Yes, the point Bernie is making that the military budget should be cut is valid. But what Bernie misses is when he frames it as praise of Elon with no qualifier it is going to be used as validation of what these grifters are up to in general.
All he had to do was cut out the first line, state his mind, and add a rejoinder to his statement to the effect of, "Even someone like Elon Musk agrees with me." Then Musk goes on the defensive which is where you want him. Words matter and so do the order of the words.
He doesn’t get it. I’m old, not Bernie old, but old, and I understand it’s a very different world than even 20 years ago. But the old guy politicians are not keeping up, I don’t know why.
These folks are steeped in bi-partisan and norms and consensus as are some of the elderly senators and representatives with an R after their names. They cannot fathom what is about to happen and they are essentially immobilized. MSM is doing little to dissuade that thought process.
Or the defense budget is bloated to hell, has failed to pass it's audit for 3 years, and has needed to be investigated for decades at this point. Do I think Elon will actually do anything? Fuck no, but that's not the point. The point is to take steam out of the right wing by pointing out the flaws.
Not only that, but he's losing the point of *where* should the military budget be cut. If Melon boy has his way, people lose benefits. I hope that Bernie would agree that the budget should be cut in places like R&D instead.
Also, it's important to remember that Musk is a contractor and a large part of the DoD budget goes to contractors. Anything they cut, they're going to set up as a RFP for a contractor which Musk, and others who are most likely a part of his shenanigans, can compete for. So, they'll still make money.
When I read the statement, I didn’t see it as praise for Musk - bc the entire statement creates the context. Bernie doesn’t need to be asked if Musk is right about everything bc it’s simply not a reasonable question.
Reminds me of the time when somebody said, "Trump was right."
Everybody understood the humor.
They didn't call Joy Reid a fascist because she said, "Trump was right"
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Everybody understood the humor.
They didn't call Joy Reid a fascist because she said, "Trump was right"