Sometimes here at Elon is a Genius we may employ sarcasm to make a point. Satire is a great way to make a point, and it’s fun!

But this may end up just being an accurate and straightforward post. See, Elon lies. A lot. Sometimes, he knows he’s lying. But more often he seems to act like a small child; maybe if you say something you want it will actually come true!

This is an ongoing pattern at Tesla. The Cybertruck is bulletproof!

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Here’s another headline that tells you everything you need to know about this lie:

Elon Musk Has Been Promising Self-Driving Cars For 10 Years [Update – We Are Now On Year 11]

Rolling Stone had a pretty good headline, but the subtitle is exquisite:

The billionaire simply can’t stop making shit up

Moving on from Tesla, Slate has the perfect combination of headline and subtitle in an article about Elon’s purchase of Twitter:

Elon Musk Keeps Lying About One Very Specific Thing

Even his supporters should be fed up with this.

But Musk’s constant lying about Twitter’s bot situation should be different. Nobody likes bots, and Musk has spent many months concocting ludicrous claims about them. Everyone should be annoyed. When he tried to get out of buying Twitter, he said bots were rampant. Since being forced to follow through on his purchase, he has claimed the opposite. Neither position has been honest. Fourteen months after Musk made his deal, and nine after he took over, something has become clear about his public statements: If he’s talking about bots, he is absolutely full of it, and nobody should believe him.

So, it seems plausible that when Elon now says that “[Democrats are using] Social Security, disability [and] Medicaid … as a gigantic magnetic force to pull people [illegally] in from all around the world and keep them here” well, you should probably take the default stance that he’s lying? Maybe unknowingly lying, but still lying. Lying until proven honest is a good rule of thumb whenever Elon opens his mouth.

CNN debunks this pretty well, but the quick summary is:

• “It is not legal for the undocumented to apply for Social Security, Medicare or disability”
• “noncitizens cannot vote in federal elections” contrary to another lie from Elon’s mouth
• “the undocumented cannot vote in New York elections” contrary to yet another lie from Elon’s mouth

Lies, lies, and more lies. It’s genius! Why? Well, it seems like Elon gets away with it pretty regularly. Tesla is still a massively valuable company, even though it’s lost about half of it’s value since Elon decided to start lying at the Federal level.

He also lied about not being an illegal immigrant back in 1995. “I had no money for a lab and no legal right to stay in the country” he said of that time.

Obviously, there’s not going to be a penalty for that lie either. If you can keep getting away with it, why not keep lying?

Genius.