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Violence is not inherent to the definition of a coup, and Elon Musk, who is not a government official, who has no official status in the government, has taken d
by Hasu 2y ago
Violence is not inherent to the definition of a coup, and Elon Musk, who is not a government official, who has no official status in the government, has taken direct control of the Treasury's payment systems. An unelected billionaire has illegally and unconstitutionally taken control of the United States government.
That is a coup, plain and simple.
- animal_spirits 2y agoThere are already thousands of unelected government workers that already have control over these government systems. I understand it is different that one person now has access to them all now, but the unelected part of this story I think is a nothing burger.
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