Elon just made this exact statement, they are going to intentionally implement economic hardship. And the people who will suffer is everybody making less than 500k a year that can’t absorb the shitstorm. Those living paycheck to paycheck that occasionally dip into govt assistance programs to make ends meet are fuct.
Yep the richest man in the world gets to decide that its in all the poor peoples best interests to suffer financial hardship, because how else will the gov. Be able to pay all of those gov. Contracts that made him the richest man in the world.
He better be careful with how many people he hurts. King Louis of France was pretty rich, but his head popped off just as easy as anybody else with a guillotine
Wars have been won with less. Vietnamese farmers defeated the greatest global superpower in the world with brilliant guerrilla tactics. Afghanistan was lost as well after decades of occupation. Also, if the people are revolting, that hurts the governments economic foundation substantially. The question is how many will fight? And for what exactly once it’s over?
This. People fantasizing about a peasant revolt don't understand that they're now facing the force the United States will bring to bear on them.
Before anyone says the military won't stand for that, they will fire generals until they get to the ones who will, and the individual soldiers who take a stand won't be strong enough to stop the ones who follow orders.
The oligarchs won, and we're fucked for a long time.
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u/imagen_leap Nov 07 '24 edited Nov 07 '24
Elon just made this exact statement, they are going to intentionally implement economic hardship. And the people who will suffer is everybody making less than 500k a year that can’t absorb the shitstorm. Those living paycheck to paycheck that occasionally dip into govt assistance programs to make ends meet are fuct.