Unfortunately, yes. We seem to be in the midst of that sort of era.
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Well, you have to consider that right now every year feels like about three to four decades.
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From the Wikipedia article on Andrew Carnegie:
He became a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (equivalent to $10.5 billion in 2023), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities.[6] His 1889 article proclaiming āThe Gospel of Wealthā called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.
In Carnegieās case, at least, ~90% is hardly a small amount. There is plenty of criticism to be leveled at the fact that he was able to accumulate that much wealth in the first place, and then was allowed to choose how and where his was was redistributed. A more equitable system would collect from the wealthy over time and then distribute those funds fairly among the those that society determines are the most in need, with accountability for those administering the funds.
Even with the modern incarnations of the truly wealthy, their charitable giving is often limited either to charitable foundations they set up or those set up by other truly wealthy individuals. These organizations are often set up to either exploit legal loopholes around inheritance or taxes, or serve to favor their own pet causes.
Musk, of course, doesnāt seem to be interested in even playing that game.
In 2012, Musk took the Giving Pledge, thereby committing to give the majority of his wealth to charitable causes either during his lifetime or in his will.[269] He has endowed prizes at the Xprize Foundation, including $100 million to reward improved carbon capture technology.[270]
Vox said in February 2021, āthe Musk Foundation is almost entertaining in its simplicity and yet is strikingly opaqueā, noting that its website was only 33 words in plain-text.[266] In 2020, Forbes gave Musk a philanthropy score of 1, because he had given away less than 1% of his net worth.[265] In November 2021, Musk donated $5.7 billion of Teslaās shares to charity, according to regulatory filings.[271] However, Bloomberg News noted that all of it went to his own foundation, bringing Musk Foundationās assets up to $9.4 billion at the end of 2021. The foundation disbursed $160 million to nonprofits that year.[272] Reporting by The New York Times found that in 2022, the Musk Foundation gave away $230 million less than the minimum required by law to maintain tax-deductible status, and that in 2021 and 2022 over half the foundationās funds went to causes connected to Musk, his family, or his businesses.[273]
Never mind, heās doing exactly that.
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Some people here are calling Her DoƱa Florindaā¦
As people calls Him Kiko do Foguete
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The 76-year-old is part of a trend of āsilver influencersā whose success in the face of adversity resonates strongly.
Hard to imagine Mother Musk has faced much adversity? Aside from that caused by being a woman.
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Oh but just imagine what sheād have done if sheād only been able to identify as a man without material effort! Poor woman has practically had the whole world stolen from her! All she got to do was look pretty and squat on it. Poor thing.
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That doesnāt seem worrisome, nope, not at all. 
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Yes, although (FWIW) unlike Musk, the family came to the US with nothing (having lost it all at home), and Andrew Carnegie started working at age 12.
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Iām not sure āeraā really describes it, but itās certainly something thatās going to be remembered. Things become (in)famous for all sorts of reasons. Donāt forget that the Edsel is in museums. 
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Ah yes, āthe Edsel Era.ā
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Iām sure in the Tesla worldview, mass transit doesnāt exist.
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Sheās pathetic. Like honestlyā¦ I have loathed that woman ever since I first read about her hawking her nasty ass labia jewelry or whatever it was back then. They deserve each other imo.
Whatever she signed away I donāt feel sorry for her. Or rather she can get in queue behind about 80% of the population.
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Even if some of those things were true (theyāre not) all i can say isā¦ who gives a fuck?
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So firm. So packed. So fully jacked.
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Elon Musk says āMake Europe Great Againā as he continues his push into European politics
Tick-tock, tick-tockā¦
āā¦having to live life as a recluse.ā Just living may be a problem.
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Exactly. The enjoyment of scarfing down a bowl of your favorite ice cream passes too quickly. But tortureāhowever longācan seem like an eternity.
Cybertruck Era it is, at least as a way to forever remind future generations of the shittiness of Musk and the dangers of personality-driven shit-tech.
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I just looked up when the unveiling took place. That time the window was broken. It was 2019. I could not believe that. It seems more like it was 2012 or something like that. :mind blown:
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