“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don’t know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”


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    I think Elon Musk is worried about his Tesla stock. He knows Democrats will pave the way for EV cars, but Republicans will and have already put up roadblocks to EVs. By joining their side, he makes it harder for Republicans to paint EVs as “a democrat thing.” Even Trump is like “I guess I have to support EVs now, because Elon Musk supports me.”

    I bet that is a significant reason he has cozied up to the Republican side in recent years.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-electric-vehicles-elon-musk-endorsement-2024-8?op=1

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    they must have been impressed by his impeccable performance on the stage with chapelle

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    i legitimately don’t understand why this is happening other than maybe he gets more lobbying power over this guy for less money than a democrat

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      Maybe he’s trying to corner the EV market through the Republicans. If the Democrats make it more attractive for all manufactures to make EVs, Tesla loses

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        Looking at the Cybertruck, I think his plan is simply to destroy EVs. Same thing as Twitter.

        Both companies are/were evaluated way higher than what they are worth and purchased with loans that are completely insecure, but costing very real interest.

        It also looks as if Elon is doing a little totally legal “asset stripping” of the goodwill by paying out huge options to himself before the companies eventually go bust. I would not be surprised if the Saudis or other co-investors are footing the interest on the loans in the meantime. It’s a small price to pay to get rid of those companies obstructing their business.

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      He thinks if the Republicans win then they will let him do whatever crazy thing he plans on doing without any oversight.

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        True, but from what I see, no one seems to love the others nearly as much as Trump for some weird reason. Every other evil person they throw up there doesn’t seem to get the same attention, thankfully. I hope it stays that way…

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          This is kinda a natural result of authoritarian structures going back millennia. It’s a big king of the hill game, because nobody up top is really in it for the movement, they’re in it for themselves.

          I would point to the old monarchies of Europe as an excellent example of this all playing out though, with a huge number of individual data points to work with.

          Avoiding this whole mess is one of the primary purposes of democratic forms of government.

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          I think that will change in the absence of Trump as a candidate, especially if he throws his weight behind one of his kids.

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        He’s a Trumpian style candidate

        *Some talking head in the future

        We will never be rid of this style of ass hat.

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        Yeah, people have said this after many elections, and it’s never true because there are only two parties, so neither one will ever go away so long as we maintain a two party system.

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        There’s no apparent successor and there hasn’t been any attempt by Trump to nudge anyone towards that (he doesn’t give a shit about a post-Trump lanscape), but a half dozen people would attempt to claim it as their own, so if MAGA does survive it’d probably be really messy for a while.

        Normally we use conventions for this kind of thing but they’d be competing against traditional Republicans in that space, so I’m expecting to see MGT and DJT and Boebert and a bunch of others just try to pull each other’s hair out, like an obscenely wealthy grandparent that had no will and no clear next of kin.

        The heirarchal structure is basically Donald so the risk of the entire collective decapitating itself is pretty high

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            I know. Will they work together or back an outsider of a presumptive nominee such as MTG? Or will they all just duke it out while a more mainstream Republican capitalizes on the dysfunction? We’ll find out soon enough

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            The thing about that is that it’d require cohesion and unity across all Republicans, and it seems like Trump himself is the only one seemingly able to pull this off.

            The Whigs tore themselves apart in similar manner and all it’d take is a third of Republicans to back some group of MAGA (or rebranded) politicians who decide to stay on the ballot as third party. There are already multiple factions under the ‘R’ namesake and it’d just take a little pull in opposite directions. They’re a stubborn bunch

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          I’m expecting to see MGT and DJT and Boebert and a bunch of others just try to pull each other’s hair out

          Can we lock them in a coliseum and toss in a few lions?

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    The orange felon, RFK Jr and Musk, quit a collection of misfits, adulterers and greedy liars. Oh wait, RFK Jr must have been off somewhere collecting roadkill.

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      Oh wait, RFK Jr must have been off somewhere collecting roadkill.

      Nah, he was in court arguing why he should be taken off the ballot in red states while also arguing why he should remain on the ballot in blue states. Cause you know, he’s totally not a spoiler candidate.

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    You know, im starting to think this “Elon Musk” character isn’t such a great guy…

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    “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”

    As always, projection, projection, projection. Project 2025 says this is literally their goal.

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      The slate of fake electors in 2020 says this was literally their goal. They already tried it. I’m furious that this isn’t the only thing we talk about.

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        Never mind talking about it; I’m furious that the treasonous coup leader wasn’t at the end of a rope three years ago.

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      projection

      I dont think people use this term accurately, and it’s thrown around pretty often.

      In my opinion, musk isn’t projecting, hes just a deliberate propogandist. He doesn’t believe what he’s saying, honestly he knows it’s a total BS lie. He’s just saying it to energize and sway the cult of dumb-dumbs, many of which will lap it up like hungry puppies.

      Projection has a more specific definition which includes denial and actively believing in what you’re projecting. Musk is consciously lying and knows it.

      Projection

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    Trump later invited Musk on stage. The X owner walked on wearing a black blazer over a shirt saying “Occupy Mars” and a black MAGA hat. “As you can see, I’m not just MAGA,” said Musk. “I’m dark MAGA.” Dark MAGA is a memecoin, a type of cryptocurrency inspired by online trends. The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

    That’s so grifty. So overtly grifty that it’s approaching “hello fellow kids” levels of transparency. Up there with Jordan Peterson and Russell Brand praying together. It’s just strange and funny to see these grifters all clumping together like this.

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      I wish I had the free time and crypto knowledge to create a quick scam MAGA memecoin before election day at this point…

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      I’m not just MAGA,” said Musk. “I’m dark MAGA.”

      More like dork maga.

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      The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

      So that makes this the, what, fifth crypto pump-and-dump Elon has done? How has the SEC not bagged this guy yet?

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    OK Nostradamus. I’ll file that prediction alongside “Full self drive in 2018” and “Mars landing in 2024”