Can we revoke his government contracts now?
Bro, Musk is literally an african-american immigrant welfare queen supporting Trump, like this is the best timeline for popcorn sales.
Boy Scouts might disagree.
God I see this everywhere. It’s stupid to revoke his government contracts - the government is buying services that they can’t easily replace.
Instead the government should force him to divest his shares in affected companies. That way everybody wins (except Musk).
Nationalize SpaceX you say?
I'll allow it
I'm sure the trapped astronauts will totally understand the necessity of that jab
The trapped astronauts will totally be onboard with punching fascists.
And no one is surprised... And here's the thing. With Musk being in this deep with this many criminal enterprises, it compromises all his work. Tesla, Starlink, Space X, Neuralink, xAI, OpenAI, Boring Company, are all compromised. Doing business with them is doing business with criminals
He literally made a military operation on behalf of Ukraine fail last year. I guess Putin is getting his money's worth.
So... business as usual for conservatives
All "his" work
Bruh, he just bought someone else's work and slapped his name on it
No I know. That's most of everything he has ever done. But the fact is is that his net worth is mostly propped up by cronyism and he's been heavily invested in crime and he does own and control these companies, which is the dangerous part
Guess where Boeing got their whistle blower assassins from.
Is it me or his penchant for Russia and descent into whatever he is now became noticeable since he met Putin? I remember when the war had started he was supporting Ukraine and offered free Starlink for their troops but that seems to have dramatically changed right after that meeting. He disabled Startlink for Ukrainians over Crimea right off the bat, looked for excuses to completely cut them off altogether by asking for the Pentagon to pay for it and started playing in Russia's playbook afterwards. He kept descending deeper and deeper into that Russian rabbit hole, pushing their propaganda ever since.
He used to be worried about climate change and now he supports Trump even though Trump made it obvious that he would revert any progress made to fight it. He even tried to bring the issue up in his interview with Trump and Donald just took a huge dump all over it. Then Musk just let it happen like a simp.
I don't think he held these beliefs himself.
Climate change topic - helped to start Tesla and build a business of selling carbon assets.
Ukrainian cause - helped to sell Starlink modules and get gvmnt funds.
Cosmic exploration and colonization topic - promoted his SpaceX in public and also connected him to other famous guys in science and entertainment.
Now his ass is probably in debt after Twitter, his reputation took a nose dive and his Tesla\SpaceX businesses are contested by chinese EVs and their progressing space program. He needs Trump to protect his monopolies in exchange for his money and media support. He doesn't care about Russia\Ukraine but a certain bunch of dumb rats that do and/or act accordingly would help him stay afloat if put into power.
I don't know if either of our observations correct, but I'm on the side of him just seeking profits. I don't know about why he limited the Starlink though. Maybe for the thing I put into the last paragraph and the angle of 'not feeding Ukraine with american taxes' that had some surge around 2022-2023.
Musk was always a libertarian. He just recently seems to have gone full fascists. A huge part of that is probably Thiel.
It probably doesn't help that he's a narcissist on drugs who is above the law.
Libertarians are just conservatives minus the religion who smoke weed.
Libertarians are Republicans who are smart enough to not say they're Republicans.
He's an opportunist. I know most fascist were\are, but I insist that this stupid brat doesn't have any ideology besides money and personal comfort.
Putin is giving Musk the two things he loves: flattery and money.
Don't you get it? They are doing what every businessman and politician do, they make money.
Elon Musk has too much power and is a traitor. What is the gov. going to to?
Probably nothing. What are you going to do over the government not doing nothing about it?
They're already sucking as hard as they can
Considering his extremely erratic behavior and the enormous national security footprint spaceX represents, I wouldn't be surprised if we nationalized it or at least had him kicked out of control. Dude is genuinely nutbags.
I suggest nationalizing his businesses, strip his citizenship, and deport him back to South Africa.
Except rather than putting him on a plane to SA, stick him and a bale of weed on a plane bound for Singapore.
Hell, let's go for broke. Mars. Send his ass to Mars.
You know, history repeats itself. An American billionaire business tycoon is being chummy with a fascist leader. Where have we seen that before? (hint: Henry Ford was buddies with Hitler and Ford subsidiaries still operated and worked for Nazi Germany in spite of the war).
There was also the Business Plot.
Good ol Grandpa Prescott Bush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
It's a travesty that Smedley Butler has all but been erased from history. I once sent Oliver Stone a tweet asking him to write and direct a biopic about the man, but he never replied. Maybe one day someone will.
The Marine Corps keeps his legacy. As one of only two Marines to earn the Medal of Honor twice, it's one of the things they force you to memorize. They yell out "Two Marines, Two Medals" and we'd all scream "Dan Daly and Smedly Butler sir". One of the first required readings I had when I got to my unit was "War is a Racket"; still got the book report somewhere lol
I wonder if Wes Anderson could do it better. Ed Norton as Smedley?
Not an Anderson fan, but I think Norton would be perfect as Butler.
Yeah, but Ford's cars worked. Musk can't keep the steering wheels and hitches from falling off.
Ford invented the concept of planned obsolescence. He literally invented enshitification. Musk is just the logical conclusion of Ford's abysmal view of the world.
Btw, Happy Cakeday! 🍰🎂
Putin's henchmen
Musk
They're the same picture.
Henches helping henches
Is Elon distinct from "Putin's henchmen?"
No shit.
Musk companies have direct ties with the US government, like spaceX military contracts. This mean that US government has ties with Putin and russia or people that works with them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield
Waiting to see how the propaganda spin this to push the US good guys narrative
Giving Elon 500 million to make billions seems like a good deal.
Are your 3 letter agencies doing something about this clear cut traitor or are they just for spying on my whatsapp messages?
helped him? by suing him and forcing him to do it? or financing
Musk is a Supervillain. I knew that from the beginning when he first entered the public spotlight years ago.
I read an article about an interview with his first ex wife. She described an unhinged self obsessed narcissist. I figured it was his Ex so maybe she was more than a little biased.
However his reaction to being publicly rebuffed by the rescue team during that cave rescue in S.E. Asia is what put me firmly in the anti Elon camp.
Yeah cause not only is musk a piece of shit, but Putin can’t resist his deep throat game
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