Turns out America elected Elon Musk, too
Turns out America elected Elon Musk, too
US voters re-elected Donald Trump. At the moment, it looks like they also elected Elon Musk. He's acting like a shadow president, Peter Kafka writes.
Summary
Elon Musk, having endorsed and campaigned for Donald Trump, is now acting as a “shadow president,” advising on policies and personnel, and joining Trump on calls with world leaders.
This unprecedented relationship between the world’s richest man and the leader of the free world raises concerns about the influence of wealth on government.
While both Trump and Musk have incentives to continue their partnership, their volatile personalities and differing expertise may lead to a breakup in the future.
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This unprecedented relationship between the world’s richest man and the leader of the free world raises concerns about the influence of wealth on government.
The only change is that Liberals are apparently becoming aware of the power dynamic that has always existed — that democracy cannot exist with massive wealthy inequality and money equal to speech. I'm also positive that if Trump/MAGA fails to implement fascism (this time around), Liberals will believe the current system works, and completely ignore the reality that their system was almost destroyed by a small number of wealthy sociopaths.
Yeah it's a bullshit take. There's always been a bunch of money up every presidents ass. It's just public. Very very public now.
You'd think they'd get the memo after several decades of "corporations get most of what they want, without objection" while "the people can't even get basic healthcare or a minimum wage comparable to poorer countries", yet here we are... Fascism is knocking down the door, financed by the wealthiest capitalism can muster, and they still have their heads firmly planted in the dirt, blaming the left for not voting, without evidence ... when the millions of people who didn't vote may very well be just as oblivious as Trump voters, don't know how the government works, don't know the danger they're in, and don't pay enough attention to care 99% of the time.
I'd be curious to know what the people downvoting this don't agree with?
For one thing, the Netherlands has nearly the lowest wealth inequality in the world, yet it is a democracy.
I think you misunderstood.
democracy cannot exist with massive wealthy inequality and money equal to speech
Is supposed to be the affirmative statement afaict.
The Netherlands having low wealth inequality and not equating money with speech (or giving corporations all the rights of people but none of the responsibilities and restrictions) makes it much MORE democratic than it would otherwise be.