Elon Musk Calls Instagram An 'Envy Amplifier'; Follower Asks Him To Buy Facebook, Shut IG Down

On Sunday, one of Elon Musk's followers tweeted a clip of Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman Charlie Munger talking about envy. 

Munger was saying in the video clip that the world is not driven by greed; it's driven by envy. 

“The world is not driven by greed, it's drive by envy.”

— Charlie Mungerpic.twitter.com/Fp53fBKLuw

— Austen Allred (@Austen) September 10, 2022

Responding to the tweet, Musk said, "Instagram is an envy amplifier." 

Instagram is an envy amplifier

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 11, 2022

Quipping Musk's statement, @DogeDesigner asked whether he had reached 100 followers or not on his Instagram page. 

https://t.co/ELQSPA9xQs

Reached 100 followers yet?

— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) September 11, 2022

Another one of Musk's followers asked him if he could buy Facebook and shut down Instagram. 

When you become a trillionaire can you please buy Facebook and shut it down or at least make it suck way less?

— Matt Smith (@MatchasmMatt) September 11, 2022

Another follower replied, saying that Dogecoin is a "fun amplifier". 

Dogecoin is a fun amplifier

— 💸💸💸 (@itsALLrisky) September 11, 2022

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During an August interview, Musk mentioned that he has only 54 followers on Instagram, and admitted that the secret Instagram account was for personal purposes. 

"Instagram is next level thirst trap. I found myself taking many selfies, and I'm like, 'Why am I doing this?' Then it was a thing of getting more likes and doing selfies," Musk said.

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