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/jacenat Mar 06 '25

Remember that he spent ~220 million to win PY for Trump. He lost almost 1000x that in stock values since he started this DOGE idiocy. People keep saying "midterms will wipe the republicans" and "Trump can't run a 3rd time". These billionaires got very deep pockets, and they are not afraid to use it to ruin a country.

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u/GR1ZZLYBEARZ Mar 06 '25

Also spent 40b on twitter, he’s trying to recoup from banks by selling his debt. Some investment firms who put up money for him are already on the hook for $13B.

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u/999avatar999 Mar 06 '25

I'd argue that the 40bil for twitter was what got him the Election, not the 200mil in PA. Which also shows the disgusting amount of power social media oligarchs have over the whole world basically

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u/tattooz57 Mar 07 '25

That's the plan, an oligarchy. America kinda is already. Case in point, world's richest man running the govt.

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u/999avatar999 Mar 07 '25

Yeah Elon is the endpoint to it all, though I'll still die on the hill that Zuckerberg is just as much to blame, if not more. Heard countless time from sociologists and other analysts that the proliferation of social media over the last 20 years or so, spearhead by Facebook now Meta, is what got us to where we are. The resulting social alienation and dopamine thirst is what causes people to vote for extremists in the whole developed world

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u/tomsmac 28d ago

That is definitely the case. But, for as long as I live, I’ll never forgive MAGA for throwing away their own country just to win the culture wars.

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u/GR1ZZLYBEARZ Mar 06 '25

All major media forms are owned by the elite. Bezos - Washington Post, Zuckerberg - FB/Insta, John Henry - The Boston Globe, Glen Taylor - The Minnesota Star Tribune, Patrick Soon-Shiong - Los Angeles Times, Elon Musk - X Corp, and of course the conservative conglomerates of the Murdochs and satans son George Soros.

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u/999avatar999 Mar 06 '25

Yeah for sure, but I'd argue that the tech oligarch class, be it Musk, Zuck, Bezos, Pichai or whoever else, are way more dangerous than the media owners. Sure, those have large power over the information environment, but the social media moguls have the power to shape the fabric of whole societies. The facebook files come to mind for example

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u/VaATC America Mar 07 '25

The old school media moguls did all of that as well and to great effect. Watching old news reels from the '80s is absolutely crazy. The technology has advanced to the point that those that consume traditional media Jake aged out of the tech adoption curve and are no longer evolving with the tech, so the power and influence of the old media sources is tending to wain in the face of social media. Social media is doing the same things, in pretty much all the same ways, but it has been scaled up to be able to provide for the massive population that consumes information via the new technological pathways.

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u/Thefelix01 Mar 07 '25

And it can be personalized to the individual making it far far more effective.

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u/VaATC America Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Yep! That is the big one. People can dig themselves so deep into their own self curated echo chambers. This happened in the past as well, but it is a bit more insidious today as there is absolutely zero control or accountability as it has to do with misinformation and non-credible sources. Today it is way easier to obfuscate the presence of 'bad actors' due to there being so many outlets to get information that they all dilute any errors in the "cohesivness of the semi-coordinated misinformation". In the past it was insidious because of how easily many of the outlets would coordinate the misinformation with each other even when pushing for opposite sides of the political spectrum. Today they do not need to try to coordinate misinformation as there are so many sources for news that any one outlet can just do and say what they want as incorrect information is either easily buried and forgotten or it is reinforced by enough alternative outlets, pedaling the same or similar misinformation that they all, intentionally or not, support each other thus raising the perceived credibility by consumers.

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u/sauerkrauter2000 Mar 07 '25

If everyone globally who dislikes the new us fascist agenda was to stop using these platforms for a couple of months they would take a big financial hit.

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u/Termsandconditionsch 29d ago

George Soros? Come on. He’s got a net worth of less than $7B, nothing compared to Musk or Zuckerberg. He’s always in various conspiracy theories but from what I’ve seen…. Musk is everything that the nutters claimed Soros was. He’s probably done some shady stuff (aside from shorting the Bank of England) but not really on the same scale.

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u/GR1ZZLYBEARZ 29d ago

It was more in reference to his political agenda and how he used his money. Soros is directly responsible for a lot of progressive prosecutor’s and DA’s, this led to massive spikes in petty theft, drug sales and use etc. monetarily you are correct, he’s not even close. In terms of using his money for evil political things, he’s close to the top.

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117234/documents/HHRG-118-JU00-20240503-SD008-U8.pdf

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u/Thadrach 28d ago

Evil things, like standing up to communism, and then to Putin in Eastern Europe.

Anti-Soros tankies are sad...or just Useful Idiots.

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u/tomsmac 28d ago

That’s exactly right! And then when it was uncovered that X “influencers” like that prick Benny and libsoftictoc were being paid by Russia America just shrugged it off.

Im in a unique position of knowing just how bad Russia wants to harm us. And, thanks to Some extremely stupid people they’re going to. It’s going to get extremely bad folks.

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u/Top-Tangerine2717 29d ago

those oligarchs like cnn msnbc soros etc? those guys?

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u/999avatar999 29d ago

Do they own any social media?

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u/Top-Tangerine2717 29d ago

That makes the difference? 

Are you being serious?

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u/999avatar999 29d ago

Yes I was specifically talking about the role of social media and their owners on modern day politics. Reading is not that hard lol

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u/Top-Tangerine2717 28d ago

Oh you got me with that sarcastic comment 

What do you think MSM is? 

It is literally directed social media. Coordinated to the letter and pushed across all platforms. You think political members don't use that? 

You clearly forgot politico was being paid by Dem party through USAid. A fukin MSM was paid by us taxpayers to propaganda the message of the Dem party. Who was the owner of politico? The Dem party was. They literally paid the checks to the reporters via third party.

Please stop being a political cuck 

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u/999avatar999 28d ago

How is mainstream news media "directed social media"? Again that's not what I'm talking about, what I meant was the power of social media over whole societies. Just think of it, of you own one you can tweak it's inner workings to basically control how people communicate, engage or just think. Like the genocide Facebook caused in Myanmar, because their algo was set to promote provoking content (which in this case was extremist content targeted against rhe Rohingya).

It is obvious to everyone these day that social media can shape societies globally and the power over their control is concentrated to like 5 or so people. That's the danger I'm talking about the whole time. Really seems like both of us are talking about two different things lol

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u/Top-Tangerine2717 28d ago

Yes that is correct but that is exactly what msm does 

Hell they just had their asses handed to them when 20 some Dems did the exact same "Interview"   It was almost as bad as "jazz fingers" 

Did you see the mashup of it?

It was All directed to get a singular ideology out 

However if you look at X related to your post there is opposition on his (elons) own platform. 

regardless of that opposition a recent poll he did on the platform had 81% in favor of DOGE (out of 1.5xxxmillion votes). Slightly lean bias to his position but even 25% +/- (neg in this case) still leans positive 

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u/adgrn Mar 07 '25

that's not how that works in any way. he put up a few billion himself, got his friends to put in some of the rest and the remainder was funded by banks. he probably also just got a loan for his cash portion with collateral pledged on his Tesla stock so probably didn't take out one cent from his pockets at all

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u/Galion-X 29d ago

And there's been times in my life, I've been denied a 20k loan to reconsolidate debt i was already paying, but at a lower interest. But that's too risky.

This guy soaks places for billions.

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u/Thadrach 28d ago

You owe the bank a million dollars, you gave a problem.

You owe the bank a billion dollars, the bank has a problem.

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 29d ago

Anyone who invested in X deserves to get fired and be poor. They can't even sue Musk because the lawsuits against him are already in excess of his value.

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u/Successful_Sign_6991 Mar 07 '25

Most of that wasn't his. It was a lot of Saudi and Russian and other investors. It was to help with this outcome. They don't care about that money. They got what they wanted.

Theres a reason he didn't want the list of his twitter investor list released.

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u/GrumblyData3684 29d ago

And if you remember, he didn’t want Twitter and tried to back out -

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u/brianbelgard 16d ago

I feel like it's the business version of the omnipotence paradox; Can Elon amass a fortune so large that not even Elon Musk can destroy it?

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u/Ferelar New Jersey Mar 06 '25

It's also kind of naive to think that the guy who still has hundreds of billions of USD and access to a vast amount of power and information really cares. In fact, his money could disappear tomorrow and he'd still be in an incredibly powerful (and incredibly undeserved) position.

I think people are hoping that this will all self implode economically, politically, etc- which will take the pressure off of us everyday folks and let us continue engaging in some serious bystander syndrome "This is so crazy, someone should do something to stop him!" type stuff, when in reality, this tick is dug in, and only immediate drastic action will remove him. We need to organize. These malfeasants aren't going to just disappear, get bored, or get overruled by some higher power.

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u/GiraffesAndGin Mar 06 '25

It's also kind of naive to think that the guy who still has hundreds of billions of USD

He doesn't have hundreds of billions of USD. He isn't liquid. That's why buying Twitter became such a fiasco. He bragged about buying it at a certain price in cash, Twitter called his bluff, and Musk couldn't come up with the cash. He was trying to back out for months.

His money could disappear tomorrow and he would cease to exist in most everyone's eyes. The money is what gives him influence and prestige. Without it, he's just some drugged up right-winger without even a soap box to stand on. He's not a genius. He's not even modestly intelligent. He is the most textbook definition of a confidence man I've ever seen.

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u/AQKhan786 Mar 06 '25

He is the most textbook definition of a confidence man I've ever seen.

I take it you’ve not heard of one Donald John Trump?

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u/GiraffesAndGin Mar 06 '25

Ha, fair point. I guess I lean into Musk being a better example because he has become the richest man in the world while doing it, and I would even argue he's basically welding the power of the president as well. He has conned the con man.

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u/George_the_poinsetta Mar 07 '25

Or he has been conned by Peter Thiel to take the fall for the oligarchy..

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u/xiril Mar 07 '25

Yeah everyone is looking at the puppets and not the puppeteer.

Russia doesn't really have much to do with this

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u/TheCleverestIdiot Australia Mar 07 '25

Honestly, people think of Thiel as way more intelligent than he is. If you look at his history, he's really more of an example of how easy it is for rich people to bounce back even if they make every wrong move. And he made a lot of them.

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u/AQKhan786 29d ago edited 29d ago

That is a basic mistake made by just about everyone, equating wealth with intellect. If that was true, why weren’t the smartest people throughout history also the wealthiest?

Yes, intelligence is necessary for sure but a large part of it is luck, timing, and the willingness to take risks.

If you look at how modern day oligarchs made their fortunes, it’s clear that all four ingredients are essential. Most of us have just one or most two of them and thus we aren’t in that elite group.

Conversely, those who do make it to the top, have a false sense of their own intellectual prowess, and minimize or outright dismiss that anything else played a part in their success.

That’s why we have the Thiels and Musks who are truly drunk on the notion of their intellectual superiority.

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u/George_the_poinsetta Mar 07 '25

I wasn't making a statement about Thiel's intellectual superiority. Although I do think he has the advantage of being the biggest psychopath on America's billionaire cul de sac.

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u/TheCleverestIdiot Australia Mar 07 '25

Yeah, I was more trying to debunk the idea of Thiel as this grand puppeteer the guy after you brought up. Thiel is a major player for reasons including what you describe, but he's not the only one.

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u/minxymaggothead Mar 07 '25

Trump's not a confidence man in my humble opinion. He's a con man that uses bully tactics. Bullies are never actually confident, they are floundering babies that lash out to get what they want. What Trump has going for him is the collective and purposeful dumbing down and desperation of the middle and lower classes.

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u/Ekg887 29d ago

The J is for 'Jenius'.

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u/AQKhan786 29d ago

Ah yes, I forgot about that gem, or jem in MAGAtese.

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u/False_Grit 29d ago

The "J" actually stands for "Jackass."

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u/AQKhan786 29d ago

Yes that too. Jackass, jackoff, jealous, jejune, jarring, jaded, joyless, judgmental all apply to him in equal measure.

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u/Questknight03 Mar 07 '25

This is very true. All of his loans are leveraged against Telsa stock. If Telsa goes down so does he.

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u/Popisoda Mar 07 '25

I dream of a world where nazis cease to exist

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u/subLimb Mar 07 '25

I really wish they had let him out of that deal

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u/sauerkrauter2000 Mar 07 '25

Is part of a solution to hit his income streams hard so that they lose profitability? Boycotts of Tesla, X, Starlink, etc? Obviously he has other income streams but it’s probably a key action to take while there is still time and corporate monopoly of every aspect of life isn’t yet in effect (this is the tech oligarch dream & is where they are headed).

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u/P3tt3rh Mar 07 '25

Hahaha 😂🫠

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u/gypsymegan06 29d ago

He also acts like 4 raccoons and a closeted 14 yo boy in a cheap, knock off human skin suit.

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u/burlycabin Washington Mar 06 '25

In fact, his money could disappear tomorrow and he'd still be in an incredibly powerful (and incredibly undeserved) position.

This isn't true. Musk is only influential because of his money at this point. If he lost it all, the real people in charge wouldn't give him the time of day. His influence is fully bought and contingent upon his continued support.

(That said, he's so fucking wealthy, his money isn't going to disappear)

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 29d ago edited 29d ago

But he's not actually wealthy. He is massively over leveraged. The only reason why he isn't broke already is because his creditors need to keep this Ponzi scheme going.

I don't think people understand wealth. You can own $100B in stock values and not have $17 for a dozen eggs.

What he actually spends on bribes is borrowed on a stock now worth half what it was in November, and has a serious valuation of 8% current value.

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u/burlycabin Washington 29d ago

This is a gross misunderstanding of how Musk's wealth.

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u/identicalBadger Mar 07 '25

No he does own one of the worlds largest megaphones and can change algorithms at a whim to detriment what people see. He can easily sway future elections without spending a dollar. The only difference would be that he’d lack the money to threaten dissenters with well funded opponents in the primaries

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u/paraffin 29d ago

His ownership stake in Twitter is considered part of his net worth. If he no longer had money he wouldn’t own Twitter and would immediately be replaced as its ceo by someone competent.

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u/soldforaspaceship Mar 07 '25

I think you're forgetting that Congress does what he wants because he's openly threatened to fund primary challengers to anyone who dissents.

If he doesn't have the money to do that, it's entirely possible his influence will wane.

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u/Hurtzdonut13 Mar 07 '25

I think it's clear that Elon is extremely thin skinned and very much cares. I mean, he fired the twitter guys that managed the algo and had them crank it where his tweets would always appear for everyone and always show up. He fakes being good at things and gets extremely bent out of shape when exposed that he's a fraud. He lashes out at anyone that doesn't bow to him and declare him a genius.

The problem is that his extreme wealth means he gets to inflict his malignant narcissism on everyone else and there are no consequences for him for his actions no matter how vile.

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u/No-Highway-4833 Mar 06 '25

What would organizing look like? I mean aside from calling state reps/doing protests, what can we do that’s actually going to make a concrete difference? It feels like democratic leadership holed themselves up and we’re just left to fend for ourselves

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u/Bram560 Mar 06 '25

In another year you guys are going to be into another election cycle. Vote every fucking GOP asshole you can out of office. In the meantime, get you Democrats to smarten up. People don't care as much about LBTQ+ shit as they do about the cost of eggs and housing. Get them to campaign on issues that people will actually vote for.

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u/likeaffox Mar 06 '25

Run for election. Get involved in elections in some capacity. We just had an election, so there's not much to do but plan for the midterms.
Give money to causes you think will fight back.

Otherwise, you're right - calling/mailing and seeing reps is important, and organizing through protests is the other.

Don't get exhausted; take it slow. this is a marathon, not a sprint.

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u/Mediocre_Truth_6115 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Your "This is so crazy," quote made me lol. It's funny because it's true, and in my head I kinda heard that generic Hollywood panic voice, you know?

Anyway, it's important to laugh and acknowledge the absurdity despite the dire situation and everything that's at stake.

I keep seeing people saying, "This is the worst fucking timeline," and... I don't know. It's bewildering. You can take away my healthcare, my right to marry, my right to my religion, but dammit I will laugh in your face. You won't break me. You won't break us.

We do need to organize though. ASAP.

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u/Scared_Internal7152 Mar 07 '25

You are right. People need to stop thinking what they wish for will come true. Dude is in deep and losses like that won’t affect what he’s doing.

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u/Successful_Sign_6991 Mar 07 '25

He does care. He wants to be the worlds first trillionaire and to rule the world or some shit. Theres a reason hes interfering in elections in EU and Canada.

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u/KillingLegacy Mar 07 '25

Insinuating assassination probably isn’t the way to go.

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u/Ferelar New Jersey Mar 07 '25

'Assassination', hmm, didn't see that one in my comment. Ahh but yeah you know what, you're totally right, I'll stick to just posting on reddit while my constitution is shredded. That'll learn 'em.

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u/MaceWindude01 Mar 06 '25

What???? It is NOT naive. He ABSOLUTELY fucking cares, and he cares A LOT. You could be further from the truth even if you tried.

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u/Paperfishflop Mar 06 '25

I just want to remind people that Trump & Musk are not just going to let us have the elections we're used to in 26 and 28.

Because if enough dems control congress, or we have a dem president again, Trump and Musk, and many others from this regime WILL be going to jail. They are stealing the country, and they're driving it like they stole it. It won't be like last time, because this time, it's a non-negotiable for us as voters. It's a requirement if you want our vote, that you will prosecute these assholes.

They know that, so they're not gonna give us free and fair elections. We have to accept that now, so we find a way to have them anyway.

And that...won't be easy. The next 2 elections could realistically ignite a civil war.

But, whatever happens...I'm not handing my country over to these fucking dorks. They will be removed, one way or another. I just want people to be realistic. If we assume elections are going to continue like normal, we'll end up with a 99% republican congress.

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u/JudithLOs Illinois Mar 06 '25

I hope 2026 is a turning point and it’s selfish on my part. I am 82 and have seen a lot in my life and not only have grandchildren but Great grandchildren. My heart isn’t the healthiest so I am thinking it’s more likely for me to be here for positive change in 2026-2027. It really irritates me that the senate only runs for 6 years and the house has to run every 2 years. I don’t know who made that decision but I think it’s ridiculous. So is the Electoral College.

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u/Stlswv Mar 07 '25

This presumes we still have a democracy, and we aren’t annexed to Russia.

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u/Paperfishflop Mar 07 '25

Well, I'm saying, we won't have a democracy. We already don't.

We will have to find a way to ensure the elections are fair, or just a way to hold the elections. But we can do that, and we will.

We have to start using "we will" language more. I'm so tired of the "we're screwed/cooked/fucked" language. Makes me feel like I'm gonna end up with some drooling maga gravy seal with a gun kicking my lifeless corpse into a mass grave. And FUCK. THAT.

We WILL be having elections in 26 and 28.

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u/Stlswv Mar 07 '25

I like that energy

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u/bortle_kombat California Mar 06 '25

If TSLA continues to tank, there's a legitimate chance Elon could get margin called on his Twitter debt and completely fucked. I'm not betting on it yet because TSLA's price does not operate under any conventional form of logic, but I definitely come away with a smile on my face every time I see it's down another 5% today.

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u/DernTuckingFypos Mar 06 '25

Why is it always to ruin a country? Why not making it better? Fuck all these billionaires.

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u/jacenat Mar 06 '25

Why not making it better?

They are making it better ... FOR THEM!

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u/Costcofluencer Mar 06 '25

Will we all be alive to see the midterms?

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u/Shaper_pmp Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

People keep saying "midterms will wipe the republicans"

That's endearingly naive when Trump controls the Federal Election Commission and pretty much every other federal body charged with ensuring election integrity, has a long history of undermining the legitimacy of US elections and is cheerfully firing every bureaucrat with integrity that he can find and replacing them with compliant toadies.

Even assuming there will be free and fair elections in two years is only a little more of a stretch than the idea that Trump will necessarily feel obliged to heed the results returned.

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u/Stlswv Mar 07 '25

I’m curious….

Does anyone (outside of his base,) think Trump and Musk understand how the world economy works? The US economy? Trade?

Or do Trump and Musk not care?

Was tanking the market part of the plan?

Does Trump understand that our current economy is definitely not what he walked into with Trump I? That he can’t f*ck around the same way he did before?

I’m thinking between the fragility of our economic recovery-which wasn’t fast enough for the general public but going in the right direction- and Doge (which I choose to pronounce “doggy” or “douche,”) driving up unemployment, combined with the tariff ping pong game…

I don’t see this working out for anyone.

But maybe he’s converted his wealth to crypto, and is impervious to market fluctuations, flagging consumer confidence, and other victims of our economy?

He doesn’t have reelection to worry about- he either winds up a king, or cant run again.

I feel we’re so screwed.

I’m 4 years from retirement, only with the market downturn, I imagine I may have to work til I die. I’m exhausted.

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u/VaATC America Mar 07 '25

The funny part is how Trump bucked decades and decades of keeping the VP away from meetings like the last one with Zelensky. It was always a power play to block the VP from having more power in the administration. The RNC knows they currently have no one that can pull the MAGA thing off like Trump has so they need to position Vance as much as possible to hopefully give him some face for the next a Presidential race. I think it backfired spectacularly.

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u/Moos_Mumsy Mar 07 '25

Midterms will do nothing of the sort. I think the best the US can hope for is that it will flip the House and Senate to a Democrat majority. Even better would be if they could achieve the 2/3rds majority required to impeach the Cheeto but I think that's a pipe dream.

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u/Clean_Lettuce9321 Mar 07 '25

God if I spent $250 million to buy a person, I would have never chosen Trump.

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u/stinky_wizzleteet 29d ago

Now think about the fact that it would take roughly $170B to lift every single impoverished American out of poverty.

Elon... yah that's pocket lint to me.

Nobody needs to be able to lose $100B.

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u/GrungyGalaxy 29d ago

Plus, if they crash the economy, the ultra-rich can buy up companies and properties for pennies on the dollar—stripping people of their assets while consolidating power right in front of our eyes. I no longer believe they don’t know what they are doing. They are doing this on purpose.

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u/_DirtyYoungMan_ California Mar 06 '25

PY? What is that?

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u/GunsouBono Mar 07 '25

He made a fuck load after the election. TSLA is just getting back to pre election levels. It has plenty more room to burn

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u/High_5_Skin Mar 07 '25

They'll spend hundreds of millions to keep and gain billions more. Im afraid for my country, midterms included.

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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone Mar 06 '25

Let's make him burn it all away and still lose

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u/TheKnight_King Mar 07 '25

Aren’t billionaires funds tied to their company and stock portfolios though? One would think that they’d be like “oh fuck this noise. This guy is nuts. I want my billions back.”

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u/Forever_young8216 Mar 07 '25

How exactly is trying to save our economy for ours and future generations ruining a country? Finally someone can see the greater good.

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u/luckyguy25841 Mar 07 '25

I don’t understand why they would turn on musk but be completely fine with everything else Trump does.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

How would Elon get more power and money if he destroyed the US I don't understand how that works

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u/Auto18732 Mar 07 '25

I'm telling you now musk is going to bring out his own voting machines and trump will sign an executive order making it so only these machines es can be used for voting. You just watch, musk already knows all about the voting machines trump told us that already.

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u/BirdsAreFake00 Mar 07 '25

Eh. The money situation is a little overrated. Kamala spent more than $600 million more than Trump. At a certain point, you reach a saturation point and the money doesn't matter.

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u/xHellion444x 29d ago

Exactly, so much stock market cope going around. Elon could take half his fortune and burn it and still have enough to buy every politician twice over. Line going up or line going down doesn't matter one lick when the entire system's completely broken.

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u/HossDog2 29d ago

Yeah but all of what has been wiped out was post Trump election Tesla share surge, so effectively he’s back to November 2024, wealth wise…

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u/ImpossibleSwimming70 29d ago

Musk and this whole Band of Morons must be send to Guantanamo to make this mess a democratic country again.

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u/Miserable-Dream6724 29d ago

I want to see his head literally roll.

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 29d ago

Importantly, his stock values are on paper only. His actual spending comes from loans taken out against the stock value. That's how he avoids taxes. So when TSLA drops after the Q1 report, which will be disastrous, Musk will be massively over leveraged and have to borrow more against SpaceX value. SpaceX is entirely welfare driven by government contracts and Starlink launches, but billions in Starlink contracts are being cancelled worldwide as Musk proved the system is not secure. And while all this is going on, yet another SpaceX multistage rocket blew up yesterday because deep space exploration doesn't run on bullshit.

I have significant concern for the two stranded ISS astronauts, but the US decided private firms like Boeing and SpaceX should be getting paid, not NASA. Musk has delayed the mission to return them, using lies as explanation. Musk is on a very shaky house of cards that at this point entirely relies on stealing taxpayer money for bullshit rocket projects no one needs.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

But did jhe gain almost that when trump was elected?

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u/manhalfalien 29d ago

Its probably going to be..

The greatest fall from grace / personal wealth in recorded history..

All for what? His narcissistic tendencies?

Truly " idiocracy " in real life / time..

" nazi salute" huh? " chainsaw" huh?

F-ing dumbass!!!

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u/tomsmac 28d ago

I think that it’s adorable that you think that we’ll have midterm elections.

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u/Dont_Say_No_to_Panda California Mar 07 '25

I hate Melon Husk as much as anyone but TSLA stock was at $219 in like October 2024. After he won, it went on a crazy rally more than doubling in value in only a few months. He hasn't really lost anything. Yet.

For context: today TSLA closed at $263.

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u/1200bunny2002 Mar 07 '25

After he won, it went on a crazy rally more than doubling in value in only a few months.

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It went from $250 to peak at $480 in a little over a month and then started a steady downward trend.

That's not more than doubling in a few months, that's almost doubling and then going downhill.

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u/Dont_Say_No_to_Panda California 21d ago

You are wrong, after the Cybercab event it dipped to $219.