He currently overseas the American government with his DOGE department and has access to their treasury. If he deems it a threat to National security like Tiktok then it's gone.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
He’s the real threat, but he’s also supposed to be in an advisory roll.
How he’d make a stupid claim that Reddit’s a threat to national security is anyone’s guess.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Good. You're worried about "billionaires", but not the massive amounts of fraud in government spending - especially contractors?
Yep, it's misleading and not factual in any way, but after reading half the responses in this thread, I'm not surprised.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Free Speech absolutist and non-snowflake Elon Musk declares the listing of the people he’s given access to our treasury system a crime, then appears to get the US attorney in DC to go after people:
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Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Yeah, I wonder if there'll be any problems with having thin skinned narcissists with limitless wealth sliding their way into government roles.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
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MikeM
Member
Odd how you are championing not paying bills ontime. You may hate contractors but if they are providing an agreed-upon service, its breach of contract. Or is this now a lawless society?
Reddit stock is green today lol
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I... *Sigh* ... Lemme take an imaginary Xanax
ÆMNE22A!C
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Have something better for you
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Que?
ÆMNE22A!C
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Better than Xanax lol
Idleyes
Gold Member
Elon isn't particularly bright. Much like his ridiculous Nazi salute, I’d bet that the “You have broken the law” tweet wasn’t well thought out. It's likely he saw other tweets from that user and found something questionable, but instead of simply banning the account, providing the user with a clear reason for the ban, and reporting it to the appropriate law enforcement agencies, his ego and lack of foresight took over. Instead he made that comment without properly addressing what tweet it was actually about.
I look forward to the day he's removed as CEO of Tesla because I'm growing tired of the unsolicited Elon discussions in public because of the car I drive.
I look forward to the day he's removed as CEO of Tesla because I'm growing tired of the unsolicited Elon discussions in public because of the car I drive.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Fuck Elon.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
This isn't true at all. Please, don't believe everything you read on social media and quote it as facts.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
He'd be impeached with the quickness.
Idleyes
Gold Member
Nationalism, authoritarianism, and ethnic purity =/= class struggle & workers' control of production.
bitbydeath
Member
Well what I said is true, otherwise I wouldn’t have said it.
You can do your own research though and don’t use social media if that’s why you think what I said wasn’t true.
Idleyes
Gold Member
That statement perfectly encapsulates modern social media platforms.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Were the Nazis Socialists? | Britannica
What’s the difference between National Socialists and every other kind of socialist?
www.britannica.com
Were the Nazis Socialists?
We look into the burning (at least for some) question of whether members of the National German Socialist Workers' Party were accurately classified as "socialists".
www.snopes.com
No. What you said wasn't true. Socialist was in their name but they weren't socialist. Not in deed, just lip service... Kinda like the term RINO.
They may have been PRE-Hitler but they weren't once Hitler gained power... In fact, he pushed out actual socialists... Making the party resemble nothing that it was before.
bitbydeath
Member
The below article goes into a further breakdown.Were the Nazis Socialists? | Britannica
What’s the difference between National Socialists and every other kind of socialist?
Were the Nazis Socialists?
We look into the burning (at least for some) question of whether members of the National German Socialist Workers' Party were accurately classified as "socialists".
No. What you said wasn't true. Socialist was in their name but they weren't socialist. Not in deed, just lip service... Kinda like the term RINO.
They may have been PRE-Hitler but they weren't once Hitler gained power... In fact, he pushed out actual socialists... Making the party resemble nothing that it was before.
Hence it being highly controversial or there wouldn’t be a million of these out there.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
I have. Although my historical expertise lies in 14th/15th century France and England, I had to study 20th century Europe for my History degree, with a large portion of that dedicated to the rise of the Nazis and WW2.
I've also always had a large interest in WW2 (and Rome because I am a man!). I own at least 30 books on WW2 and the rise of the Nazis. I understand the misconception of confusing Nazis with socialists and how this spread on social media, but I can assure you the Nazis were not socialists.
In terms of discussing this, probably the wrong place as it's off topic from the OP, but see if you can make a thread and outline your reasoning (with sources if possible). It should be fine as it's a historical topic on a dead political ideology. If not feel free to PM me.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Just because agreements have been misallocating taxpayer money made illegitimately by criminals in offices or under "official capacity" doesn't mean we should just continue to pay. Much like any and all unconstitutional wars or occupations should end immediately. By your logic, it should just be carried on because it is presently happening. I don't have any particular "hate" toward "contractors" as you say here, but I do have a strong disdain for the US government continuing to hemorrhage capital like no tomorrow, especially with insider deals, bribery, and fraud that are often associated with these contracts. You seem to be upset that this sort could potentially be gone through and brought to light. These mega slush funds are, hopefully, ending. I hate to get my hopes up too soon and for nothing. The Federal Government is far beyond its scope and its about time someone at least made some effort to reduce that as opposed to continued lip service and instead, simply more spending. Never ending spending regardless of what party is in power. It should all be immediately reviewed and most of it ceased. I'm sure your next bit is something about me worshiping at the temple of Elon, but I also believe that Elon's (or "relative") Solar City was a fraud via Obama grants/more and should be included in this.
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bitbydeath
Member
You’re right, it is the wrong place to discuss it, and I’m not saying it is one side or the other but there is evidence out there that points in both directions, it is not clear cut.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
The reason for this is because people are looking at early and mid 20th century politics with a modern lens.
It's not the only misconception I see of the Nazis. The big one is that they were white supremacists, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Racist, yes, but they didn't think all white people were equal. Not in the slightest.
It's probably why its wise to leave the Nazis in the history books, because they're messed up ideology is a product of its time and can't be compared to any government around today.
MikeM
Member
Where are the articles and proof of a legitimate or illegitimate deal under these pretenses?
bitbydeath
Member
100% agreed.
Haint
Member
Serious question, why are far leftists so against Elon cleaning up government waste? Are they FOR government corruption? Giving hundreds of billions in phony grants, no-bid contracts, and kickbacks to mega elite's fake shell companies? Why exactly? Everything DOGE does will be scrutinized under a microscope by both parties (R's & D's have both likely siphoned many hundreds of billion from tax payers), there's 0 chance he's going to get away with stealing anything himself, and he has no need to, Trump can just enact legislation/EO's that're hugely favorable to Tesla/SpaceX/Etc... Not that he needs money in the first place.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
That isn't it at all. And your speculation isn't fact...
The worry is that musk took control of the Treasury... Which manages the flow of federal money... Everything from government salaries (including military and other government agencies like the DHS and ICE) to Social Security to Medicare.
You should watch him... Because if a family member of yours who DEPENDS on SSI/SSDI payments and/or Medicare misses a check or medical bill payment... Don't blame it on Democrats when the guy with the keys also controls Twitter.
dorkimoe
Member
I’m with you
Since he’s now a political employee can anything this fucking retard inbred do be considered politics please?
Toons
Member
So is Twitter lmao. Excepy instead of political preferences its whatever Elon feels like banning that day.
Neither site is going to get rid of stuff like this, and neither site is going to die solely because of it.
Haint
Member
I haven't seen any reasonable or realistic concerns that he's aiming to defund or shut down SSI or Medicare, the stated goal has been about rooting out theft and waste like fake grants, no bid contracts, and government departments/positions that don't actually do anything aside from paying people fat salaries to pretend to fake work from home.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
The fact that he locked civil servants out (their jobs are non-political) instead of working with them should give us all pause.
The BIGGEST waster of taxpayer money is and has been for a long time the US military and the military industrial complex. Do you remember this?
Pentagon fails 7th audit in a row, unable to fully account for $824B budget
The Pentagon has been unable to fully account for its massive $824 billion budget for seven years in a row.
63% of their budget!
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Which ones are you referring to in this case?
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Dept of the Treasury ... That's the only dept I've been talking about. People who work there are not political appointees... They work through multiple presidents.
Haint
Member
The fact that he locked civil servants out (their jobs are non-political) instead of working with them should give us all pause.
The BIGGEST waster of taxpayer money is and has been for a long time the US military and the military industrial complex. Do you remember this?
Pentagon fails 7th audit in a row, unable to fully account for $824B budget
The Pentagon has been unable to fully account for its massive $824 billion budget for seven years in a row.www.fox10phoenix.com
63% of their budget!
Has nothing to do with party affiliation, it's all but guaranteed both have skimmed the every living fuck off their budgets in equal measures. The unelected "civil servants" would be the ones who were doing or knowingly enabling the stealing in the first place, very likely earning a "commission" themselves. Basically the "cops investigating themselves and found no wrongdoing" memes the leftists love so much. Spoiler alert, the missing pentagon budget went to fake undelivered no bid contract work awarded to family/buddies of high ranking officials/personnel, who received a percentage of the transaction in direct or indirect kickbacks. That and just straight up sending 100's of billions in blank checks to foreign third world countries and terrorist group to keep the war machine churning.
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BlackTron
Member
Any entity or government should have a goal of fulfilling its obligations even if it changed its mind on whether they were a good idea after making them.
That is not effective policy management. If a business behaves that way, they can always shutter the company and start over. We cannot restart the country.
Mistake
Member
That's the nature of government. Any private contractors should know they're taking a certain risk compared to dealing with a normal business and calculate accordingly. If I knew I'd have a new boss every four years, I'd do the same. I'm sure there's fees or severance baked into these things, so I don't see the issue, and if they didn't negotiate for that, they definitely deserve to be fired
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Nester99
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I hope he does because certain mods of subreddits have been becoming insufferable
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Hawk The Slayer
Member
The left especially the far left lacked common sense and are already insane and just hates him by default because he doesn't support their insane and twisted views. But it's pretty reasonable for normal sane people not to trust him too cause he seems super into nerul link, brain chipping, A.I, some 1984 shit etc if he could have it his way.
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