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Musk announces arrival of new "America Party" after Trump split (www.politico.com)

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Musk is an idiot of course, but he does (presumably) have the money to set this up, and parties can be taken over, can they not . . . ? ☭😉

Seriously tho, I think the Coke and Pepsi parties have a lock on the system, so I'm not sure any amount of $$ could break through it, but we can dream, can't we?

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[–] MoonElf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

i think Musk saw behind the curtain and realized just how cheaply politicians are being bought up for. I think he did some napkin math and realized he could outbid the current masters of enough of them to gain more power than trying to appease trump.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How did that go for Michael Bloomberg?

[–] MoonElf@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fair question but I don't think it's the same thing, Bloomberg was trying to buy the public and instill himself in office in a competitive race.

I think the strategy of just finding popular candidates and then becoming their biggest financial supporters should be more cost effective. If it's a new party there might be great deals for the thrifty oligarch.

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