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Half the country votes Republican—that’s hardly an extreme perspective.

clouddrover 4y ago
No. Voter turnout in the 2020 general election was a pathetic 67%, and that's sadly a record high for the 21st century: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/record-high-turnout-in-2020-general-election.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/record-high-t... So if we call it 50-50 then only 33.5% of the country votes Republican. Turnout in the 2022 midterms was an even sadder 46%, so 23% in that case: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/voter-turnout-2022-by-state/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/vot...
willio58 4y ago
I don't see it as an extreme perspective, but one that goes completely against Musk's claims that he is trying to make life better for humans. Republicans largely vote against efforts to fight climate change. Wasn't the whole point of Tesla to help climate change? Silly us for believing that.
- goldenchrome 4y ago
  Musk has strong opinions about the ongoing culture war. It’s probably a big reason he’s interested in Twitter. And the Republicans are largely aligned with him on many issues. I personally think that the culture war is a more pressing threat than climate change, though I’m still concerned about how we treat the environment. I know many people with similar views. Perhaps Elon has similar views too.
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    This "culture war" is a very pressing threat, because a more united population can come together to demand change. Divided, they can not. Obviously this is by design. Not that the culture war does not include legitimate and important issues, but if you think for one second the ruling class who orchestrate wars and interventions that kill millions of people care even in the slightest bit about whether commoners can have abortions or what bathrooms they can use, I have a bridge to sell you. Nobody has profiteered more from petroleum extraction and other environmental destruction over the centuries than this same ruling class. And despite a large majority of voters even in the US wanting more action on climate change, somehow very little meaningful is actually done about it. That must be all just a coincidence though, the actual people blocking climate action are a shadowy cabal of unemployed coal miner rednecks in West Virginia who actually run the world.

No. Voter turnout in the 2020 general election was a pathetic 67%, and that's sadly a record high for the 21st century: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/record-high-turnout-in-2020-general-election.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/record-high-t... So if we call it 50-50 then only 33.5% of the country votes Republican. Turnout in the 2022 midterms was an even sadder 46%, so 23% in that case: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/voter-turnout-2022-by-state/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/vot...

willio58 4y ago

I don't see it as an extreme perspective, but one that goes completely against Musk's claims that he is trying to make life better for humans. Republicans largely vote against efforts to fight climate change. Wasn't the whole point of Tesla to help climate change? Silly us for believing that.

goldenchrome 4y ago
Musk has strong opinions about the ongoing culture war. It’s probably a big reason he’s interested in Twitter. And the Republicans are largely aligned with him on many issues. I personally think that the culture war is a more pressing threat than climate change, though I’m still concerned about how we treat the environment. I know many people with similar views. Perhaps Elon has similar views too.
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  This "culture war" is a very pressing threat, because a more united population can come together to demand change. Divided, they can not. Obviously this is by design. Not that the culture war does not include legitimate and important issues, but if you think for one second the ruling class who orchestrate wars and interventions that kill millions of people care even in the slightest bit about whether commoners can have abortions or what bathrooms they can use, I have a bridge to sell you. Nobody has profiteered more from petroleum extraction and other environmental destruction over the centuries than this same ruling class. And despite a large majority of voters even in the US wanting more action on climate change, somehow very little meaningful is actually done about it. That must be all just a coincidence though, the actual people blocking climate action are a shadowy cabal of unemployed coal miner rednecks in West Virginia who actually run the world.