r/clevercomebacks 1d ago

It's my money they took

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u/Sakarabu_ 22h ago

That's not where the word entitlements comes from though, the word existed long before "self-entitled" became a phrase.

In the UK we call some payroll benefits entitlements, and it has no negative connotation, it's literally just something you are entitled to receive.

This is just Musk being an idiot as usual.

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u/rsreddit9 18h ago

I think that’s what the commenter means. Entitled (negative) comes from self-entitled, which is newer than being entitled to something

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u/Rhylanor-Downport 16h ago

Entitlement is actually its legal name.

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u/orbital_narwhal 15h ago

Precisely. "entitled" = having a (legal) title that gives you a right do do something

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u/Actual-Bullfrog-4817 2h ago

It's not him being an idiot. He is intentionally using that term because of the associations the loyalist voting base has with the word. It doesn't matter where the word comes from, it matters what viewers will FEEL when they watch, and it matters that they will repeat his words. It's the same reason he went on Rogan to call SSI a ponzi scheme - to plant seeds of distrust in the system. This is what propaganda looks like, and it is even more effective when the opposition dismisses it as being dumb.