Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

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superrific said:
Lots of people have the power to do so. It's just a question of will.

Europe could wreck Musk by banning Tesla and Twitter. He'll eat the loss on Twitter but he will look a lot less invincible, and Tesla is a stock that can plunge very easily. It isn't built on fundamentals at all. And Europe could easily ban Tesla and Twitter if the political will was there.
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All we would need to do is use the government's power to pass laws and enforce regulations to crush any individual who the ruling party doesn't agree with. I can't see any downsides.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
All we would need to do is use the government's power to pass laws and enforce regulations to crush any individual who the ruling party doesn't agree with. I can't see any downsides.
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WTF is wrong with you? This isn't about disagreement. It's about lies. And flouting of the law in multiple dimensions. And cooperation with sanctioned countries and other state-level enemies.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I just know some really super people have a penchant for using government power to shut down speech they don't like.

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Well, I just started a thread on a more generalized view of this topic, so you can address it there.

The government shuts down a lot of speech it doesn't like. Fraud, for instance. Fighting words. Dissemination of classified information. You're going to have to do better than that.
 
DougDaBroadcasta said:
If in the year 2000, you had a bet that in 25 years that a South African would be on the cusp of bossing multiple governments globally by way of social media pressure, thereby coercing governments in some of the most powerful countries on the planet to do his bidding, you might be as rich as Elon is.


Whoever said he was becoming a super-villain on this post isn't that far off. How the heck is our government going to say no to him?
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In 2000, you’d have been asked, “What is social media?”
 
Musk quickly pivots to try to turn the “rape gangs” scandal in the UK into a bludgeon against US politicians (while continuing to make extensive posts with dishonest claims about the UK):



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Elon wants to buy control of the US House for himself (potentially much cheaper than the cost of acquiring the Executive Branch) — this kind of thing is a first step.
 
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