Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)
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lawtig02
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I so long for the day we never again have to pay attention to a single word uttered by that unredeemable asshole.
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Elon better stay away from upper level windows with those partners!
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I thought we had it once — retiring the Trump tweet thread after J6 when he was banned from Twitter felt like such a great moment. But like every third-rate movie villain, he came back again.
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This dude is so transparent about who he is. All all the young males online who have come to idolize people like him, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, etc just eat this crap right up because they think they're the "high T alpha males" who deserve to be in charge (and deserve to have women falling all over them, and of course the only reason they aren't is because of the "woke mind virus," not because they're a bunch of off-putting weirdos).
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Unlike the Cybertruck, at least you can tell from a short distance if the Gremlin is coming or going. I caught a side view from across a parking lot of a Cybertruck backing up and 100% could not tell which way it was going until it turned and started heading my direction.
BillOfRights
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I would like to get your thoughts on this theory. When I read it, it seemed so far out as to be a conspiracy theory. Also, if this comes to pass, what do you think happens to the United States?
Paranoia on Parade | Washington Spectator
How reactionary grievances have helped bring America’s democracy to the brink of collapse
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Thiel has explicitly stated his objection to democracy. As for the rest, I dunno. Seems unlikely to me that Musk or Thiel are aligned with Putin, given that three megalomaniacs could never align on anything.I would like to get your thoughts on this theory. When I read it, it seemed so far out as to be a conspiracy theory. Also, if this comes to pass, what do you think happens to the United States?
Paranoia on Parade | Washington Spectator
How reactionary grievances have helped bring America’s democracy to the brink of collapsewashingtonspectator.org
BillOfRights
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Would musk, Thiel, and Putin all benefit if cryptocurrency replaced the US dollar as the world's reserve currency?
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I don’t know, would they? No government of the US would ever approve that, absent full fascist/totalitarian takeover.
BillOfRights
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Read the article I included. You think no US government would approve that, but when you have trump, who doesn't understand crypto and would do it if Putin wanted it, and Vance, a crypto-bro who was pushed into the VP slot by Thiel and musk, ...
Think about it - why an unpopular inexperienced Senator who was virulently anti-trump not so long ago?
Who benefits if the dollar is no longer the reserve currency?
Who is harmed?
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I doubt the part about Musk/Thiel explicitly allying with Putin, though it's not impossible. I think it is absolutely true that Putin and Musk/Thiel all share a common interest in weakening the US government and US influence abroad. Thiel and Musk want to be at the head of some sort of new world order with themselves in control.I would like to get your thoughts on this theory. When I read it, it seemed so far out as to be a conspiracy theory. Also, if this comes to pass, what do you think happens to the United States?
Paranoia on Parade | Washington Spectator
How reactionary grievances have helped bring America’s democracy to the brink of collapsewashingtonspectator.org
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Thiel and Musk definitely would. Putin would at least benefit indirectly from anything that weakens US power/influence abroad (which would include the dollar losing its status as the world's reserve currency).
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That's a shit article with no real thesis or argument. It's just a vomit-up of selected "facts" (I'm not sure how factual they are), many of which are of questionable relevance. For instance, idk if Elon Musk's grandfather was actually trying to overthrow the government of Canada in the 1930s or 40s, but it strikes me of incredibly low relevance (absent something demonstrating that Musk would have bought into that stuff) to assessing today's world.I would like to get your thoughts on this theory. When I read it, it seemed so far out as to be a conspiracy theory. Also, if this comes to pass, what do you think happens to the United States?
Paranoia on Parade | Washington Spectator
How reactionary grievances have helped bring America’s democracy to the brink of collapsewashingtonspectator.org
All in all, I don't think there's anything from that article to take away. Its best case scenario is that it's like a Gish gallop
BillOfRights
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Thanks for reading it and sharing your thoughts. I thought the historical connections seemed overplayed and gave a conspiracy theory feel, but does his larger point still stand? Could a trump presidency with JD Vance as VP, or even a Vance presidency lead to crypto replacing the US dollar? What are the consequences, and who benefits?