• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The language used is super interesting. “Defying Elon Musk”

    Defying. A terrifying word, yet appropriate.

    Musk has no position in the Wisconsin state government. He’s not a constituent. You shouldn’t be able to “defy” him because he has no position of authority.

    Yet they used the word “defying” and it’s terrifyingly the correct word.

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      2 months ago

      If we would assume that musk’s wealth is $400,000 then spending $20m is just $20.

      To us this is massive amount for him it is $20.

      And he bought US president for just $300.

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        2 months ago

        Fine, he lost twenty bucks then, Im thrilled.

        I hope the anxiety causes him to smoke his entire ketamine stash in one sitting.

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          I think people like him are so addicted to power and wealth, that I wouldn’t be surprised he would off himself if net worth would drop to millions.

          Though with that much of wealth, I think no matter what he will do he will be a billionaire.

          If we ever restore democracy, we need to concentrate on destroying oligarchies, apparently this already happened twice.

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        Technically his total wealth has declined to about $342 Bn, and technically that is only if he sold off all of his assets namely his Tesla stocks, at which point it would instantly become less than $342 Bn due to the market’s fast acting supply/demand price setting.

        At any given time you should assume Musk has less than $30 Bn liquidity, which is still a fucking lot.

        Also, he bought Twitter so you can say he spent a lot more than $300 to elect Trump. $300 was just his campaign contributions.

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    2 months ago

    The Empire was fought to a standstill, and Lady Crawford Organa took her seat on the high judicial council.

    Or maybe it’s just the judicial council. I dunno. I’m high.

    But well done Wisconsin - the force was fucking with you today!

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    2 months ago

    Prediction: Trump will come out saying that Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech was a smokescreen to distract from the fact that George Soros was stealing votes in this election.

    I wish I wasn’t serious.