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This seems to be more about political power and government overreach than money. The narrative seems to be focused solely on concentration of the later, lately.


You see this happening a lot where criticisms of capitalism gets laundered in with criticisms of political power as a means to deflect.


Money is political power. A billionaire can afford to lobby and “donate” as much as they want.


I expect economical and political power to get along well. You normally acquire both organically; except in some cases, suddently acquiring much of one will buy some of the other.

TLDR: Billionaires hold political power.


Billionaires inherently get political power. When they’re more socially adept than Musk, they can even have the power without having the plebs notice.


Yup, going full autist in public is a good way to get the public angry at you and try to find a way to make your life more difficult.


You mean, going full asshole. Not all autists are assholes.


The issue isn’t that he was being an asshole - plenty of politicians can be assholes and be cheered for it.

He was being straightforward, direct, matter of fact, technical, and an asshole.

You gotta lube up the plebes, or they get butthurt, and that is what is causing the issue.




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