Elon Musk claimed Sunday that electing former President Donald Trump in November is the “only way” to save the country from the tyranny of Democrats and illegal migrants.

The billionaire SpaceX, Tesla, and X CEO claimed the Democratic Party would naturalize enough non-citizens as voters during a Kamala Harris presidency to turn the US into a “one-party state.”


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  • Anderenortsfalsch@discuss.tchncs.de
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    “War is peace.
    Freedom is slavery.
    Ignorance is strength.
    Voting Trump is the only way to save democracy”
    George Orwell, 1984 Elon Musk, aspiring propaganda minister of Trump

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    This already happened in California many years ago, following the 1986 amnesty.

    The only thing holding California back from extreme socialism and suffocating government policies is that people can leave California and still remain in America.

    There are some other eye opening parts but this one jumped out at me. He really does see the world from only his viewpoint. He thinks California changed for the worse but he could leave to Texas and still influence California using money even though people chose a different form of government than what he wanted.

    For him, the collective choosing to change the system is very dangerous and it has to be forever in a status quo so rich people can play both sides.

    I honestly wish he was smarter than this.

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    If you still bought a Tesla after Musk has shown his true self you are as much of a fascist as he is.

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    funny. he also said if he wins there wont be anymore elections. so in the vision of the maga tards no more elections. did the simpsons have that?

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    This is a prime example of how big business can cozy up to authoritarianism. Of course in the name of offering a service to the nation or saving something precious to all, I guess it’s “democracy” in this instance. Deep down I think it’s about asking a simple question: which regime will be most accommodating to fulfilling my ambitions, i.e. sustaining and growing my business empire with the least amount of oversight or regulation? Who is more likely to be anti-union? Who is more likely to employ migrants without granting them political rights? Who is less likely to tax the rich? Who is more likely to give me more power to influence public opinion and public policy? Elon is, in some respects, correctly betting on Trump. Of course it is a risky bet, and a marriage of convenience; one will sooner or later lose favor with the other. It would probably be wiser of Musk to stay out of the limelight and play Democrats against Republicans whenever and however it suits him. But I guess he can’t help himself. To be honest I don’t even know whether it’s possible for a major business figure to remain neutral in a country where perhaps the best predictor of a presidential candidate’s success is the amount of donations their campaign receives.

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    We all know that social media can encourage extremism in some people, but it’s surprising when it happens to the richest guy in the world

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      I honestly think thats why Trump acts like he dose. His demented peanut brain could not handle the unfiltered power of the internet.

      He’s spinelessly pandering to the loudest voice he hears and latching onto the first thing that draws attention. Extremist follow him as he’s saying what they like. He say more extreme shit to get more cheers, more Nazis show up and cheer him into another extreme statement. Trump can’t form a coherent view on his own and goes with the crowd, he just attracted a horde of monsters smelling second hand power.

      Musk sees a weak old man that can easily be swayed with a little bit of dick sucking and donations.

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    Man eel on musk is just so far down the rabbit hole these days it’s insane. It’d be fascinating to watch if it weren’t for the fact that he runs Twitter and is trying to use it to swing the election to Trump.

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    And here I didn’t think I could hate this guy any more. Truly a vile piece of shit. I’m glad I never bought one of his cars and well he’s at that company, I never will.

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    Fascists like elon musk don’t just lie, they exactly invert the truth.

    He knows that trump winning ends democracy, so he goes into fascist mode and says the opposite. They do it all the time.

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        Projection. Goes great (puts on monocle) Pairs well with obstruction and gaslighting.

        …and when you’re rich, they let you do it 🧐

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    Can we have that man forcibly removed from our country please? He’s already proven to be threat to our democracy. If he wants to say dumb shit like this, he can do so from far away where our taxes aren’t paying for the services he’s using to circumvent it.

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      (⁠-⁠_⁠-⁠メ⁠) Please, no! I don’t think anyone else wants him… we only have one Tesla factory in this country and it’s on the news on a regular base. And it’s never good news.

      Maybe we can try to make him want to sit in the next bar he sends to space himself

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      “Hi, Pepperidge Farms? Yeah, this is Peter Peppermint at Peppermint farms. I think our lines got crossed again. Yeah. Yeah. It was a page this time. Yeah. Oh no, we threw ours away after that Lebanon thing. Anywho, just wanted you to know. Cheers!”