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Re:Elon Musk Tells Independent-Minded Voters “Vote for Repub... by Comevius on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:53PM (#33509405)
Of course he will tell you that, he is a billionaire who is afraid of any kind of oversight, and the Republicans are not just willing to look away, but they are actively muddying the waters, which is how authoritarians and their oligarchs thrive in countries like Russia.

These people are out to destroy your rights, your health, your entire future. All they care about is rigging the game for themselves.

Re:Elon Musk Tells Independent-Minded Voters “Vote for Repub... by lapcat on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:54PM (#33509413)
This is precisely what I feared when I decided to leave Twitter after the Musk acquisition. The new owner and CEO of Twitter is immediately using Twitter to publicly endorse a political party literally the day before an election.

Ask yourself why Larry Ellison, who has tweeted exactly once ever 10 years ago https://twitter.com/larryellison but is a well-known Republican activist and funder, was thrilled to give Musk practically a blank check, name your price, $1 billion, $2 billion, whatever, to help Musk buy Twitter. https://danluu.com/elon-twitter-texts/

A lot of Musk's acquisition funders and associates are well-known Republican activists.

"For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519415674111672325

Can anyone tell me with a straight face that the Twitter CEO saying "I recommend voting for a Republican Congress" on Twitter is keeping Twitter politically neutral?

There is practically no separation now between Musk's Twitter account and Twitter itself. There's no public/private distinction, because Twitter is now a private company. And Musk is announcing Twitter policy with his personal account. He's the top, official representative of the company.

Re:Elon Musk Tells Independent-Minded Voters “Vote for Repub... by Comevius on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:01PM (#33509510)
Don't forget Saudi Arabia, and the close ties the Republican's have with Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. He was the second largest investor.

Elon Musk not only doesn't care about democracy, it's in his way. He sees all the oligarchs getting away scot free with everything in the world and he wants the same treatment, the same power. He probably justifies it by telling himself that he is leading the human race to the next stage, but he is completely misguided.

Re:Elon Musk Tells Independent-Minded Voters “Vote for Repub... by ViceCitySage on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:22PM (#33509841)
Or reject the partisan binary and vote third party. But in all honesty, I don't care how Elon or others vote. Just shouldn't project it onto users and try to sway people during election season as the owner of the platform.
Re:Elon Musk Tells Independent-Minded Voters “Vote for Repub... by sidibe on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:23PM (#33509868)
Tesla is going to be like MyPillow soon, you buy it to show support for your politics.
Re:Elon Musk Tells Independent-Minded Voters “Vote for Repub... by encryptluks2 on Monday November 07, 2022 @08:48PM (#33515037)
Buy it now and get a special patriotic symbol to show that you are against adrenochrome harvesting by the baby eating left.