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Musk gives away $1M cheques ahead of Wisconsin's Supreme Court election

27 points by zfg 2y ago

LightBug1 2y ago
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flawn 2y ago
The fact that this is allowed is insane. This is not even an election (where his doings were already questionable) but a LAWFUL decision! Money has no reason to even play a role here? This is just Oligarchy hidden in disguise as the "ree" democracy of the US
- ratg13 2y ago
  I wouldn't call it lawful. It is illegal and the Wisconsin AG sued to stop it, but the top court declined to hear the case.
- actionfromafar 2y ago
  Oh no, Mr Musks "speech = $$$$$$$" could be curtailed.
- timeon 2y ago
  > This is just Oligarchy hidden in Is it really hidden?
- lenkite 2y ago
  The US right has begun to weaponize the US left's standard tactics. It would be amazingly good if indirect vote-buying was made illegal but it won't be as democrat donor groups are extremely dependent on strategies like giving voter "gift cards" - something used consistenly in Georgia elections. There were also grants made by Mark Zuckerberg to help with "election administration". Money is ambitexdrous - if the sock fits on the left, it can fit on the right too. BUT this specific case is not even vote buying. Merely protest recruitment - strange to be outraged about it when such has been standard operating tactics for both parties in the US for over 2 decades. I guesss it is because Musk is doing this openly instead of doing it via some obnoxiously named NGO in between ?
  - lazyeye 2y ago
    Exactly. Almost everything the left gets outraged about with the republicans, they themselves having been doing since forever.
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ZeroGravitas 2y ago
The last paragraph confused me. It refers back to the last time he did this and stated it wasn't proved to be an illegal lottery. Didn't he pivot heavily from calling it a lottery to claiming he was giving pre-selected individuals money? Similarly to how he claims to be in charge of DOGE all the time except when that would place legal limits on him when suddenly he's just an adviser? Seems blatantly illegal but apparently no one cares anymore.
- cyanydeez 2y ago
  the headline confuses me, this sounds like he's doing something legal.
dialup_sounds 2y ago
Musk's lawyers added that the payments were "intended to generate a grassroots movement..." Nothing says grassroots like a billionaire government employee handing out novelty size checks for a million bucks.

27 points by zfg 2y ago

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The fact that this is allowed is insane. This is not even an election (where his doings were already questionable) but a LAWFUL decision! Money has no reason to even play a role here? This is just Oligarchy hidden in disguise as the "ree" democracy of the US

ratg13 2y ago
I wouldn't call it lawful. It is illegal and the Wisconsin AG sued to stop it, but the top court declined to hear the case.
actionfromafar 2y ago
Oh no, Mr Musks "speech = $$$$$$$" could be curtailed.
timeon 2y ago
> This is just Oligarchy hidden in Is it really hidden?
lenkite 2y ago
The US right has begun to weaponize the US left's standard tactics. It would be amazingly good if indirect vote-buying was made illegal but it won't be as democrat donor groups are extremely dependent on strategies like giving voter "gift cards" - something used consistenly in Georgia elections. There were also grants made by Mark Zuckerberg to help with "election administration". Money is ambitexdrous - if the sock fits on the left, it can fit on the right too. BUT this specific case is not even vote buying. Merely protest recruitment - strange to be outraged about it when such has been standard operating tactics for both parties in the US for over 2 decades. I guesss it is because Musk is doing this openly instead of doing it via some obnoxiously named NGO in between ?
- lazyeye 2y ago
  Exactly. Almost everything the left gets outraged about with the republicans, they themselves having been doing since forever.

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ZeroGravitas 2y ago

The last paragraph confused me. It refers back to the last time he did this and stated it wasn't proved to be an illegal lottery. Didn't he pivot heavily from calling it a lottery to claiming he was giving pre-selected individuals money? Similarly to how he claims to be in charge of DOGE all the time except when that would place legal limits on him when suddenly he's just an adviser? Seems blatantly illegal but apparently no one cares anymore.

cyanydeez 2y ago
the headline confuses me, this sounds like he's doing something legal.

dialup_sounds 2y ago

Musk's lawyers added that the payments were "intended to generate a grassroots movement..." Nothing says grassroots like a billionaire government employee handing out novelty size checks for a million bucks.