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Elon Musk has been gaslighting as an "enlightened centrist" who happens to have rightwing views for years, I knew from the day he bought Twitter that his goal w

• labrador 3y ago
  At least he's out about it now. Dave Troy wrote an interesting article about it Musk’s Twitter Buy Makes No Sense – Unless It’s Part of Something Bigger. Brexit and Trump were initially seen as jokes, but the new owner of the social media giant could pose a serious threat to democracy – and a boon for Vladimir Putin https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-no-sense-unless-its-part-of-something-bigger/ https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-n...
• misssocrates 3y ago
  Oh? What's his take on climate change and sustainable energy?
  • dekhn 3y ago
    His views only partly align with conservatism and Republicanism (note that Peter Thiel identifies as a republican but is gay). There is a subset of the Republican party that thinks climate change is real and that we should prepare for it, not deny it, and sees sustainable energy as a desirable goal. It's hard to understand Elon's politics without considering libertarianism, singularitism, technocracy, demagoguery, and populism.