r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • Mar 06 '25

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Suddenly Doesn’t Want Credit for Disastrous DOGE Cuts - Musk is warning Republicans to stop blaming DOGE for the cuts.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192415/elon-musk-warns-republicans-doge-job-cuts
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u/Acrobatic_Hamster686 Mar 06 '25

Unfortunately, this is one of the very few cases where capital punishment is not only appropriate but the sole course of action. He would still be able to wield influence from prison. Someone with this much money, power, and influence is too dangerous to live.

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u/ribald_jester Mar 06 '25

fomenting J6 should also be consider massive treason, and a one way ticket to a noose. But here we are.

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u/iron-tusk_ Mar 06 '25

He 100% deserves to be locked in a steamer trunk and tossed into the Mariana Trench.

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u/Dewahll Indiana Mar 06 '25

You’re right.

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u/adeon California Mar 06 '25

Nah, you can just solve that by seizing all of his assets as part of the sentence. Take away his money and you also take away almost all of his power and influence (taking away his internet access would take away the rest).

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u/clothespinned New York Mar 06 '25

No, you can't do that. I'd die of lack of oxygen to the brain from the world's hardest schadenfreude boner in the universe. I fear many wouid, it would cripple left wing politics (even worse) for at least 2 decades.