‘Old world dying in blaze of splendour’ Musk’s tweet shocks fans with apocalyptic vision

‘Old world dying in blaze of splendour’ Musk’s tweet shocks fans with apocalyptic vision

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Elon Musk sent fans into a frenzy after posting a tweet with the message “old world dying in blaze of splendour.” This tweet follows the Taliban takeover of Kabul and Afghanistan which has left thousands trying to flee the country.

Elon Musk is the founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla. The self-made billionaire is considered one of the world’s most powerful people, ranking 21st on Forbes’ list in December 2016. However, this tweet is from a book on WWI which read in full: “So gorgeous was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910, when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration.” It continued: “The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history’s clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again."

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The Guns of August pic.twitter.com/m7J2sJVNIT — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 23, 2021

A user responded on Twitter: “Elon is trying to tell us something important! What is it?” Another commented: “Something big and significant is coming and happening …” Someone else commented: “I know what’s coming , it’s all laid out before us , this book the perfect story for what about to take place. What is taking place. “Thank you Elon Musk some of us hear you , keep up your good work.”

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Elon wrote out the whole opening text of the book on Twitter. He captioned the post with ‘The Guns of August’, which is a book by Barbara W. Tuchman. The Tesla CEO added to the mystery by referencing JRR Tolkein by writing: “Nine rings for moral men.” This excerpt comes from the famous Lord of the Rings trilogies. READ MORE: Elon Musk unveils Tesla plan for 5ft8in humanoid robot

Within these books conflicts are heavily involved. Another commented: “I assume Mr Musk is insinuating that our future is a bleak one; perhaps, WWIII is heading our way.” Elon Musk is yet to respond to any comments confirming whether he is trying to make a deeper statement or whether he is just referring to the books. This follows as it was reported recently Elon Musk is “interested” in building a Tesla gigafactory in the UK after facing red tape in Berlin, Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng previously told Express.co.uk. DON’T MISS Here we go! Musk ‘interested’ in building UK gigafactory [REVEAL]

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Elon’s cryptic tweet on ‘sun of the old world setting’ sparks WW3 fears

ELON Musk has posted a cryptic tweet referencing the “sun of the old world setting” - sparking a number of World War 3 conspiracy theories.

The Tesla CEO, who has previously cited his concern for future “self-extinction”, published a segment from the First World War history The Guns Of August on Monday.

5 Elon Musk posted the cryptic tweet on Monday Credit: Reuters

5 It included the whole first paragraph from Barbara Tuchman’s 1962 novel about the start of the ‘great war’ Credit: Twitter/elonmusk

As part of a long citation posted on Twitter, Musk, 50, captioned the tweet with the name of Barbara Tuchman Pulitzer prize winning 1962 book, along with the entire first paragraph.

“The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history’s clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again,” the paragraph ends.

It was followed by a tweet referencing Lord of the Rings, writing: “Nine rings for mortal men.”

The Lord of the Rings, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, was shaped in part by Tolkien’s own experience serving in World War I.

Several people soon responded to the curious tweets online wondering what the billionaire mogul was implying.

While some made quips about Musk’s “dogefather status” – in reference to his continued backing of the cryptocurrency - others expressed their genuine concerns that Musk’s Tweets were a veiled attempt to warn about a forthcoming world war.

One user wrote: “Elon is trying to tell us something important! What is it?”

While another simply wrote: “See you on Mars.”

The South African had previously issued dire warnings in February, suggesting humans face imminent threats of extinction from super volcanoes, comet strikes or a “giant war.”

World War Three, he added, could hamper our chances of living on Mars.

5 The tweet has received thousand of replies Credit: Twitter/elonmusk

5 It also included references to the Lord of the Rings Credit: Twitter/elonmusk

Speaking at the 2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention, he said: “I think it’s helpful to have as the objective the creation of a self-sustaining city on Mars.

“This has to be the objective, not simply a few people or a base, but a self-sustaining city.”

Musk also stated on numerous occasions that humanity must colonise Mars and become an “interplanetary species” to save itself from extinction.

He has previously listed nuclear warfare, killer robots and even the incineration of Earth as it is engulfed by the Sun as threats to our species.

And just a few days ago, Musk’s company Tesla made another stark look into the future as they unveiled plans for a human like- AI-powered robot.

The lifelike droid, which will stand at 5ft 8in tall, is said to be able to perform menial tasks and is controlled by an artificial intelligence system.

In a Twitter post Musk said: “We have almost all the pieces needed for humanoid robots”

“Since we already make robots with wheels.”

He has since added that the Tesla Bot could launch as early as next year.

5 It comes days after Tesla announced a new lifelike droid Credit: Tesla / YouTube

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Imagine no possessions? Easy if you’re Elon!

Elon Musk has an enormous rocket and a tiny house. Last year the multibillionaire (who is the second-richest person in the world) announced that he was going to sell off most of his physical possessions, including multiple mansions, and “will own no house”. He appears to have made good on much of that pledge and is now living in a $50,000, 375-square-foot, prefab home in Texas that he rents from his company SpaceX.

To say that Musk has “fans” is an understatement. He has devotees. The 50-year-old has an army of admirers, most of whom are young and male, who seem to believe that he is the second coming. Predictably, Musk’s new living arrangements have sparked an orgy of admiration from the MuskBros, who see it as another example of how their dear leader is selflessly – and modestly – saving the world. “Reminder: Elon Musk is the richest person globally with a net worth of $193B, and he lives in a $50k foldable home that he rents …” one guy gushed in a tweet that went viral. “Stop buying stuff you don’t need to impress people you don’t like.”

Now that last bit is very good advice, I’ll grant you that. But let’s not pretend Musk is living a simple and sustainable lifestyle, shall we? His new digs aren’t so much an actual home as a $50,000 office; I’m fairly confident he’s not entertaining his six children there, anyway. It’s easy to eschew possessions when you can afford to get your hands on whatever you want, whenever you want it. And while Musk may not technically own a home, his company effectively owns the village of Boca Chica where his house is located. SpaceX has been accused of ushering out the village’s residents, many of whom are retirees, and pressuring them to sell their homes. Public beaches are reportedly frequently closed with little warning when SpaceX is running tests. Musk has also taken the liberty of unofficially renaming Boca Chica “Starbase”. “For better or worse, Boca Chica belongs to Elon now,” TexasMonthly sighed.

I’ll give credit where it’s due, Musk’s carbon footprint is low by billionaire standards (which isn’t saying much). Bill Gates, for example, who is trying to turn himself into a thought-leader on the climate crisis, is responsible for far more emissions. Still, it’s more than a little nauseating to watch a billionaire – whose wealth rocketed during a global pandemic – being venerated for living modestly. It’s also bizarre to watch him boasting about not owning property during a housing crisis. Thanks to decades of trickle-up economics, nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom rental, let alone buy a house. Musk wants us to think he is using his immense, and unconscionable, wealth to save the world. But billionaires like him are a result of the same greed that is helping to accelerate the climate crisis. If Musk really wanted to help the planet perhaps he should think less about his living arrangements and more about his tax arrangements.

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Not only are there are far fewer female astronauts than male ones, women are also not allowed to spend as much time in space. The Economist explains that’s because astronauts are exposed to huge amounts of radiation and women have been found to be at a higher risk of developing cancer than men when exposed to radiation. To limit health problems, Nasa has imposed gender-based career limits on radiation exposure that effective mean a woman can fly only 45-50% of the number of missions that a man can. To make things fairer Nasa wants to replace this system with a standard career limit.

What happened to America’s concern about Afghan women?

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan and women and children will disproportionately suffer. “That’s not America’s problem,” Joe Biden has basically said. For 20 years the US has made a big song and dance about how it was largely in Afghanistan to liberate Afghan women and girls. This was always disingenuous, of course, but the US’s disastrously abrupt exit from the country underscores just how disingenuous it was. US involvement in Afghanistan has been a litany of disasters and was never going to end well. But Biden could certainly have tried to end it a little more thoughtfully, and less abruptly, than he did.

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“Today I can’t write under my own name or say where I am from or where I am. My whole life has been obliterated in just a few days.”

Women can now wear trousers to the Henley Royal Regatta

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Prince Andrew is not above the law

Like pretty much all of the powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew has faced some embarrassment but zero real consequences for cavorting with the convicted sex offender. Now, however, he is being sued in the US courts by Virginia Giuffre, who alleges the prince had sex with her when she was 17 while knowing she had been trafficked by Epstein, and it’s looking increasingly unlikely that he’ll be able to ignore the allegations.

Kathy Hochul will become the first female governor of New York

Hochul has said she will work to change the “toxic” work culture in office after Andrew Cuomo’s long overdue resignation. This isn’t the first time Hochul has stepped in to replace a man ousted because of scandal. A decade ago a sex scandal caused Representative Chris Lee to resign in disgrace and Hochul won an election to fill his vacancy. She was succeeded by another dodgy Chris: the Republican Chris Collins, who went to prison for securities fraud.

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