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The USA's politicians can stand to be bullied a lot more than they currently are. Many of them got to where they are now by being bullies themselves - Twitter b
by AndrewUnmuted 4y ago
The USA's politicians can stand to be bullied a lot more than they currently are. Many of them got to where they are now by being bullies themselves - Twitter bullies in particular!
They say the United States Congress is really just Hollywood for ugly people. In a sense, social media is really just Hollywood for smart people. Given Elon Musk's circumstances, and no matter what his motivations, they seem to be the correct ones to maximize his possible outcomes.
- robonerd 4y agoI certainly understand the schadenfreude aspect of it. But when I said bullying I mostly meant that as a euphemism for a sort of aggressive lobbying. For instance, manipulating politicians into supporting his companies by threatening to signal boost their opponents during the next election, or promising to suppress them.