Kind of wild to live in a system that allows one man to spend a couple hundred million dollars to elect his favored political candidate and then see the free market reward him with tens of billions of dollars in net worth
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/08/tesla-hits-1-trillion-market-cap-musk-becomes-300-billion-man-after-trump-win/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/08/tesla-hits-1-trillion-market-cap-musk-becomes-300-billion-man-after-trump-win/
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He is the worst of those hippie turned far right
https://youtu.be/oWPPSu2RHuc?si=OyREgmraaDeIVo9L
$40B+ on Twitter(worth 1/4 of that?) which he turned into a MAGA platform without which I'm not sure Trump wins.
Some of the big banks that went in have already written down their 'investment'. They might be pissed but his 'alignment' with the incoming administration should soften that blow.
#MoneyPower
Money > Power > More money > ... 🔄
The closer money and power get, the more democracy degenerates into an #oligarchy and, when they merge, into a #mafia-state. The media billionaires play a central role in this.
But this sort of stuff even has people like me wanting to put out an "EAT THE RICH" yard sign.
Ask why only the one disrupting oil is the target of Dems?
I get it, you know I do...we've followed ea other for years. But it's bigger than what most folks realize. It's East v West and Dems/USA ain't innocent.
And now he's the referee, because he bought the election for a corrupt authoritarian.
If you were Musk 2020 and saw this what would you do, given the future really is Chinese in many aspects?
Is it as simple as a human becoming a billionaire?
I think this dude has outsmarted a lot of people not to deserve more inspection of why his pivot. I truly think it's USA shitting on him and seeing how China is killing USA. He picked a side.
He's always had a thin skin and a need to feel loved - seemingly stemming back to his difficult childhood. And always been rather gullible. So he was pretty vulnerable to this sort of "conversion"
(china?)
Musk gave more than all Trump's small dollar donors combined, and did so in ways that were borderline illegal.
And it's obvious to anyone with eyes - including the market - that he's getting a quid pro quo for it, being made Trump's budget tsar.
I guess, screw America
Biden imposed 100% tariffs on Chinese-made Electric Vehicles
Which is why the U.S. EV market is dominated by Tesla and not China’s BYD.
Sure was nice of Biden to help Musk make all that $$$
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/china-tariffs-biden-trump/index.html
https://bsky.app/profile/monewsdaily.bsky.social/post/3laigqeyun22t
Wonder when will be MAGA cultists turm to get some benefits?
I see the day soon when Trump will explode for he seems to be a" my way or highway" kinda guy. Elon, POTUS 47 time share.
Greedy tax cheat SCOTUS did this. Republicans did this all for self enrichment. They don’t give a shit about this country.
If this gets Conservatives to buy electric cars, that would be an odd twist.
I don't think that any Dems are buying cyber trucks.
Telsa does make a lot of sedans, too.
Empire is running wild - and you put him there
This is USA clinging to old white oil hegemony and protecting their backs with Biden
While the rising East wants that gone.
Musk et all picked the latter many years ago. Biden fucked em. They bit back.
“The Capitalists!”
there are a million in 12 days
a billion? 32 years.
this idea of a limit is so far beyond what the average person knows they cannot comprehend.
it's not about money, it's about wealth: ownership and control
But also - lots of small, more affordable non-PRC EVs arriving over the next few months from Europe, Korea, and Japan: Renault 5, Citroen e-C3, new Fiat 500e, Hyundai INSTER, LEAF 3.0, etc.
Read 📙 #Overshoot by William R. Catton
The biophysical realities of #PlanetaryBoundaries 🌏
will put a stop to this maladaptive, self-terminating cult of: success = unlimited growth and “wealth” accumulation.
The 👻 ghost in the machine (cultural bias) is baked in.
The truth does not compute! 💻
#selltheteslas
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shaanpuri_the-full-story-of-how-elon-swung-the-election-activity-7260666660657770496-1flH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
All the oligarchs are now worth much more since the apparent win.
Wow, they get to avoid jail, too.
Does anyone think this is a fn coincidence?!
Putin is winning in the Fragmented States of Rushica.
OOOh, Whoops Apocolipse (sp?).
Obvs you were standing by, just watching.
If you're white, you're probably OK.
Les aristocrates à la lanterne!
Ah, ça ira, ça ira, ça ira!
Les aristocrates, on les pendra!🎶
https://youtu.be/L9VoRmjxvPs