Bezos literally vetoed his newspaper from endorsing Harris. And I must have missed the phase where Musk backed Harris as well. Really not sure how you think there is *any* read-across here, but apologies if I'm missing something of course. - ThreadSky

bigfez.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Bezos literally vetoed his newspaper from endorsing Harris. And I must have missed the phase where Musk backed Harris as well.

Really not sure how you think there is *any* read-across here, but apologies if I'm missing something of course.

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educhazan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Brief history of Musk’s political donations

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2022/11/27/elon-musks-political-shift-how-the-billionaire-moved-from-backing-obama-to-endorsing-desantis/

A refresher on the overwhelming support for Hilary from businesses and the rich

https://fortune.com/2016/06/23/56-hillary-clinton-ceos-endorsements/

bigfez.bsky.social•3 days ago

Okay, I genuinely think I have missed what you are arguing here.

(Or, I can see the analogy, but it's where the main alternative was Bernie Sanders)

educhazan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is not a natural vessel for the right - close to Dems, pro-abortion, liberal lifestyle. However, pragmatic conservatives (evangelicals in particular) saw in him the possibility to achieve their political aims. They propelled Trump’s political career, not billionaires that later tagged along.

educhazan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Rather than focusing on purity, right wing grassroots focused on results. Billionaires tagging along is the consequence, not the cause of MAGA. Meanwhile, progressives have shunned goals, prioritising instead virtue signalling and ideological purity debates.

bigfez.bsky.social•3 days ago

But he is 'pure'. He's far more right wing than any of the plausible alternatives was. The only thing counting against him for some power brokers was that he didn't look like winning, first time around.

educhazan.bsky.social•3 days ago

The proof that he’s not “pure” is that as late as July 2015 he publicly stating they "I identify with some things as a Democrat”.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/24/jeb-bush/bush-says-trump-was-democrat-longer-republican-las/

bigfez.bsky.social•3 days ago

So I don't think trump is *anyone's* pragmatic compromise. He is who they would have wanted to vote for all along, as long as they believe he could win.

Stuff about 'liberal lifestyle' isn't important. On policy, he gives the right exactly what they want.

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