Elon Musk has gotten angry again. It was enough for the European Union to fine him — a pittance of 120 million for someone who buys companies like one buys chewing gum — for the magnate to activate his "spoiled rich kid" mode and start calling for the abolition of the EU. Yes, yes. Abolition. As if Europe were a poorly assembled IKEA piece of furniture that he can unscrew when it bothers him.
It's fascinating: the man who wants to colonize Mars because Earth "is too small for him" can't stand a terrestrial fine. If living in society requires following rules... imagine when he discovers that physics also exists on other planets.
Elon Musk, that champion of freedom… for himself.
Musk talks about "national sovereignty" while his platform, X, has for years been turned into a digital landfill that he calls freedom of speech. Freedom, yes, but freedom to misinform, harass, manipulate, and sell the blue checkmark like someone selling bracelets on the beach. The EU, of course, has told him: "Enough is enough, buddy." And he responds by calling for the destruction of the European bloc.
It's as if they give you a traffic ticket and you respond by asking them to tear down an entire country because "they don't understand you."The little drama of the century
Musk threatens a "response." What a mystery. Will he shut down the satellites? Will he block our memes? Will he launch a Tesla straight to Brussels? Please. Elon Musk doesn't want to abolish Europe: he wants to abolish anything that doesn't applaud him.
The EU, with all its flaws, works better than the tantrums of a billionaire who suddenly discovers that public institutions don't function like his board of directors: they can't be bought, intimidated, or made to bow down to a rocket-fueled ego.
Elon, adult life is this:
- The EU complies with the law.
- Musk breaks it.
- The EU fines.
- Musk cries.
Between tears, he lets out grandiloquent words like "abolition," "bureaucracy," and "sovereignty." All very epic for something that, at its core, is nothing more than the same old thing: a millionaire throwing a tantrum because the world doesn't bend to his will.
Sorry, Elon, but the European Union is not your company. You can't just say "I'm taking my toys and leaving" here
And if he wants to abolish something... let him start with his ego. There's work to be done there.
