Opposites seem to attract! Eccentric billionaire and self-professed capitalist Elon Musk’s girlfriend has been making waves on TikTok for her recent offerings of political solutions..Grimes – a Canadian born musician with just under two million followers on Instagram – recently took to TikTok to express her belief society – especially communists – should embrace the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in farming and other lines of work to “solve for abundance” and create a society “where nobody has to work”..Grimes donned a series of elaborate facial drawings and donned heavy eyeliner during the recording adding to her attempted dystopian aesthetic. This recording comes hot off the heels of Musk’s recent expansion into the crypto-currency market, and both of their recent appearances on hit show SNL..Community reactions have been mixed, with a minority of top comments on the original TikTok supporting Grimes’ views and efforts..Others within the community haven’t been as accepting, with many comments calling her out for the irony of these statements and her relationship status with Musk and position as a multi-millionaire musician. Commentary platforms ranging from the Daily Mail to Vanity Fair also seem critical of Grimes’ propositions pointing out Musk’s clear capitalist connections..Musk has an estimated wealth of $152 billion..While it seems Grimes and Musk overlap in their love of technology, their proposed uses seem to differ greatly from each other. Grimes’ TikTok currently has over 2.3 million views. View it here..Jackie Conroy is a correspondent at the Western Standard.jconroy@westernstandardonline.com
Opposites seem to attract! Eccentric billionaire and self-professed capitalist Elon Musk’s girlfriend has been making waves on TikTok for her recent offerings of political solutions..Grimes – a Canadian born musician with just under two million followers on Instagram – recently took to TikTok to express her belief society – especially communists – should embrace the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in farming and other lines of work to “solve for abundance” and create a society “where nobody has to work”..Grimes donned a series of elaborate facial drawings and donned heavy eyeliner during the recording adding to her attempted dystopian aesthetic. This recording comes hot off the heels of Musk’s recent expansion into the crypto-currency market, and both of their recent appearances on hit show SNL..Community reactions have been mixed, with a minority of top comments on the original TikTok supporting Grimes’ views and efforts..Others within the community haven’t been as accepting, with many comments calling her out for the irony of these statements and her relationship status with Musk and position as a multi-millionaire musician. Commentary platforms ranging from the Daily Mail to Vanity Fair also seem critical of Grimes’ propositions pointing out Musk’s clear capitalist connections..Musk has an estimated wealth of $152 billion..While it seems Grimes and Musk overlap in their love of technology, their proposed uses seem to differ greatly from each other. Grimes’ TikTok currently has over 2.3 million views. View it here..Jackie Conroy is a correspondent at the Western Standard.jconroy@westernstandardonline.com
