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Elon backing Trump in the 2024 election was one of the dumbest and most obvious own goals in history.

by Trasmatta 1y ago

downrightmike 1y ago
Wait until we get to the part of this play where trump nationalizes companies for his personal gain.
- toomuchtodo 1y ago
  I’m kinda stoked to see what happens when the technocrats are in peril and how they respond to the authoritarian nationalists. Enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of deal.
  - xenospn 1y ago
    they’ll just back another nationalist. They’re not really short on them and they’re not going to run out anytime soon.
    - toomuchtodo 1y ago
      Indeed, but in the meantime, chaos that could lead to various forms of self destruction.
  - k310 1y ago
    The technocrats probably felt that they were in peril when Joe Biden pushed or EO'ed regulation. I think they are in FAFO mode, learning how they were used and abandoned by Trump, like the people who sat out the election because of the (Gaza) peril they felt from Harris, aided by Russian bots bombarding social media, ignoring the blueprint that was circulated, called Project 2025, a profoundly anti-science and racist volume. I just read that the CT folks call Project 2025 a Democratic hoax, like pretty much everything else they want to distance themselves from. Very loud warnings were issued, and people ignored them in their emotional frenzy. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it, and get it, they did, big tech and supporters of what's left of Gaza. Think things through, people.
pfdietz 1y ago
I wonder how much of it was because of his reaction to his daughter.
xenospn 1y ago
The own goal was Trump winning. Elon just made the assist.
infotainment 1y ago
Letting “DOGE” be the ones to cut spending was kinda a great play on Trump’s part — it effectively got Elon to take the heat for cuts Trump himself wanted. People are still talking about how “Elon” cut USAID, even though that was very clearly a Trump priority from the beginning.
- sillyfluke 1y ago
  Elon handed that "play" to Trump on a silver platter, from the name to the nonstop blabber about "efficiency" leading up to the electoon to the soundbite about empathy being a bug of western civilization. >People are still talking about how Elon cut USAID Yes, people are talking about how Elon cut USAID. No one is talking about how Trump didn't want those cuts. I haven't heard anyone earnestly claim this.
TheAlchemist 1y ago
I think he choose the lesser of 2 evils (for him). As he stated himself, if Trump was not elected he was going to prison. I know it can be seen as a conspiracy theory now, but once the Tesla house of cards crumble, Enron will look relatively minor in comparison.
- archagon 1y ago
  Prison for what? Just another lie to make Democrats look like the big bad.

Elon backing Trump in the 2024 election was one of the dumbest and most obvious own goals in history.

downrightmike 1y ago

Wait until we get to the part of this play where trump nationalizes companies for his personal gain.

toomuchtodo 1y ago
I’m kinda stoked to see what happens when the technocrats are in peril and how they respond to the authoritarian nationalists. Enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of deal.
- xenospn 1y ago
  they’ll just back another nationalist. They’re not really short on them and they’re not going to run out anytime soon.
  - toomuchtodo 1y ago
    Indeed, but in the meantime, chaos that could lead to various forms of self destruction.
- k310 1y ago
  The technocrats probably felt that they were in peril when Joe Biden pushed or EO'ed regulation. I think they are in FAFO mode, learning how they were used and abandoned by Trump, like the people who sat out the election because of the (Gaza) peril they felt from Harris, aided by Russian bots bombarding social media, ignoring the blueprint that was circulated, called Project 2025, a profoundly anti-science and racist volume. I just read that the CT folks call Project 2025 a Democratic hoax, like pretty much everything else they want to distance themselves from. Very loud warnings were issued, and people ignored them in their emotional frenzy. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it, and get it, they did, big tech and supporters of what's left of Gaza. Think things through, people.

pfdietz 1y ago

I wonder how much of it was because of his reaction to his daughter.

xenospn 1y ago

The own goal was Trump winning. Elon just made the assist.

infotainment 1y ago

Letting “DOGE” be the ones to cut spending was kinda a great play on Trump’s part — it effectively got Elon to take the heat for cuts Trump himself wanted. People are still talking about how “Elon” cut USAID, even though that was very clearly a Trump priority from the beginning.

sillyfluke 1y ago
Elon handed that "play" to Trump on a silver platter, from the name to the nonstop blabber about "efficiency" leading up to the electoon to the soundbite about empathy being a bug of western civilization. >People are still talking about how Elon cut USAID Yes, people are talking about how Elon cut USAID. No one is talking about how Trump didn't want those cuts. I haven't heard anyone earnestly claim this.

TheAlchemist 1y ago

I think he choose the lesser of 2 evils (for him). As he stated himself, if Trump was not elected he was going to prison. I know it can be seen as a conspiracy theory now, but once the Tesla house of cards crumble, Enron will look relatively minor in comparison.

archagon 1y ago
Prison for what? Just another lie to make Democrats look like the big bad.