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You don't see the conflict of interest in one person both controlling how public funds are spent, and running private companies that may have those funds direct

You don't see the conflict of interest in one person both controlling how public funds are spent, and running private companies that may have those funds directed to benefit them? When Elon runs his companies, he is beholden to shareholders to use the company's resources effectively to generate and maintain value. Who is Elon beholden to when managing public funding and programs as an unelected non-official? Who will vote him out when he wasn't voted in? Who will revoke his confirmation when he was never confirmed?

delabay 2y ago
Trump is beholden to public support. Trump empowers EM. If EM loses public support and voters make their will known, the behavior will end. What is happening in DC (currently) has broad public support.
- asciimov 2y ago
  > Trump is beholden to public support. After the election he’s not. Only has to appease a handful of congress critters and a few wealthy people.
- hackyhacky 2y ago
  > What is happening in DC (currently) has broad public support. Things have been moving quite quickly, so this seems like a premature judgement. Can you cite a survey that shows that levels of support for disbanding USAID, for example; or taking over the treasury system; or "deleting" DirectFile?
  - ban-evader 2y ago
    Democrats and their surveys.
    - hackyhacky 2y ago
      > Democrats and their surveys. I am responding to a specific comment about public support. Besides surveys, what method would you suggest for accurately determining public support for particular policies? And leave your self-satisfied partisan snark out of it.
      - ban-evader 2y ago
        I couldn’t care less about measuring the popularity of the President a couple weeks into the term. You could ask a fortune-telling chicken for all I care. I’m ecstatic about everything that’s being done to make the country better right now. We’re again moving in the right direction. That’s what matters to me.
        hackyhacky 2y ago
        > I couldn’t care less about measuring the popularity of the President a couple weeks into the term. You could ask a fortune-telling chicken for all I care. Then why are you responding to my objection to a post asserting the alleged popularity of current actions? Are you just interesting in spreading snark and bitterness without any thought or substance? > I’m ecstatic about everything that’s being done to make the country better right now. We’re again moving in the right direction. That’s what matters to me. Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that you're dumb. What's happening right now is vandalism of the government.
  - deleted 2y ago
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- blurbleblurble 2y ago
  Absolutely not

delabay 2y ago

Trump is beholden to public support. Trump empowers EM. If EM loses public support and voters make their will known, the behavior will end. What is happening in DC (currently) has broad public support.

asciimov 2y ago
> Trump is beholden to public support. After the election he’s not. Only has to appease a handful of congress critters and a few wealthy people.
hackyhacky 2y ago
> What is happening in DC (currently) has broad public support. Things have been moving quite quickly, so this seems like a premature judgement. Can you cite a survey that shows that levels of support for disbanding USAID, for example; or taking over the treasury system; or "deleting" DirectFile?
- ban-evader 2y ago
  Democrats and their surveys.
  - hackyhacky 2y ago
    > Democrats and their surveys. I am responding to a specific comment about public support. Besides surveys, what method would you suggest for accurately determining public support for particular policies? And leave your self-satisfied partisan snark out of it.
    - ban-evader 2y ago
      I couldn’t care less about measuring the popularity of the President a couple weeks into the term. You could ask a fortune-telling chicken for all I care. I’m ecstatic about everything that’s being done to make the country better right now. We’re again moving in the right direction. That’s what matters to me.
      - hackyhacky 2y ago
        > I couldn’t care less about measuring the popularity of the President a couple weeks into the term. You could ask a fortune-telling chicken for all I care. Then why are you responding to my objection to a post asserting the alleged popularity of current actions? Are you just interesting in spreading snark and bitterness without any thought or substance? > I’m ecstatic about everything that’s being done to make the country better right now. We’re again moving in the right direction. That’s what matters to me. Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that you're dumb. What's happening right now is vandalism of the government.
- deleted 2y ago
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blurbleblurble 2y ago
Absolutely not