarleneColarossi]

@@samuellourenco1050😊

[@simplypositiveme]

This.

[@ivosalvador3374]

This comment section is going to be fire

[@FrogmanKouki]

I'm sure not a single bot will be here

[@ivosalvador3374]

@@FrogmanKouki elon and is army

[@deleted01]

@@FrogmanKouki well you're here

[@theblackspark2644]

It's sure convenient to write off everyone who disagrees with you as a bot.

[@monzerfaisal3673]

Claiming my spot rn! 3 hours in

[@wimpieeeeee]

He should have named his perfume "Elon's Musk"

[@Alx-gj2uz]

That one got me with my guard down 😂

[@DrNoSpectre]

Sounds stinky

[@Breadcrumbsstylelol]

60% of the time, it works every time

[@lildubuoy]

You've been sitting on this one for a while haven't you?

[@norah4892]

Please, don't give him ideas😂

[@BobbyMcGee-r7c]

so elon musk cares so much about the environment with his electric car company but then also has space x burning hundreds of thousands to millions of gallons per second for each launch, got it

[@eurolife7384]

Exactly crazy.

[@eurolife7384]

Exactly crazy.

[@brenohds]

Fun fact, I'm watching this video using Starlink ❤

[@johnnyharris]

Haha awesome

[@thomasmagaha280]

You and me both brotha 💪

[@StarlordStavanger]

gross

[@baronvonbarbeque]

​@@johnnyharris cheers for this one. I'm watching this from a "borrowed" starlink connection from my neighbor. Don't tell him.

[@BarrGC]

​@StarlordStavanger Right, the potential for every single person on earth to have access to high speed internet is "gross"....

[@janak132]

As an autistic person myself (diagnosed), I think Musk sounds like what happens when an autistic person with relatively high self focus/"other people are means" understanding (like my daughter) also is rich enough that he can get away with it, only having to care about the sanction of law, but not social rules. Most relatively severely affected autists only want to do, in fact only manage to do, what they like to do. My daughter has a kind heart, but if she wants to spend time gaming she will not be able to take other people's plans/situations/almost anything else into account. It is not hat she doesn't care, just that the urge to do what she want to do is so much stronger. I can moderate her when necessary, but only because she has to rely on me for certain things. Musk doesn't have to rely on any specific person. He can replace them. This also shows in how he treat his girlfriends. He is rich and single sided; either he gets it his way or they're out. They even have to sign a girlfriend contract. He is in a position where he can't be forced out of his autistic mode, so he only gets more locked into his way being the right way, regardless of what anyone else say. Remember; I'm an autistic person (diagnosed). I know that if we get moderated in a good way, we can learn to moderate ourselves healthily. at least to some extent. This has never happened to Musk. He doesn't moderate himself unless he sees that it would give him an advantage.

[@maramclaine830]

YES ! One of our New Bohemian HumanX talents Hyper focus. And it's also Kryptonite for others and at times ourselves. I AM Nuero divergent what is called a High Masking Autistic Woman. I am Gifted in Language and pattern recognition. I got kicked out of my first Organization at age 4. Kindergarten didn't appreciate me Tryon to teach the other children to read. Then Ballet, I have Spatial disabilities can't tell R from L. Made up my own dancing. Then Girl Scouts for punching the leaders daughter that's when I learned about racial hate. Then the Choir and eventually public High school. I took over 500 students out with me too on a protest. My last flaming arrow. I AM a person with unusually high empathy. If not I could have done a GREAT deal of damage. I have little Inhibition nor fear response.

[@Trey-TV]

What if this is just normal? Could that truly be the case?

[@jo0ls_dee]

@@Trey-TV define normal

[@Ryanlexz]

john harris think san Francisco is a Conservatism place lmao

[@jered877]

He ponders things carefully, so your analysis is flawed. He just arrives at different conclusions, and yes how others feel in the moment isn’t high on his concerns in an eventual decision.

[@leondalegardens]

South Africa is in the southern hemisphere, he was born in winter.

[@lm_b5080]

mate i've had several discussions with americans where they're pretty surprised to find out that the weather and season is the opposite from theirs in the southern hemisphere. their education system skips a few things

[@lucasb42069]

@@lm_b5080no they don’t skip it, I know this and I’m from America, the issue is most Americans can’t pay attention without action packed shit going on lol. They think of history and science as a Michael bay movie for some reason.

[@chriscotton4207]

@@lm_b5080 Christmas music in July? Only in Australia! They celebrate in the summer! I heard this before and I was perplexed enough where I just had no words. I figured you may like this quote from a college graduate in America.

[@Raderade1-pt3om]

@@lm_b5080 no wdym opposite

[@lm_b5080]

@@Raderade1-pt3om if its winter in the southern hemisphere, its summer in the northern hemisphere. earth has 2 hemispheres, the USA is a country in the northern hemisphere

[@meganhopkins1497]

So glad I don’t use social media very often at all. And not for anything important.

[@eurolife7384]

Same here. I don't use social media. At all. It evil. To humanity. 😢

[@efedevirgen5835]

Little info on the Turkish side: if you try to check those accounts, you can see them but in turkey they are blocked so we can't see them

[@Oblivisci........]

VPNs aren't hard to get.

[@videopilot1719]

A VPN is like a cheat code, but it should not be required for the default experience.@@Oblivisci........

[@user-vu7rv1xf1l]

I heard Instagram was blocked in Turkey, has X/twitter been blocked too? Do you know why? Is it because of the dog killing? Or is there other stuff going on too? I have found memories of Turkey, I thought it was a friendly place, I feel sorry for all the problems your country has been facing, I also feel very very sorry for the dogs.

[@ambroisevalet]

Twitter was actually doing a lot of illegal stuff, X is probably following the countrie s laws, that’s why some countries like turkey or india have a lot of bans vs usa. At the time of twitter, they would block accounts even if these were fine according to the law, and would not block accounts that were illegal in some countries. That’s what’s changed

[@MikeyDoesYouTube]

@@Oblivisci........ They are in some countries

[@PikeyAz]

I thought it was 2 guys who started tesla, engineered the Electric batteries and designed the car. Elon Musk took the company public, then pushed them out.

[@Anonymus-qp2mb]

That's how they ALL get ahead...didnt zacaberg do the same with fb?

[@davidmaly6606]

​@@Anonymus-qp2mbzuc stole the idea but built the platform.

[@kidkarbon4775]

Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning were Tesla founders

[@michaeljames5936]

@@davidmaly6606 and tried to steal a huge chunk of the actual company too, from his...........friend.

[@Oomzilla]

It was

[@jackreacher4297]

86k likes /20k dislikes for those who cant see the dislike button due to censorship.

[@FRM101]

how did you come by this Intel?

[@TheSmiesko]

​@@FRM101there should be some extensions, before it was visible in the app.

[@GamerBoyRobby]

You don't know that. I imagine there are more dislikes

[@menocorde]

The 20k figure is from the dislike database not youtube's. Imagine if the button actually showed youtube's dislike count.

[@danieldsantiagorodriguez4955]

​@@FRM101There's browser extentions that lets you see them.

[@basedcousinbalki8664]

Tesla wouldn’t be shit without government subsidies.

[@SeaBassTian]

Very insightful but you forgot the part where he tried to back out of buying Twitter then the courts forced him to go through with the deal!

[@290revolver290]

Exactly! That was definitely intentional, among other things. That way most people can label Musk a bad guy.

[@whatacrazyride1658]

Yeah, I guess the fact that Twitter misrepresented the number of Bots that were members in their estimates wasn't of enough of an issue to give Elon at the very least a more accurate valuation number to overpay for the privileged. Or maybe, his discovery during the standard kinds of due diligence in buying a public company showed some kind of drama with the Federal Government that would have to be cleaned up or lived up to, might have made him a tad more hesitant, once the final show and tells we're going on. The Bots alone should have drastically reduced his buying price, and the only reason the stock price held when it was announced was the offer on the table..... Jesus that court order could have gone the distance had he wanted it to.

[@ashesmandalay1762]

@@whatacrazyride1658 Elon pretended to want to buy Twitter in order to get access to that kind of info so he could publicly reveal it, prove his assertions that his critics were bots for months right, and back out of the deal. Elon didn't find anything like that, which is why he was forced to go through with the sale.

[@lindadonald348]

@@whatacrazyride1658he offered without diligence, sold as seen, in Delaware courts thats a slam dunk

[@milescoleman910]

Same judge tried to stop his agreed upon pay structure earlier this year. Citing the time he spent at Twitter as a reason he doesn’t deserve a paycheck from his own company after increasing its value 1000 percent or so. The dude is different. Says dumb things. Does amazing things. And when you compare him to other people worth billions he is a clear outlier.

[@mmoonnkkeeyy]

Elon is like a teenager in his 40s who just discovered 4chan

[@jesse_-]

There is no shortage of teens in their 40s. They are called liberals.

[@smiler9028]

He’s such a bratty man child

[@smiler9028]

He’s such a bratty man child

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

Does this cite support free speech? Many of my clean comments were goned. Signed, an intelligent Conservative.

[@alexg9727]

cope

[@callipysapricots5531]

Much of this analysis is difficult to reference or qualify because it describes Elon or his conduct in abstract terms. I appreciate that brevity requires generalizations, but there’s a whole lot of psychoanalysis with barely any qualification. As a lawyer I also got set off 17 different ways by the statement that his patents weren’t copyrighted and that explains their being open-source + publicly accessible. This is incoherent, it’s common knowledge that patents and copyrights are completely separate forms of IP protecting different aspects of a work - a “copyrighted” patent doesn’t mean anything. Besides, patents are always publicly accessible, which doesn’t say much to a patent-holder’s charitability. If Elon liberally licensed or otherwise gave away his companies’ patent rights that would be noteworthy, but there is no reason to spend money and resources on getting a patent if you are simply going to give it away - so I assume this didn’t happen as described. I appreciate this might seem nitpicky, but I’m not describing a complex legal technicality, and to the extent that the thesis of this video essay is based on such generalized facts that are either ambiguous or blatantly wrong, I can’t say I learned much of anything concrete except what Johnny Harris thinks of Elon Musk’s mindset. How to convey information in an essay is a personal choice, but I find such basic mistakes to be a gross journalistic oversight. Nevertheless, I appreciate the effort and hope to catch you on a train stop some other time! Toodles! :P

[@aryanchaudhary4400]

Teach me law, seriously.

[@wildbear2472]

Thank you for the insight on patents vs. copyrights. Regarding trying to assess some of Elon Musk's conduct, I don't it's a matter of abstraction. For example...when Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked, and then Elon shared a link to a conspiracy theory website that lied about it, and then Elon later deleted the tweet without correcting the misinformation...that is just bad behavior. A man with one of the biggest platforms in the world (artificially boosted by him) should be even more careful about spreading lies. In addition, if he allows someone onto the platform that outrageously lies (e.g. Alex Jones), he then becomes complicit in spreading the lies. I'm not saying Elon is an evil dude. Like everyone else, he's a mix of good and bad. But one of the things that bothers me about free speech absolutionists like him (other than hypocrisy) is how some view free speech as this moral ideal, and then go on to express themselves in bad ways (lies, misinformation, etc.). Regarding freedom, humanity would fare better if we remember the counsel of Viktor Frankl (paraphrased): next to the Statue of Liberty, should be built the Statue of Responsibility.

[@VideoKillah]

It's not nitpicky of you, that's the basic critical thinking Johnny missed on this video because he just doesn't have the time for those details. Most people who are into tech and culture just don't care about the legal details.

[@wildbear2472]

Thank you for the insight on patents vs. copyrights. Regarding trying to assess some of Elon Musk's conduct, I don't think it's a matter of abstraction. For example...when Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked, and then Elon shared a link to a conspiracy theory website that lied about it, and then Elon later deleted the tweet without correcting the misinformation...that is just bad behavior. A man with one of the biggest platforms in the world (artificially boosted by him) should be even more careful about spreading lies. In addition, if he allows someone onto the platform that outrageously lies (e.g. A. Jones), he then becomes complicit when Alex spreads misinformation. I'm not saying Elon is a really bad guy. Like everyone else, he's a mix of good and bad. But one of the things that bothers me about free speech absolutionists like him (other than hypocrisy) is how some view free speech as this moral ideal, and then go on to express themselves in bad ways (lies, misinformation, etc.). Regarding freedom, humanity would fare better if we remember the counsel of Viktor Frankl (paraphrased): next to the Statue of Liberty, should be built the Statue of Responsibility.

[@grantwatson3824]

"most of this analysis is difficult to reference..." Seriously? Sources were referenced throughout, or shown to us directly, like Musk's own words. Did you perhaps sleep through some of the post?

[@jonnash5196]

Who died and left elon in charge ? Too much attention paid to elon .

[@mapratt]

At the end of the video - yes, there's a way to measure his success. He's in the White House. He succeeded. Pitting the people at the bottom of the pyramid against each other is the path to oligarchy. We're virtually there.

[@antoniafenech8279]

With all due respect. Getting a gig at the White House, especially the White House he’ll be joining, won’t help any resume. It’s not the benchmark it used to be.

[@tinasprocket2812]

He bought his way in there. Contributed millions to Trumps campaign. Hopefully Trump sees his motives - he wants influence - go back to the picture of him & his engineers in this video - NO WHITE guys on staff. In 2016, Trump said H1B is taking American jobs & the program needs to end. - Elon uses ALL From India - Vivek too - THEY ACCEPT LOWER WAGES OR GET DEPORTED. Most recent post from Elon, when being called out on X was "Fck you in the face" & "I will go to war on this". Then he deleted many accounts for objecting to his NOT "America First" attitude. So, when confronted on X about HIS sht, he acted like the Democrats he lectured about - he became outraged, threw a baby fit, CANCELED ppl.

[@silviofernandes3217]

😂😂😂A CASA BRANCA NUMA AMÉRICA DECADENTE Q. EM O8 OU O9 ANOS - ESTARÁ AFUNDANDO , CURVADA A CHINA em ASCENÇÃO

[@stayhungrystayfoolish759]

You should create a video discussing KZbin's censorship. Anyone who disagrees with KZbin's agenda gets banned, which is becoming excessive.

[@ankkaproductions5822]

well not abnned but shadowbanned and demonetized

[@jullyanyewerton7900]

then leave (???)

[@willypen8613]

​@@jullyanyewerton7900a sell out?

[@scottcpan68]

I think KZbin is leading the pack now when it comes to censorship, even surpassing Facebook. It seems as though all of the deranged leftists that used to work at Twitter, are now to working for Google.

[@stevebaker9709]

That's what they tell you you have freedom to say what you want just as long its what they want to hear 😵😵😵😵😱😱😱👎👎👎👎

[@invisiblecollege893]

Its very strange how quite a lot of people form their opinions from media headlines instead of listening to the person actually speak in long form

[@justdiane5]

Yes, because a lot of people have the attention span of a gnat

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

@@justdiane5 So American liberals? Like Johnny Harris?

[@Jonathan-ex3sl]

@@dfdf-rj8jr grow up. smart people can disagree with you and still be smart.

[@BreakneckTrent]

Tis the times.. Attention span... SQUIRREL! 👀

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

@@Jonathan-ex3sl Yes, and what makes you think the OG commenter was smart?

[@Joltreel]

27:41 No matter who you are or where you are everyone has their own biased perspective view. This being said everyone wants their own chance at having their voice heard. I get all this speculation on Elon musk "Artificially" boosting his own political perspective but what you have to understand is that having a perspective means you envision a specific or eventual goal, everyone regardless of whomever you are wants their own perspective to come out on top eventually. so, when one person has their own way of getting their goals and their desires out there in an almost "Nonconventional" way this means they are following the basic parts of human socialization or interaction. We can see this in early times such as emperors in Rome and kings in England. Each one of them found their own way however non-conventional to basically impose themselves as the center of influence and rule. People In modern society are brainwashed by the idea of "free speech" and the idea that they have control of what happens to them on a daily level when all they're doing is basically enforcing someone else's idea through their own words. Ps: I know this comment will probably get zero views, but I just thought I'd share my current views.

[@samrichtier]

this is a very insightful comment, thank you

[@andychow1970]

"The patents were not copyrighted" - that statement makes no sense.

[@jaykayin]

That's right you cannot patent the copyright to my book!. Patent-free Books!

[@delasias9153]

It does make sense. Copyright & patents serve different purposes.

[@jaydy71]

​@@delasias9153 Sure they have different purposes, but that statement still doesn't make sense, or at least it was not what was meant. Patents are by nature not subject to copyright restrictions.

[@Shouwr]

​@@jaydy71 likely, it was just an error in writing.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

Rubes dont understand the difference between copyrights and patents.

[@doctorpazz]

"boss can be a total asshole" - said every employee ever

[@Vrrrrrrrr]

Not really...he overworks his employees, including making them work during the pandemic, completely gaslighting them. He does not interfere when non-white workers get bullied and in fact his posts encourage it

[@iamhereblossom1588]

Nope some are cool.

[@oliviashmoliva]

nope, my boss is lovely

[@houserhythm]

I've been with my current company for 13 years, had 6 different bosses during this time and I wouldn't say that about a single one of them.

[@FrankCastle-h9s]

Maybe yours is?

[@primedeviation]

You somehow forgot to mention community notes. Why?

[@TKUA11]

Because that doesn’t take away from his point of censoring people he doesn’t like and that he loves to cave to authoritarian states

[@apeblackberry3641]

@@TKUA11 Twitter did the same except it was way worse. Lefties tasting their own medicine is a sweet feeling.

[@ExtremistOnboard]

Because of Johnny Harris' bias.

[@javiervasquez8797]

Community notes is imo the greatest “innovation” for sharing and distributing news on social media.

[@SolRC]

@@javiervasquez8797 you mean letting the popular people do your work for you instead of the nerds. You are short of critical thinking skills, any community notes ever tell you that?

[@Sq5687]

All this time he was concerned about his free speech. Not about others. 😂😂

[@jackiecooper9439]

Point of correction. BBC doc was on Indian PM, not Prez. Prez is powerless and is always an uncontroversial figure.

[@Insert_generic_username]

Yeah it’s a understandable mistake - different Countries have (probably for historical reasons) a different name for the ‚head of government‘ role, it can get confusing.

[@MrZZsharka]

Yeah it depends on the country e.g. in Russia the Prime Minister is nowhere near as powerful as President Putin.

[@adisario]

The pandemic was the pivot. He HATED that the government could tell his employees to stay home.

[@jamesconner3437]

Pretty difficult to assemble things from home. Especially cars and rockets. The neighbors are not gonna like it.

[@yex666]

Is the first video? I’m very disappointed in so far they’ve been good honest unbiased.. how do you do your research and not know that his pivot point was Covid? I love how you says I don’t know what he’s thinking so it will be on for me to assume. And when he starts talking about Twitter, that’s exactly what he does. Come on Johnny do better!

[@arun279]

esp since other automakers had already resumed production lines but since most of tsla domestic production was in california at the time, he was at the mercy of local unelected officials who had different ideas than Detroit counterparts.

[@BeaverChainsaw]

@@jamesconner3437come on now, if Tony Stark could build an iron man suit in a cave from a box of scraps, I’m sure Elon Musk could do it! He always wanted to be like Tony stark

[@c87kim]

Uh yeah… the govt shouldn’t be telling any of us how to run our business or live our lives

[@RSI24]

As a long time Musk admirer, I have since pulled admiration for him 6 years ago when I found out he was not a creator of anything he said he did

[@DanMarcotte-qg4xo]

Lmao! Where did you find that out?

[@michaelb9940]

@@DanMarcotte-qg4xoif you study it from the beginning you’ll know why! He’s a good delegator but that’s about it!

[@dlewis895]

TOTALLY AGREE. RESEARCH FACT CHECK GOOGLE IT. MUSK REPEATEDLY GETS INVOLVED IN WHAT INTERESTS HIM.THEN GETS MORE INVOLVED HIS EGOMANIA REPEATEDLY DEMANDS FULL CREDIT FULL POWER YOU SEE THIS REPEATED MUSKS PLAYBOOK. TRUMP. WATCH YOUR BACK MUSK NOT PRESIDENT? MUSK USA CEO

[@lenu617]

Which one? Paypal, the video game? Tesla? Solar city?

[@lenu617]

​@@michaelb9940so he can't be praised or admired as a good delegator?

[@MrOdaniels]

The reason he bought twitter is a two birds one stone move. Sam altman has reddit, microsoft has access to data from numerous sources, same for google. If elon wants a competing AI he had to gain access to large amounts of data for his AI and language model programs. Political reasons Turn twitter into an everything app with payment system, digital ID, town square, messaging, ride share, banking (loan), advertising, book hotel, order at restaurants, etc. Everything app. Like what he envisioned X to be.

[@stap1er]

Johnny didn't realise you're not supposed to go by the PR material when researching someone lol

[@ftt2757]

Well I'm at 50% of video and I hear Elon PR guy and nothing more

[@heck3143]

Yeah even the emerald mine stuff. He didn't own it, but his dad has a stake in a Zambian emerald mine. Elon brought them to school to flex. Saying it's totally false without mentioning that feels straight up dishonest. I found that IN the Snopes fact check they used.

[@erikaskag]

We gettin banned from X with this one

[@deleted01]

X doesn't ban for things like this. That's the beauty of it

[@karankapoor2701]

He isn't from the Biden administration

[@Jasper_Pascoe]

@@deleted01 Brother did *not* watch the video

[@johnnyharris]

im uploading to x right now. we'll see

[@OGRustinMac]

Atta boy johnny

[@boinksi]

There’s a lot of details missing from the X/Twitter section of this video…

[@16ktsgamma]

Not to mention missing details of the Cyber Truck and the sportster for Telsa.

[@ZeusTalks]

Yes this is honestly pretty biased and badly researched

[@jamestidwell]

Yeah and how you can’t make the connection of everything he does and then buying twitter with alterior motives and naming it X is almost willfully negligent . They put it in our face. The esoteric value of X. As above so below. Triangle pointing up and triangle pointing down. There’s two X’s on your screen now. What do they do. Exit out of comments and exit out of video. So the richest man in the world whos apart of an elite club who believe the world is over populated catapults the vehicle industry into electric vehicles wants to use a company the government used to wield power? Now China is set to have the best and most affordable Electric vehicles. He now backs Trump who started a trade war with Chinas while he helps Ukraine fight its proxy war with Russia. Wake up. Order out of chaos.

[@frankvazquez5974]

@@ZeusTalks You need to be more specific than that. He has presented an incredible amount of FACTS and RESEARCH. Where is yours? That is how genuine academic dialogue functions. Please engage if you are actually able.

[@Jackson_Zheng]

@@frankvazquez5974 Where's the facts? News articles with contradictory quotes and a research paper than did a study over a span of only a couple months? Did you even read the sources he provided in the description yourself?

[@dantedibiaso1137]

I'm very very thankful I'm NOT Elon Musk

[@TreforTreforgan]

I mean, there’s two Elons. There’s Elon Skywalker and there’s Elon Vader.

[@rlarno]

I have stated it differently, there was Anakin, and now we have Vader.

[@TreforTreforgan]

@@rlarno I’ve just run this passed my mother and she says the way I said it was way better.

[@dardale9050]

Everyone, even you has a Skywalker and Vader as far as influences on each shoulder, but everyone cannot do what Elon can do, so he must be doing many things right and for many good causes. Critics are usually, only the Vader part!

[@TreforTreforgan]

@@dardale9050 you sound like a Stormtrooper

[@ArtScienceWonder]

​@@rlarnoOooh nOoo thats such a good comparison and I'm over here like Padme Amidala hoping he'll come back and change. #facepalm

[@aidankenny2218]

At 32:10 i thought he was about to say Twitter wasn’t being censored by governments and i almost spit out my drink

[@TheCaj2012]

No replies?

[@Lokeydin7]

People and governments do try and censor as much as they can, its just that simple.

[@miller1240]

@@TheCaj2012 They are being censored by the government.

[@Boldwine]

@@TheCaj2012 no need

[@stevemartin7464]

I would have too, what happened at Twitter pre-Musk is abomnible, this makes me wonder about this video; if he does one on what was being done at twitter before Mr Musk bought it I would feel a bit better; do a comparison. Also, where do you get some of your stats? Like the 85% one?

[@eugeniosilva7102]

The study on the algorithmic amplification of political content on Twitter was funded and conducted by Twitter itself. The researchers involved were affiliated with Twitter, the University of Cambridge, University College London, and the University of California, Berkeley Not very biased imo

[@justinclark2818]

Yeah I think Johnny is a liberal lol

[@anonimous__user]

The results of that study are confirmed by at least three other independent studies

[@wisemanofsorts6068]

​@anonimous__user The study its self has issues around trying to define what tweets fall under what part of the political spectrum. It is an extremely subjective study, that also misses some key assertions.

[@anonimous__user]

@@wisemanofsorts6068 i understand. The topic itself is very tricky. Still, what the comment above was implying (that the study is biased because it was performed by people who worked at Twitter) can be dismissed because independent studies, performed by people who had nothing to do with Twitter, confirmed the results.

[@thewolfking5252]

What year was the study done? Censorship of the right on old twitter definitely ramped up for Donald trumps election and during Covid.

[@imscruffy1244]

Deep dive? This was surface level. Elon Musk is the monorail salesman from the Simpsons on steroids. You failed to bring up the myriad of failures, missed deadlines and outrageous lies. You don't even have to dig deep to uncover this.

[@Cartermadeit]

You mean a court in Delaware forced him to honor his verbal and technically written contract to buy Twitter, right?

[@sarkaranish]

was good enough for elon to pay up anyways.

[@kingace6186]

Sounds like a legally-enforceable contract to me.

[@khalidhasanasif2619]

Yet, same court did not honor his rightful pay package.

[@scbond]

He made an offer, it was accepted, he tried to back out as he clearly just wanted to kick up a fuss, they took him to court and he was forced to honour the offer to purchase, he took over and then he laid half the staff off as some sort of bizarre punishment. The guy is an absolute prick.

[@ivanrocks2227]

@@scbond He got rid of the useless bums who were just doing TikToks all day what kind of a punishment is that? That is a business not a charity

[@eyemazed]

Amazing what kind of world-wide effect bullying in pre school can have. Stop bullying

[@tanime]

bang on 👏

[@strategec6184]

More like what kind of effect being super soft can have.

[@on__off2923]

😂

[@indrinita]

well his dad is super abusive as well, so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[@chriscolgan120]

Pov worlds richest guy falls into crippling media addiction

[@JonCollier-jr1fx]

He sold more E trucks than ford and chevy, launched more rockets that all other countries combined, used Starlink to help Ukraine, Starlink provides internet to the most desolate places on earth. Creating jobs for hundreds of thousands across the world, saved HK Battery company and all the jobs they provided, making renewable energy possible with the powercells he produces, first reusable rocket, took America back to space on our own soil. BUT, he lets people say whatever they want without censoring them on X. He must be evil........FFS. Be humble and take an L ever now and then, It will make you understand the world better. You might make some friends along the way.

[@intiorozco5063]

The brainrot got to him.

[@kokushibyō-f9i]

@@intiorozco5063 It wasn't when he was dating super young actresses, marrying and divorcing them multiple times ...twitter did it. >.>

[@raypatson8775]

Lol love Elon but that's funny 😁

[@xryanv]

That isn't the case he just has different values than the people who disagree with him.

[@AnneRavenStar]

If you had waited just a few more months to make this video...

[@Sap3r3Aud3]

You could have stopped at «I’ve grown tired of hearing the name Elon Musk».

[@ancientslav4863]

cope

[@Synoopy2]

@@ancientslav4863 nope

[@shadrachemmanuel1720]

Ikr.😂

[@dadanardi5541]

I feels the same by the way, people overrated him and misunderstood how he got into success. He is more of a business than an inventor/thinker, he is more Edission that he is to Tesla.

[@Ed-ty1kr]

And what kind of youtube content would that be? He already clickbaited you, what more do ya want?

[@bresophil]

Just got here from a "The problem with Johnny Harris" video 😂

[@R4ks0]

Bro I don't think even Elon Musk can glaze himself as much as Johnny just did... He omits so much of his early history that no wonder he is confused about how Musk "changed"

[@DeMesstados]

Which early history?

[@yiin]

@@DeMesstados probably the fact that he was basically fired from PayPal as his management was ruining the company

[@DeMesstados]

@@yiinnah. There were disagreements in strategy and the board ousted him. PayPal under Musk was incredibly successful. This thing happens all the time. Steve Jobs was ousted. The Uber guy was ousted… just a part of business

[@mr.flupsurf2860]

was this before or after the big bag of money from SA ? its not bad just be clear about it.

[@nitinagarwal4416]

You missed the most important part. He changed after covid lockdowns when his company was shut down by Democratic Party in California. He was also against COVID guidelines by the government. He probably shifted to right after that.

[@rob8311]

Def not. He was always like this, he just had better PR back then. The mask came off so to speak

[@nitinagarwal4416]

@@rob8311 I don’t think he is a PR guy. He is definitely an attention seeker and does all his tweets himself. Also he wasn’t political before COVID. He only used to talk about rockets, Cars, AI and his companies. I have been following him since 2014-15. I used to be his fan before he bought twitter and turned into a maniac

[@martyconsidine8628]

He also missed the SEC strong arming him. That's what did it. He literally sheds tears in an interview explaining the event.

[@proudlakerfan]

He shifted to the right because of his transgender child. He said he wants to end wokeness because of what happened to his child.

[@John-wu4rc]

He also forgot to include the way he acquired those companies he cofounded. Apart from the first one none of the others were his idea. He had money so he bought them. If you actually go in-depth into how he ran those companies you will see how much of a clown he actually is. He almost messed up PayPal until he got fired. Still trying to create his all purpose finance hub till this day.

[@inakis10]

Bro, no mention of the twitter files? Even Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged those 😂

[@davey64]

The Twitter files were a joke and embarrassment. I'm not sure where you were going with this but watching Matt Taibbi squirm around and try defend his work is now a favorite past time.

[@n8thanael]

He was like, oh I wish there was transparency.. and yet doesn't acknowledge the plain truth ... Musk was validated because the deep state, our government was perverting political discourse in favor of their Regime. JH doesn't have a soul, it's been sold.

[@Ddgunghetto03]

@@davey64 you're the joke

[@starrett9556]

@@davey64No you are absolutely correct. The story that people reference are that the government reached into twitters execs and threatened them with the DOJ if they didnt pull the story. THE REAL story is that Twitter took down the story for around 24 hours explicity because it violated the "hacked materials" rule on the platforms TOS, and AFTER this was done only then did Bidens TEAM not the government yet becuase he was not the president at the time, reached out to inform them that it did indeed violate twitters TOS. the story was not censored on many many other platforms and mainstream news orgs. only twt for 24 hours... there has been an incredible miss telling of these events that sadly even jonny harris himself clearly did not look into.

[@kevinchrist1658]

It's because Johnny is helping the narrative

[@elituttle8798]

Sorry, you'd mentioned Starlink & Ukraine, but you didn't finish that topic.

[@NotADuncon]

This story is full of surface level reporting. It's the worst researched story from Johhny because it seems to me he doesn't want to dig too deep because he starts courting a specific viewer - first Joe Rogan, now this.

[@andrew93901]

​@@NotADuncon So what will he find if he digs deeper?

[@NotADuncon]

@@andrew93901 for example Elons first company was saved by his moms friend who hired to fix elons horrible code and then sell the company. Without that man the company would not be sold and Elon would not make his first big cash. Elons X also didn't become paypal it merged with paypal which was a larger company. Elon was outsted as a CEO of Paypal since he was mismanaging the hell out of it. Starlink is a topic for a very long treatese.

[@counterguardian6145]

I think that's in the Ukraine video...

[@pouya8638]

​@@NotADuncon its about Elon not Ukrainian

[@YogiMcCaw]

There's a lot to unpack here, but I'll try to keep it short and on point. 1. Having read Mary Trump's book about Donald, and then hearing this description of Musk's childhood, I immediately thought, "Wow, Trump and Musk have a LOT in common" - especially the overpowering father figure who glorified brute strength over all. The later parts of the vid, and especially the conclusion segment starting at 38:08 just completely cemented this idea in my mind. These guys are made for each other, a marriage made either in heaven or in hell, depending on your own personal bias. 2. The "shift", which can be seen in both Trump and Musk (at about the same age, no less) is , sadly, a typical outcome of a bullied child with an abusive father - they switch roles. Being the victim is never desirable. But now, they can be the bully - they can push others around and they can shout at everybody in the room and get away with it. How gratifying! The other point is my disappointment with how many other people go along with the bully, or want to ride the bully's coattails for their own greedy purposes. So many human beings just want an alpha male to lead the pack. A whole hour long vid could be done on that, but I'll stop here for now. Johnny, I hope you are working on a post-election update for this video. People are making the joke that we now have President Musk and VP Trump. Maybe it isn't completely just a joke?

[@truthorfiction407]

"FREE SPEECH", a good banner, but does Elon tolerate free speech from his employees. Not for a second, all for ONE.

[@RyNiuu]

Looks like you talked to a lot of his employees XDDDDD so awkward as there are so many interviews of former and present. So you are mostly wrong. However, in the end, there are times where this is exactly the role of CEO. There are countless examples of companies failing due to their CEO being incapable of a firm word while not being surrounded by competent employees (effect of the very same CEO). People thinking that his companies are successful despite Elon are simply delusional.

[@SebSN-y3f]

Confirmation bias is not feared in science and aviation for no reasons, because it quickly leads to serious misjudgments.

[@ArrotasHome-db7nw]

i bet the you ... try leaving a job and speeck against you former employee!!! your life will go south! if you dont like your job/boss, the just leave

[@markjapan4062]

FREE SPEECH IN YOUR HOME ONLY NO ONE ELSE CARES

[@badmaniak]

Everybody applaud to Steve Jobs, who did NOTHING and only commanding others. Elon Musk is stressfull, but he can make things cheaper and better than others. And he have thousands of employes (Jobs had few, even under ten individuals), so nobody should feel bullied. IF he will wuestion you, you will not see him for a year (because he has to question the other thousand). ;)

[@maracbubamarac]

Antozent- they are selling around 150 self help books for the price of one (you’re welcome)

[@Warclimb64]

If you read 150 self help books you're gonna really need help

[@michaelslater6839]

Think of the money you will make if you worked hard instead of spending the time to read 150 books… You’re Welcome 😊

[@NutellaCrepe]

@@michaelslater6839 Think of how much more money you can make if you even read a few of those books to help you become more productive. Then think of the happiness you can achieve when you find time to read a few more.

[@ZoldicsDiaries]

Just as Elon announced he would be supporting Trump's republican this election- CIA stooge 'Johnny Harris' is obviously NOT happy with this.!!

[@TheCamps10]

3k likes for a completely unrelated comment. Never let anyone convince you that the internet isn't plagued with bots.

[@andrewhambling]

Will Johnny be doing this type of personal analysis of all mega rich billionaires? How about one on Jeff Bazos next?

[@HandleHandleson]

Or Zuck..

[@KommKarl]

No, because liberal leftist mega rich are good people and conservative right wing ones are evil according to liberal leftist people.

[@charlestaylor3195]

Bezos is one of those "You go first" kind of guys.

[@simonjones4855]

I think people would surprised by how boring a Bezos or Zuckerburg video would be.

[@jerrstubbs439]

Right

[@olaoluwabode-omoleye356]

Waterfall of government subsidies. Perfectly said.

[@VLove-CFII]

He didn’t spend 44bn dollars to censor himself.

[@lolzu]

He doesn't have to. But boosting himself artificially doesn't make him good

[@Jonathan-gi7df]

@@lolzu sure but he created fact-checkers, which correct his account very often, so this image of him being immune to critics is simply not true

[@KingTies]

@@Jonathan-gi7df Very late very often. after it was already seen by thousands

[@lolzu]

@Jonathan-gi7df no he didn't, it just got initialised after he came in. it was an existing idea in development for a while. I've also been on twitter long enough to see those community notes get removed in less than 24 hours, or Elon removing the post totally. Multiple incidents of this happening. Especially when he falsely called a Thai diver who rescued a football team a pedo, or that time he reinstated an account that openly posted CP. (TWICE. IT HAPPENED TWICE.) Those two incidents I've mentioned have directly been reported on by multiple news outlets. So you can easily Google it.

[@lolzu]

@@Jonathan-gi7df nah. Elon either gets the community note removed or deletes the post entirely. Been on twitter long enough to witness him embarass himself multiple times.

[@mangos3943]

No matter who is in charge of a social media company, all will have an underlying bias that will show in the content they push, allow, and/or censor. Its so hard and I wouldn't want to be the one to be in charge. However, there is absolute truth. In the Age of Information we have so many voices that it makes it almost impossible to tell what is the truth. In times past, what was true was only what you observed or experienced. Its so easy to wish for simpler times. Yet, no season is simple. Each chapter comes with its own perks/benefits and hardships.

[@Stadsjaap]

Interesting point. If you really do allow all voices, the truth gets lost in the noise. But if you censor out some of those voices, you can never be sure what remains is the truth.

[@axle71698]

As Dave Chappelle once said... "If you got hate in your heart, let it out."😂

[@CoreyKat]

Hate without heart is useless

[@lisa-p2x3i]

Hello, maybe we can be good friends

[@AcrylicGoblin]

"he puts no effort into making you like him" that's absolutely incorrect. Why would he repeatedly lie about being good at video games if he wasn't concerned with the opinions of others?

[@laviefu0630]

Pls make the same kind of video for Mark Zuckerberg, how he acuqired Instagram...and so on

[@SonnyDarvish]

Please continue with KZbin.. oh wait!

[@jaguaranmusk3703]

Sorry, he is a fellow Jew !

[@TKUA11]

Whataboutism arguments much?

[@laviefu0630]

@@TKUA11 I understand where you're coming from, but I still think Mr. Zuckerberg deserves a thorough check-up.

[@jacobstevens7046]

​@@TKUA11...Or they enjoyed the video and thought it would be interesting to see a similar breakdown of other rich guys.

[@MachivelianBear]

As a Dane i have always found Twitter/X facinating because it is not really something that is too popular in Denmark. here it is basicly only famous people and trolls that use it. Then when the whole Musk takeover happend it started being covered alot in the Danish media, mostly because Danish journalists used it while the normal population did not. What has become very apparent is the difference between american politics and Danish politics. In America both sides call eachother extremists, while in Denmark we mostly critique our political parties for all being to moderate(which is why we have 9 parties in parliament currently).

[@Kernelhazzard1]

9 parties and they all behave like moderates? That's a good problem to have lol... We only have two and they can't even play catch together... 'Merica!!!

[@feline.equation]

I don’t think regular Americans use twitter either. Like you said, it’s all just journalists and famous people. Maybe a decade ago people used it, but no young person with a presence on the internet is using it, and older people certainly don’t use it either.

[@DanielRRomani]

​@@feline.equationAnd bots! 😂

[@mathewhosier9739]

It was far worse when it was run by far left extremists

[@hirnfaser7245]

@@Kernelhazzard1almost all european countries have many parties in their system. the US system is just so fucked in a way that it would never allow for anything more than a two party system. the way your system works is bad and outdated (and it heavily favors one side). people thinking all democratic systems lead to a two party system are wrong. its just the way your system is set up.

[@business-advice-that-works]

When you said, "He chose the storm of all storms," and EDM music started playing, my mind immediately thought, "No way, he became an EDM artist???" Mostly because im listening to this instead of watching.

[@greenesttea3687]

lol u goof

[@DJPastaYaY]

Haha that would be cool though

[@ZoldicsDiaries]

Just as Elon announced he would be supporting Trump's republican this election- CIA stooge 'Johnny Harris' is obviously NOT happy with this.!!

[@business-advice-that-works]

@@DJPastaYaYthe funny part is I just clicked on this video again and was reading the comments. Saw this one and thought it was funny. Then I saw that it was me haha

[@DJPastaYaY]

@@business-advice-that-works Even better! hah

[@devincreislerstudios]

I got a tesla ad while watching this video.

[@MosesKabandana]

I'll come back to this comment section with popcorns in about 8 hours. It's about to be fire!

[@kinglouis6974]

Errr hello you’ll be back soon !! Your comment was 7 hours ago Its Friday night in the uk 🇬🇧 Hmmmm this should be good

[@C5J9]

Trump shot

[@derpett9999]

How was it?

[@BingHanGoh]

Would love to see you talk to him live on these topics.

[@Ryanlexz]

sadly john have a bias too

[@rossg9363]

I'd like to see Elon and Thunderfoot live that would be earth shaking.

[@annagoodwin4100]

Need to do it life yourself with Elon, so that he has a chance to rebut everything you are saying about him. That would be fair, wouldn’t it?

[@omidnorozi5921]

That's free speech if you have 44 billion dollars.

[@namei8967]

What is "that"?

[@omidnorozi5921]

@@namei8967 the fact that he boost's his own account to get more reach on his own 44 billion dollars company.

[@namei8967]

@@omidnorozi5921 first, how does he boost his own account? Second, why he needs "get more reach" when he already has had a few dozen million fans? Third, why he needs to spend 44 million dollars to have free speech when his any speeches were attracting huge attention over the world?

[@omidnorozi5921]

@@namei8967 you haven't watched the video,have you? He said elon after buying x gathered 100 engineers to boost his account in x so he could reach to All. I say he paid 44 billion dollars not millions to buy x, it's his company he can do whatever he wants with it. If he wants to boost his account he has every right to do so.

[@namei8967]

@@omidnorozi5921 you still don't answer my questions. Even with 1000 engineers, how to boost his account? Any his words can draw world attention in most platforms, why he needs to pay 44 billions?