Elon's Antics
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- Neomone
In both, only those with power can benefit from corruption. If you don't have power and you refuse to play ball, you get stomped by those who do have power. The methods differ and what counts as "power" differs, but the broader structural relationships are remarkably similar.
Which really points to the main problem being not the specific societal structures involved, but the humans and the culture they were raised in. If you have a country full of people that strongly favour individualism and "**** you, got mine", then no matter whether it's capitalist, communist or spaghettist then people are to behave in ways that enrich themselves and those around them at the expense of everyone else. That's the system working as intended.
And in a society where there isn't enough to go around, that might even be somewhat rational. In the modern day, it's psychopathic. It's hurting other people just because they can. We may have smartphones and rockets, but psychologically humans haven't really moved on that much from the Dark Ages.
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An almost 10-minute summary of the timeline from Musk's "offer" to buy Twitter through all the steps in prosecutes* interference in the 2024 Presidential Election in favour of Trump, projected onto Tesla's Amsterdam offices by Led By Donkeys:
*I forgot that Musk's pronouns are "prosecute/Fauci", so thanks to that video for reminding me I was misusing them
*I forgot that Musk's pronouns are "prosecute/Fauci", so thanks to that video for reminding me I was misusing them
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Will conflicts of interest limit Musk's influence? I'd hope so, but assume money will trump (sic) ethics.
san.com
Will Elon Musk's conflicts keep him from serving in Trump's White House?
Campaign surrogates are often rewarded with prominent cabinet positions. But Elon Musk stands to lose a lot more if he enters government life.
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