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Elon Musk being allowed to have his private sector henchmen illegally infiltrate all elements of the Execute Branch and do blatantly illegal things is just the extension of the PayPal Mafia ethos that got us here: "laws are for losers" and "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine." Letting them operate like this with impunity for 25 years taught them they can get away with it. They *have* gotten away with it to date. Are we going to let them get away with it now that it's about taking control of the entire federal government for all intents and purposes and bending it to help them line their pockets and grab even more power? #ElonMusk #BillionairesShouldNotExist #rant
#ElonMusk #rant #BillionairesShouldNotExist

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I'm baffled!

I'm not sure whether I should be worried about how your country is basically torn apart for the sake of the private entities or if others will see this as a model to follow in other countries in this world, including mine. Just because look, America is doing it!!!

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Hank G ☑️
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Be worried about both, frankly. Musk and his broligarchs are already running that play in the UK and Germany. You have more laws to make it harder but they are going to try anyway. I'm sure there are local oligarchs trying for that as well.
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@Hank G ☑️ a few years ago, George Simion, the leader of AUR wanted to go in Spain to the conference of the European sovereignists, but was kicked out. Now the sovereignist group in the EU parliament elected him as vice president and was also invited by Trump at his inauguration.

So, you're right...

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I also think (in the UK at least) there is more protection because of the parliamentary system - there is not the same amount of power as is rolled up into the executive branch.
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@Cătă How do you feel about Russia at the end of the 20th century? IMO that's the nearest modern historical trajectory the United States is on. Oligarchs and fascists über alles.
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Hank G ☑️
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@Richard Considering it looks like there is a good chance this is going to be about privatizing major swaths of the US government including agencies like FDIC, there is a lot to that.
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@Richard that's exactly what has been going on. Only thing left is for a former intelligence officer to amas power and influence and you've really got a mirror look of Russia in the current year.
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