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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by saulapremium on Thursday June 04, 2026 @01:10PM (#48401558)
Elon Musk donated a lot of money and among many other things, his companies avoided investigations. The fact that neither Trump or Putin have any loyalty doesn't negate the fact that money buys you tremendous power.
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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by crossbody on Thursday June 04, 2026 @03:09PM (#48403214)
It doesn't negate the influence gain, however the Putin and Trump examples show that this influence is often (very) limited and short lived, not "tremendous"
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Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by saulapremium on Friday June 05, 2026 @06:04AM (#48410333)
Elon Musk, by his own words, would be in prison if the Democrats had won. It seems to me that he got exactly what he wanted.
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