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True most CEOs are too cowardly to try to save us from $50 trillion in debt and financial collapse. Fighting the government jobs program of non productive peopl

by poeao 2y ago

True most CEOs are too cowardly to try to save us from $50 trillion in debt and financial collapse. Fighting the government jobs program of non productive people is something most don’t want to do.

__MatrixMan__ 2y ago
If he wanted to do those things with the consent of the people, he could have run for public office. Buying his way in changes things significantly.
- b112 2y ago
  99.99% of government work is done by non-elected officials. Did you vote for the head of the FBI? The FTC? I don't get this argument.
  - __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
    Taking a position with established norms about how the job is to be done and taking direction from elected officials above you is one thing. Interfering with elections to create a position for yourself and then using threats about further interference to bully the elected officials around you is quite another.
    - b112 2y ago
      Interference? You mean donations to campaigns, which is entirely legal? That's not interference. That's how the US system works. If you're upset a Musk for donating, then surely you are upset at others donating too, yes? Because all those contributions had a goal too, often policy changes. Outside of donations, I see conspiracy theories about starlink and voting machines online, but surely you don't mean that. What elected officials has Musk "bullied"? Was any of this supposed bulling quoted in context? Was any of this supposed bullying just impolite speech, for which Washington is famous?
      - __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
        > surely you are upset at others donating too, yes? Yes, I am. We should not tolerate campaign spending of any kind. If you can't win on merit alone you shouldn't be running. The bullying I'm referring to is this: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5133777-elon-musk-threatens-republican-senators/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5133777-elon-musk-thre...
abduhl 2y ago
>> most CEOs are too cowardly Posted from a throwaway account created specifically for this post. Cowardly indeed.
- DaSHacka 2y ago
  > if you don't give me exactly enough information to hunt you down and get you fired from your job, you're "cowardly"
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - abduhl 2y ago
    That's a rather extreme reading of "it's cowardly to post a controversial opinion from a throwaway account"

by poeao 2y ago

True most CEOs are too cowardly to try to save us from $50 trillion in debt and financial collapse. Fighting the government jobs program of non productive people is something most don’t want to do.

__MatrixMan__ 2y ago

If he wanted to do those things with the consent of the people, he could have run for public office. Buying his way in changes things significantly.

b112 2y ago
99.99% of government work is done by non-elected officials. Did you vote for the head of the FBI? The FTC? I don't get this argument.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
  Taking a position with established norms about how the job is to be done and taking direction from elected officials above you is one thing. Interfering with elections to create a position for yourself and then using threats about further interference to bully the elected officials around you is quite another.
  - b112 2y ago
    Interference? You mean donations to campaigns, which is entirely legal? That's not interference. That's how the US system works. If you're upset a Musk for donating, then surely you are upset at others donating too, yes? Because all those contributions had a goal too, often policy changes. Outside of donations, I see conspiracy theories about starlink and voting machines online, but surely you don't mean that. What elected officials has Musk "bullied"? Was any of this supposed bulling quoted in context? Was any of this supposed bullying just impolite speech, for which Washington is famous?
    - __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
      > surely you are upset at others donating too, yes? Yes, I am. We should not tolerate campaign spending of any kind. If you can't win on merit alone you shouldn't be running. The bullying I'm referring to is this: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5133777-elon-musk-threatens-republican-senators/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5133777-elon-musk-thre...

abduhl 2y ago

>> most CEOs are too cowardly Posted from a throwaway account created specifically for this post. Cowardly indeed.

DaSHacka 2y ago
> if you don't give me exactly enough information to hunt you down and get you fired from your job, you're "cowardly"
- deleted 2y ago
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- abduhl 2y ago
  That's a rather extreme reading of "it's cowardly to post a controversial opinion from a throwaway account"