• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    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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      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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        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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    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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    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.

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    I genuinely believe this was his way of getting involved in a “lower stakes” election, performing the same bribery as he did in the federal election, normalizing it, and using the Democrats victory as “proof” that he couldn’t have cheated the federal election.