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So here's the thing. Elon is an idiot. He wants you to desperately believe he is a genius while also holding true that he plays games 10 hours a day, tweets 2 hours a day, all which he prioritizes over for his 14 kids. That's several punchlines worth of "You know you're a redneck when" material in one sentence of his public behavior. Articles like this are beautiful. But his stupidity should not be a surprise here, more of an expectation. (And a hilarious one at that)
Rednecks were originally the coal miners in Virginia who fought the oligarchs in the battle of Blair Mountain. They wore red neckerchiefs to identify themselves. As with most leftist icons, decades of psyops have perverted the term.
All that to say, it is insulting to rednecks to compare Elon to them.
I always heard rednecks are the people on the farm that get red necks from the sun.
That’s the psyop version meant to divide the working class and make people forget about Blair Mountain.