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He has 3 years left to convince the administration to allow non-US-born lizard people to run for president. Or, more likely, to institute some kind of perpetua
by noitpmeder 2y ago
He has 3 years left to convince the administration to allow non-US-born lizard people to run for president.
Or, more likely, to institute some kind of perpetual monarchy passed down through his 14 kids.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoI'm not sure he understands that he will always be the Crassus to someone else's Caesar. Things don't go well for the money man.
- ajb 2y agoYeah, he reminds me of Berezovsky.
- af78 2y agoGarry Kasparov recently made the same connection in this piece: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/putinization-america/681837/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/pu... > Berezovsky, who elevated Putin to power from behind the scenes, was soon exiled and replaced with more compliant oligarchs. He also met a grisly end—found hanged at his Berkshire mansion at 67—a precedent that might give pause to anyone thinking of risking his business empire to play that gray-cardinal role for the likes of Trump and J. D. Vance.
- nouveaux 2y agoThe mistake here is equating Putin to Trump. One is a mastermind and the other is a puppet.
- benterix 2y ago> One is a mastermind and the other is a puppet. No, one is a cruel fox and another one is a stupid monkey. Their skills lie mainly in adaptability to the situations they found themselves in and using them, but neither is a mastermind.
- af78 2y agoI did not understand it that way. Putin is probably smarter than Trump (though he does not deserve to be regarded as a mastermind IMHO). The parallel I find interesting is that both are authoritarians who were helped to power by billionaires who thought it would serve their interests. We know the fate Russian “oligarchs” later met.
- disqard 2y agoRandom Unexpected Defenestrations
- tpm 2y ago> We know the fate Russian “oligarchs” later met. Russians close to power have historically often met that fate - at least since 1917, I suspect either prison or forced internal or external exile was more common before that. Americans not so much I think, so this probably won't transfer.
- drcongo 2y agoI'd have him more the Incitatus to Trump's Caligula.
- p3rls 2y agoHistory shows us that things actually go pretty well for the money man you just gotta remember to bring extra water rations when you march into Asia. I always liked to imagine him rallying his troops by telling them that Parthia meant virgin in greek or something like that Παρθία/παρθένος Lots of examples from American history too though where things turn out better like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Girard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Girard
- orwin 2y agoIt took Hugenberg 6 month to loose his government position, 8 to loose his mediatic empire, and a bit more to loose his industrial base.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoHere's how to remember which one to use: lose -> lost loose -> loosened
- orwin 2y agoThanks, i'll try to remember.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoIt's a very common mistake, so don't worry about it
- SecretDreams 2y agoGet me off this timeline
- timeon 2y ago> 3 years left to convince the administration to allow It is rare for Oligarchs to be in electable position. They do not need for that.
- root_axis 2y agoNah. If they manage to circumvent or amend the constitution, they'd just give Trump more terms in office rather than open up the office to Elon.
- noitpmeder 2y agoTrump won't be around forever, if only due to age/health. Need the next perpetual emperor to be young when he first steps into office.
- SSLy 2y agoI wonder how many of the 14 want to have anything to do with him.