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It's not that he's wrong in this case, but...

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Elon Musk would not have been looked upon kindly by anyone from star trek. Maybe Quark... but even then I'm sure he'd be shaking his head with a "143rd rule of acquisition: never let ego interfere with profits".

Even the antagonists would hate him for being so clumsy and amateurish in his evil.

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- No, there was that one episode of DS9 about selling weapons that firmly cemented that Quark would be disgusted by Elon Musk and not want to be associated with him.
  
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  Quark has no problem selling weapons. You forget Rule of Acquisition #34... or was it #35?
  
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- Musk is the rich guy in season 1 TNG who wakes up after being frozen in the 20th century. He's like:
  
  "I have a substantial portfolio that must have grown since then."
  
  Picard just laughs and says:
  
  "We don't use money anymore."
  
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- I think Dukat would like him. Elon is headed into his Pah Wraith phase.
  
  But we all know Farscape is the best show.
  
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  Dukat would like him as a useful idiot. Same as the Saudis do
  
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- Gabriel Lorca
  
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  Ahh good point. People from star treks "opposite land" think he's great.
  
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'The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.'

Professor Charles Xavier
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- "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" -Spock
  
  Maybe he just identifies with the Ferengi.
  
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- I legitimately can't help tearing up when Picard tells this to Lily in First Contact. It's pavlovian at this point.
  
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  First Contact is definitely on the top list of Star Trek movies/episodes for hitting a lot of the basic Trek themes. And also music scores, I get chills anytime I hear that main leitmotif.
  
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I highly doubt he has ever sat through an episode of Trek. Well maybe he watched some Discovery. At any rate he is simply saying this because there is a public perception of Trek being nerdy and intelligent which fits his brand the the public persona he tried to cultivate, and its a show that stoked his ego once before.

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Spoilers for Discovery Season 1 below

it is probably because of that episode in which he is compared to Zefram Cochrane or the Wright brothers. Must have been good for his ego.

What I found funny is that Lorca come from the mirror universe, it makes sense that Musk would be idolized there.

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- Of course, it wouldn't explain Tilly's junior high school. Unless it was named after a better Musk.
  
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  That's because we're in the mirror universe. It all makes sense now, sadly.
  
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I'll bet his favorite episode is DS9 S4E16 where O'Brian and the Ferengi start a union to protest against Quarks unfair business practices.

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- No, it's the episode of discovery where he is mentioned. It feeds his ego directly.
  
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  Yeah that one made me barf. Wasnt it Lorca though? Which in retrospect makes sense via mirror universe
  
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- He was more than a hero
  
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- He'd be on Quarks side.
  
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This feels like Quark saying "I love the Federation!"

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He just says that because he got name dropped.

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- Is there a petition to undo that?
  
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Who the fuck cares. He also wears pants. Stop caring.

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- I understand. You're saying I should stop wearing pants.
  
  On it.
  
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  Jorts only!
  
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The Muskrat probably thinks this guy is right:

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- Well, that guy at least ended up being of some help, even if he was a dick
  
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Something, something, broken clock…

His behaviour more like a colony villain than anything remotely positive in the Star Trek world.

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We don't want you Elon.

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Oh no please don't say that he'll bring the Muskites here; hopefully the fact it's federated/not Twitter will keep them away

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- Yeah, there's no way his fan club would jump ship to the fediverse while he's on Twitter.
  
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  But when twitter inevitably dies, what then?
  
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Are we the baddies?

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- Skulls are very fashionable
  
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Leave no one wants you here mr muskrat

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See Brock acquire. Acquire, Brock, acquire!

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I'll bet his favorite episode is DS9 S4E16 where O'Brian and the Ferengi start a union to protest against Quarks unfair business practices.

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We have Harry Mudd at home.

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