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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-tesla-attacks-trump-government-1235305402/

“The real problem is not like the crazy guy that firebombs a Tesla dealership, it’s the people pushing the propaganda that cause that guy to do it,” he continued.

“The president has made it clear, we are going to go after them. The ones providing the money. The ones pushing the lies and propaganda, we’re going after them,” Musk claimed. “I think there’s some real evil out there. We have to overcome it.”

This statement means that U.S. Citizens no longer have Constitutional rights.

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think this is beyond corruption, I think this is full on authoritarianism. Which is worse. Way worse.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Corruption would be makeing all federal entities to purchase tesla. Authoritarian would be forcing everyone to purchase a tesla or be thrown in the gulag.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Those are also true