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Elon Musk admitted that he knows that Donald Trump’s policies would crash the economy if he’s elected president

Trump’s plan to appoint Musk to his administration, possibly to lead a government efficiency task force, could also have negative effects. JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, previously said Musk told him that he plans to look at cuts to government programs like Social Security and the Department of Defense.

Judging by what happened after Musk gutted Twitter and laid off many of its workers after he purchased the social media company, there are justifiable fears that he would cripple essential government programs. Social Security, for example, is a lifeline to many older Americans, and in fact needs more funding, not less.

Musk’s status as the world’s richest man, as well as the success of his companies like SpaceX and Tesla, comes from taxpayer funds. When the government isn’t involved in his ventures, they’ve suffered, such as Twitter (now X), which has lost more than a third of its value since he took over the company. Musk’s confession that the economy would initially get worse under Trump is worrying enough, but his idea that it would lead to a rapid recovery should be cause to reject his plans altogether—as well as the administration that would enable them.

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by Anonymousreply 16November 1, 2024 12:37 PM

Read The Sovereign Individual and understand the world we now live in. Musk and his ilk are becoming like the city state regents of the Middle Ages, they are promoting a return to a monarchical system, with a Doge-like leader or Emperor. They love the word doge.

by Anonymousreply 1October 30, 2024 4:58 PM

[quote] before creating a “sounder footing.”

Which means everyone with a net worth over 1 million living behind walls with private security patrolling their neghborhoods and their kids attending private schools. Ruled over by the billionaire class.

The rest of us scraping by paycheck to paycheck without decent education, healthcare, worker protections or hope. High crime, child labor, lowered lifespans. Easily abused and controlled.

by Anonymousreply 2October 30, 2024 5:11 PM

[quote]Which means everyone with a net worth over 1 million living behind walls with private security patrolling their neghborhoods and their kids attending private schools.

So basically like South Africa where the whites have a whole parallel society going on.

by Anonymousreply 3October 30, 2024 5:12 PM

[quote] So basically like South Africa where the whites have a whole parallel society going on.

Bingo!

by Anonymousreply 4October 30, 2024 5:13 PM

The sad thing is that most Trump supporters are going to be on the wrong side of fence. I am sure they hope we will kill each to the point we become more manageable. No fear of a revoluntion of the lower classes are fighting among themselves.

by Anonymousreply 5October 30, 2024 5:16 PM

R2, the problem his wealthy supporters don’t foresee is that when the economy goes to hell and crime rises they will be paying through the nose for their security and gated life.

That’s all well and good when their companies and investments are doing well, but they won’t be, and these folks will be spending down their savings to afford the lifestyles which protect them.

Unfortunately for them, only once they can’t afford the gates and the private schools will they realize what they’ve done and it will be too late.

by Anonymousreply 6October 30, 2024 5:20 PM

They would rather be forced to land on the roof of Nobu in a helicopter in a destroyed America than do or allow one thing that - forget about helping the poor - to not exploit, abuse, and undermine them is totally unacceptable. They know that mass class awareness has a good chance of leading to being dragged out of their mansions and curbstomped.

by Anonymousreply 7October 30, 2024 6:22 PM

And here we get a glimpse of the future we accurately predicted in this thread.

Elon's PAC hired door knockers. Those door knockers were flown to Michigan to work for minimum wage and 'in Michigan they were hauled into a U-Haul van with no rear seating, no seat belts, a cage separating them from the driver. They were threatened with money being withheld for their motel rooms if they did not meet quotas' A few of them claim that they responded to a job advert not knowing that it had anything to do with Trump or Musk. Most were young and black.

SIGH.

by Anonymousreply 8October 30, 2024 11:20 PM

This is the article R8 quotes from. It’s a horrible story—Musk IS trying to create South Africa in this country.

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by Anonymousreply 9October 30, 2024 11:36 PM

Just like Elmo’s cuts led to turnaround for Tesla and Twitter. Oh, I get that Elmo’s plan was never for Twitter to make money - it was to turn the most popular social media and information system into the largest right-wing disinformation system that’s a tool of the world’s oligarchs. Mission accomplished there. But he’s not a smart man. Rather, he’s good at carrying out the bidding of others. He’s evil.

by Anonymousreply 10October 30, 2024 11:49 PM

Musk and allies (see Mike Johnson R-LA,) want to reestablish the Confedetate aristocracy model across the emtire United States: 1% aristocracy, 10% technocrats, the rezt the working poor and slaves.

by Anonymousreply 11October 30, 2024 11:51 PM

Oh look. Another Trump thread.

by Anonymousreply 12October 31, 2024 1:40 AM

R1

His sock puppet Twitter account is DogeDesigner.

by Anonymousreply 13October 31, 2024 1:58 AM

The thought of him getting his hands on Social Security scares the hell out of me.

by Anonymousreply 14October 31, 2024 2:23 AM

How is it possible that the United States government hasn’t found a competitor against Starlink and all of this guy’s companies. Stop the government contracts little by little one step at a time.

by Anonymousreply 15October 31, 2024 2:57 AM

He is encouraging his fans to send him their medical records to have GR0NK "study"/"learn" from them. And they're sending them to him even though medical professionals are warning them to do so is dangerous.

Who is raising these morons who love him enough to gift wrap their most personal data and send to him? They are utter failures as parents. They have raised vegetables.

by Anonymousreply 16November 1, 2024 12:37 PM
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