Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

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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):



Responses like this:

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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.
 








These posts alternate with posts claiming the UK government is covering up Pakistani rape gangs, that Grok is the future of AI, please be more positive on Xitter and we’re going to Mars, baby! (The last one I suspect may be at the core of his attempt to seize control of the U.S. government - to get funding for his dream of going to Mars at the expense of pretty much everything else).
 
aGDevil2k said:
He's insane.
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Maybe. Another way to look at this is that he sees the obvious — Trump walks into his second term a lame duck and after whatever honeymoon period he gets the first 100 days or so, the real battle will begin to seize control of MAGA. Musk has embedded himself in the new administration but is also looking ahead at trying to exert more control in Congress (the U.S. House in particular where he already is growing his own caucus among GOO House Representatives) to continue to drive policy when Trump succumbs to lame duck status.

That and he seems to be high a lot — on his own stash and on the thrill of driving political upheaval and engagement on his own platform.
 
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Definition of MUSK

a substance with a penetrating persistent odor obtained from a sac beneath the abdominal skin of the male musk deer and used as a perfume fixative; also : a similar substance from another animal or a synthetic substitute… See the full definition
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Dude is a smelly boer!
 
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