Elon's Antics
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Elon Musk’s Big Business and Conflicts of Interest With the U.S. Government
Mr. Musk, who holds billions in federal contracts, wants to be in charge of the regulators that oversee him if Donald Trump wins.www.nytimes.com
I'm not sure why this wasn't a bigger story when it was first announced. It's been "concerning" since then.
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Elon Musk pledges to give away $1m per day to Pennsylvania voters
The winner will be chosen from those who sign a petition by the tech billionaire's Trump-supporting campaign group.
www.bbc.com
Even if there weren't massive legality concerns surrounding this, I'd be making damn sure that check cleared before I got anywhere near a polling station.
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Chosen from the random Republican party register.
Edit: It's like one of those scam giveaways on Twitter (lol)
"Guys, I'm giving away ONE MILLION DOLLARS to one of my followers.
Make sure you vote Republican to be in with a chance of winning."
Edit: It's like one of those scam giveaways on Twitter (lol)
"Guys, I'm giving away ONE MILLION DOLLARS to one of my followers.
Make sure you vote Republican to be in with a chance of winning."
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I feel like I've seen this big-brain play from Musk somewhere before...#
... oh yes ...
... oh yes ...
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Yea that's illegal.
www.law.cornell.edu
But only if Kamala wins. If Trump wins, that's not illegal because Trump will abuse the presidency to enable breaking election laws. This is how broken the US is right now.
18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
But only if Kamala wins. If Trump wins, that's not illegal because Trump will abuse the presidency to enable breaking election laws. This is how broken the US is right now.
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Gift link to this article. You don't need to be a subscriber
www.nytimes.com
‘Blade Runner 2049’ Producers Sue Elon Musk Over ‘Robotaxi’ Imagery
Alcon Entertainment, the Hollywood company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” said it had denied a request to use images from the movie but that Mr. Musk did so anyway.
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Yea that's illegal.
18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
But only if Kamala wins. If Trump wins, that's not illegal because Trump will abuse the presidency to enable breaking election laws. This is how broken the US is right now.
It's actually more illegal than I realized. The legal analysis above suggests that it might also be illegal under PA law as well and an illegal lottery. 597, the law I quoted, is the first one he mentions in the video.
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Have this instead:
Elon Musk—Powerful Critic Of Illegal Immigrants—Worked Illegally In U.S. At Start Of Career, Report Says
Musk has become a harsh critic of illegal immigration as a key Trump ally and uses his X platform to push anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation.
www.forbes.com
Not exactly new information, but I guess it's fun that the Daily Jeff is going for the Jumping Dip****...
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It's sad that the only thing that will tickle any of these rats is them going to jail. Even that is pretty much an impossible task, but that's about the only thing they could be scared of. Not buying Teslas or closing twitter or even removing government contracts does nothing for bringing Musk down a peg. Same thing with people now cancelling Prime and WaPo subscriptions. Billionaires already made so much money they have nothing to worry about even if they somehow were taxed at say 95% for the rest of their lives.
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I just thought I'd post this reminder...
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Today's news, judge to decide whether Musk gets a pay package large enough to destroy every democracy in the world or restrict him to being satisfied with just buying Trump the White House
www.channelnewsasia.com
Judge aims to rule on Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay by year end
WILMINGTON, Delaware : The Delaware judge considering whether a vote by Tesla shareholders reinstated Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package which the court had voided will try to issue a ruling this year, according to the judge's letter to the lawyers in the case."I write to inform you that I aim...
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I was going to come out and simply say that:
"Good leaders and leadership don't have to become assholes ****** bullies...."
But It could have been too simple for me to unfairly accuse him of something without giving him another layer benefits of my doubt....
And so I try to use more of my critical thinking skills:
"Chicken or Egg" situation
Was Elon ****** before becoming famous and successful
Or was he just recently becoming ****** after associating himself with trump?
At which point ? Or was there even a turning point?
I am starting to think that currently, in today's society, the path to leadership Is training you to become a dick, bully, a$$H@le just for survival...
I think the competitiveness and the fight to always outdo each other means that only the strong (and thus sadly) the not-so-nice bulLIES always end up on top (nice guys finish last)...
So maybe Elon didn't want to be a bad person or $#+!!y leader, but the backstabbing nature to ascend in the corporate capitalistic society is forging him to become one,
otherwise thieves and line cutters around each corner will steal his ideas....
It's dogs eat dogs Type of things.
Knowing all that, I wonder if in the future, there would be a situation where the standard of becoming a leader you can be go to everyone and command respects and encourage people to be less, OR not bullies at all, nor kills each other....
Can we be competitive without cheating each other out ?
Why is human nature not able to steer towards positivity, but rather negativity instead?
Why can't the nice people finish first all the damn time??!
Are we humans not evolved enough yet ?
It seems so.
"Good leaders and leadership don't have to become assholes ****** bullies...."
But It could have been too simple for me to unfairly accuse him of something without giving him another layer benefits of my doubt....
And so I try to use more of my critical thinking skills:
"Chicken or Egg" situation
Was Elon ****** before becoming famous and successful
Or was he just recently becoming ****** after associating himself with trump?
At which point ? Or was there even a turning point?
I am starting to think that currently, in today's society, the path to leadership Is training you to become a dick, bully, a$$H@le just for survival...
I think the competitiveness and the fight to always outdo each other means that only the strong (and thus sadly) the not-so-nice bulLIES always end up on top (nice guys finish last)...
So maybe Elon didn't want to be a bad person or $#+!!y leader, but the backstabbing nature to ascend in the corporate capitalistic society is forging him to become one,
otherwise thieves and line cutters around each corner will steal his ideas....
It's dogs eat dogs Type of things.
Knowing all that, I wonder if in the future, there would be a situation where the standard of becoming a leader you can be go to everyone and command respects and encourage people to be less, OR not bullies at all, nor kills each other....
Can we be competitive without cheating each other out ?
Why is human nature not able to steer towards positivity, but rather negativity instead?
Why can't the nice people finish first all the damn time??!
Are we humans not evolved enough yet ?
It seems so.
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For as long as I've been aware of him, he's seemed like a! #? *... I think that dates back to suing Top Gear. Accounts I've read of his treatment of his first wife are also pretty poor, and it sounds like he was an over privileged arse at college/uni... So I'd say yes... He's always been a %@#!?.
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Danoff
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Far too many people believe that leaders must be jerks to be successful. So many people believe this at such a fundamental level that those people get elevated.
It also throws into relief a built-in misogyny. Because women are expected/demanded not to be jerks, and so the same people who believe leaders must be jerks to be successful also will not back women leaders. For what it's worth, women who do not buy into the "I must be a jerk to succeed" nonsense also tend to make better leaders.
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Grifts and the grifting grifters that grift them. Started:
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Going:
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Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
America PAC door knockers were flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul, and told they’d have to pay hotel bills unless they met unrealistic quotas. One was surprised they were working to elect Donald Trump.
Elon Musk’s America PAC Hit With Class Action Lawsuit
Canvassers for California representative Michelle Steel are suing the congresswoman's campaign, America PAC, and others, alleging that they were promised hourly wages, then told pay would depend on how many doors they knocked.
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"Make comedy legal again".
Have these "comedians" tried not turning their sets into 30-50 minute MAGA suck off lectures where all the punchlines are about pronouns & libs? Write some actual jokes.
Meanwhile, comedy is doing just fine; Nate Bargatze, Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Gabriel Iglesias, & Matt Rife have pulled in $240+ million this year alone.
Have these "comedians" tried not turning their sets into 30-50 minute MAGA suck off lectures where all the punchlines are about pronouns & libs? Write some actual jokes.
Meanwhile, comedy is doing just fine; Nate Bargatze, Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Gabriel Iglesias, & Matt Rife have pulled in $240+ million this year alone.
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