The idea that Elon Musk could possibly judge his own biases or conflicts of interest is an obscene joke that flies in the face of a decade of evidence about him and how he operates.
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Bloomberg News
The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
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It was the first time I noticed Musk reply bros swarming with talking points on Twitter. Not too long before gamergate…
And he'll stop anyone investigating him now.
"The Lever reported Tuesday that USAID’s IG was investigating its own public-private partnership between Musk’s Starlink & the Ukrainian gov. at the time that the billionaire’s DOGE crippled the agency."
This is like hiring a bank robber to guard the bank against himself!
Are they stupid?!
Musk’s glaring conflicts of interest deserve more attention
https://thehill.com/opinion/5122059-elons-musk-space-starlink-concerns/
His overlapping roles as both a gov't "official" & CEO of a major defense contractor create inherent conflicts of interest—especially given how deeply his business interests r intertwined with China’s.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-aides-search-medicare-agency-payment-systems-fraud-wsj-reports-2025-02-05/
Everything good for Musk is by definition good for humanity.
If everyone gets cancer from his products, but he gets a dollar, that is for the benefit of all. Burn alive in a Tesla? He gets a dollar...?
(Some of you might get the reference…)