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dwazou@lemm.eeBanned from community to News@lemmy.world ·
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Swing state voters promised $100 by Musk say they weren’t paid what they were promised

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Swing state voters promised $100 by Musk say they weren’t paid what they were promised

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dwazou@lemm.eeBanned from community to News@lemmy.world ·
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Elon Musk is being sued for allegedly not paying swing state voters the $100 he promised them to sign a petition
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The lawsuit’s plaintiffs said more than 100 potential class members are collectively owed $5 million by Musk and his America PAC.
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      “Still not tired of winning”

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    Who wants to tell them?

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      I volunteer as tribute!

      HEY CHUMPS! Y’ALL GOT PLAYED BY A CONMAN! MUSK AND TRUMP DON’T GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT ANY OF YOU! MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT FOR ANY FUTURE ELECTIONS, HUH?

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        RICH PEOPLE ARE NOT GENEROUS. IF THEY WERE GENEROUS THEY WOULDN’T BE RICH PEOPLE. THEY ARE THE OPPOSITE OF GENEROUS.

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      I know right? Whatever would have given them the idea that he has ever done anything he’s promised? All the failed promises with Tesla? The boring company?

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      @[email protected] The spam ban on the OP of this post seems heavyhanded (at least from the outside). Can you review or offer additional context?

      E: this seems to (maybe) be the reason for anyone else wondering https://lemmy.world/post/29949200/17158534

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        I can DM the mod who issued it.

        Additional context: https://lemmy.world/comment/17158534

        TL;DR is the account has a history of leaving spam-like posts in its wake. Instead of deleting posts, they edit the title and URL to gibberish and leave them up. The comment I linked above is me asking OP to not do that (at least in this community), so they have been warned. Looks like they left two more gibberish posts early this morning which is likely what triggered the other mod to issue the community ban.

        Per the comment I linked, I’m assuming that is why OP has been banned from so many other communities.

        See:

        • Community Bans: https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModBanFromCommunity&userId=13927378
        • Removed Posts: https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemovePost&userId=13927378

        Edit: Typo

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          That makes total sense. Tyvm for the transparency <3.

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    Paying people to vote a certain way should be one of the worst crimes in a democracy punishable by the harshest of punishments

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      It usually is. In a democracy anyway

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    Yeah no shit.

    Paying them would be illegal

    Conning them isn’t.

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    No. Fucking. Shit.

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    When one of the two biggest black holes for cash on the entire planet promise to make things better for you if you just do this thing they want to happen, you shouldn’t be surprised if at the end of the process you have less money and they have more money. Elon Musk is expert at making money move from you to him. So is Jeff Besos. It doesn’t have to be direct from you to them via a payment, just know that they are sucking up the money, and if you ever, ever, ever do something they want you to do, you can be 100% sure it’s because after they’re done, you have less money and they have more.

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    Sometimes, news is surprising.

    This is not one of those times.

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    That crowd loves grifters and con-men. That Trump crowd acts like peasants just to get close to the proximity of wealth.

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    Elon really hoping that he can skate by without legal consequences as long as he just pretends he didn’t actually bribe voters.

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    GTFOutta here! Seriously!? I am shocked.

    SHOCKED!

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    Elon Musk: “hahaha, suckers”

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    They sold their votes to a con man and are surprised they didn’t get paid?

    Really?

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    THIS COMMENT IS IN ALL CAPS

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    Living by the Christian values of “promise” 😂😂😂

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