Elon Musk is ready to postpone flights to Mars in the name of political struggle. The billionaire wrote on Twitter that he was becoming politically active to stop the “vigilant virus” from preventing humanity from reaching Mars. Earlier, Musk announced on the platform that “political attacks” against him “will escalate dramatically in the coming months,” Business Insider reported, quoted by actualno.com.
One Twitter user asked the entrepreneur: “You are trying to send humanity to Mars and warn the public about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Why sabotage these important goals by entering into political disputes? Is it worth it? ”In response, Musk wrote,“ Unless stopped, the virus of the waking mind will destroy civilization and humanity will never reach Mars. ”
In the last month, Musk has mentioned the “vigilance virus” several times. On Wednesday, May 18, he called Yale “the epicenter of the virus of the waking mind, which is trying to destroy civilization.” Although Musk did not explain what he thought the “wake-up virus” was, the word “wake up” was used by right-wing figures to ridicule progressive causes. And in April, Musk used the term in a tweet, saying he had made Netflix “invisible.” In this way, the billionaire explained why he thinks the platform has started to lose subscribers quickly. By the way, Musk did not specify what content he considers “invisible”.
Musk is also increasingly critical of the Democratic Party of the United States, calling it the “Party of Division and Hate.” He confirmed that he will vote for the Republicans in the upcoming elections.
Musk’s comments came after an article in Insider described how his aerospace company SpaceX paid a former flight attendant $ 250,000 to file a sexual assault lawsuit against the billionaire.
According to the former employee in 2016, during a flight to London, the entrepreneur called her to his cabin, where he undressed and offered to buy her a horse in exchange for erotic massage, Insider reports, citing a statement by a friend of the former. stewardess and data from a number of documents.
In 2018, believing that the rejection of Musk’s proposal had affected her career in SpaceX, the employee hired a lawyer and filed a complaint with the company’s human resources department, detailing the incident. The flight attendant and her lawyer were then invited to SpaceX to enter into an agreement to terminate their employment.
According to Insider, the company paid the flight attendant $ 250,000 in compensation, provided it did not file a lawsuit against Musk for sexual misconduct. Representatives of the publication contacted Elon Musk for comment. However, the billionaire sent an email asking for more time to respond and said that “there are many more interesting things in this story.” “If I had been prone to sexual harassment, this would hardly have been the first time in my entire 30-year career that this would have come to light,” Musk wrote, calling the allegations a “politically motivated move.”
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