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Elon Musk Has a New Plan to Win Back MAGA (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 34 points 2 months ago (4 children)

He could have used this opportunity to do the villain redemption arc, but no. He really likes being the villain I guess.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 40 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Its hard to find redemption while being a fucking nazi.

I mean, American History X is a great movie and all but I doubt that often that happens in reality.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

"Abundance" libs like Matt Yglesias were publicly salivating at the opportunity to start glazing Elon again.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Great movie, super important message, also super hard to watch because it is so... Needed to understand? I don't know how to word that.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I firmly believe that he wants to be Trump's successor. When Trump dies or if he actually doesn't try to run in 2028, Musk will be there to pick up the MAGA flag.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

He's not eligible for president without a constitutional amendment.

[–] InnovativeInquirer@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

They only care about the constitution when it serves their own interest. So I wouldn’t be surprised if they continue to disregard the constitution, since no one seems to actually hold them accountable.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

I don't mean Trump's successor as president necessarily, just that he wants to have the MAGA crowd cheering for him and listening to him the same way they cheer for and listen to Trump. He wants the spotlight that Trump has; he's as big of a narcissist as Trump is, and I think he's jealous that Trump is out-narcissisting him. Though, as InnovativeInquirer notes, I don't think it's beyond these people at all to ignore the constitution when it's in their interests to do so, so who knows.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The USA doesn't really do the constitution any more.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

He desperately wants to be, yeah. The problem is he's vile and off-putting even to Trump's fans. Never has anyone so wealthy and powerful reeked of loserdom so badly.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Ok so just to be clear, he is:

the rich scion
of an emerald mining family
that made its fortunes in apartheid South Africa
and grew up in apartheid South Africa

He was never a good dude

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

the crowd the villain plays to is much easier to play to and extract money from