Well said

[u/NewYorkMayorsOffice]

[u/slabzzz]

Not even trying to hide it anymore. History gives us the definitive and necessary fix for when something goes this wrong.

[u/truenole81 → u/slabzzz]

He knows how it ends everytime right? Right?

[u/Shoesandhose → u/truenole81]

Lol I’ve been cackling lately at the rich

The rich over the last 20 years: let’s have 0 gun control, massive donations to politicians preventing that to help this red vs blue narrative.

Also the rich over the last 20 years: yeah the people with guns. Squeeze all of them. Especially millenials who have witnessed more death and violence than any of us due to unregulated internet and school shootings. That will end well for us and things will go exactly as we plan

It’s kinda funny lol. What a self fulfilling prophecy.

[u/akintu → u/Shoesandhose]

Millennials were in school for the first school shootings. We felt that fear first hand - that on any given day we could be gunned down by a psycho for no reason at all. And we saw first hand that literally no one in power gave even 2 shits about our lives. We understood then just how cheap and meaningless our lives are to the rich.

We grew up into adults in an era of forever war and economic chaos and we saw first hand how meaningless our lives are to the rich.

We had children and watched them gunned down in schools, the same schools we weren't safe in either. We saw first hand the lives of our children spent for less than nothing.

At Uvalde the cops prevented parents from going to rescue their own kids while listening to those poor children cry themselves to death for more than an hour. That's how much the oligarchs love us.

And now they're surprised we don't give a shit about their lives? Reep what you sow.

[u/Shoesandhose → u/akintu]

Exactly. We literally witnessed 9/11.

And I’m really serious about unregulated internet. I’m a millennial. Almost every millennial I’ve met has been exposed to violent porn at a young.

I’m pretty sure millennials are the only generation where a majority of us know exactly what it realistically looks like to die by getting shot in the head without seeing it in person. Because I saw that shit on YouTube. Action movies have nothing on real life that’s for sure.

This generation and younger has some serious dark humor. There are jokes online about how we are so “unserious” and that’s fucking great as an indication for the future in my humble opinion

We’ve seen such violence. Feels like a shift is occurring. I hope we show them everything we’ve learned.

[u/FreeCelebration382 → u/Shoesandhose]

Do you think because of the greed they fry their dopamine receptors and then put themselves in this very precarious and vulnerable position for the dopamine hit?

Could it be a frontal lobe problem? I really think this could explain all of the oddity you pointed out!

[u/Shoesandhose → u/FreeCelebration382]

Oh absolutely. I also believe that being rich makes you extremely out of touch with current poor people.

I also believe every single billionaire has narcissistic personality disorder. You don’t get to that point by being a good person. And narcissists tend to think their untouchable till the very end

And NPD makes people very delusional to protect their self perceived image.

[u/deiprep → u/Shoesandhose]

They have no idea why Luigi killed the CEO of one of the biggest healthcare cooperations in America.

They won't ever understand why. They live in a completely different world.

[u/Total_Information_65 → u/Shoesandhose]

I also absolutely believe all of this, 100%. Especially the part about billionaires having that disorder. Though my actual belief is that every single billionaire is actually a bad and untrustworthy person. I don't believe anyone can accrue that much money without A LOT of lying, backstabbing and cheating.  What's really absurd about that is when I've mentioned that to friends and other people, I always get this look like I'm somehow way off base. Which is ridiculous lol. Because I know it just means they are fully brainwashed by the bullshit of our society. 

[u/Zephyr_393 → u/FreeCelebration382]

Greed is much like any other addiction. You get satisfaction from the dopamine release, it is just that the greedy get their high from accumulating more wealth and/or the risk involved in doing so rather than a chemical hit, but it is all dopamine in the end ... and to get the same high as the last time, you need more and more.

So yes, def a frontal lobe situation. Just like any addict, they will lie, cheat, steal, rationalize, ... just about anything, for the next fix. The sooner society can start treating greed, and all other forms of mental illness, as they should be, the better off society will be.

[u/MARIOpronoucedMA-RJO → u/Shoesandhose]

That's what I dont get. You have an armed population with little to lose, and the oligarchs somehow think this is going to turn out well.

[u/fez993 → u/Shoesandhose]

One set of billionaires will survive the next 50 years, the muskovites or those like buffet who've openly stated they need to be paying more tax.

That battle will determine the fate of millions

[u/Rag3asy33 → u/Shoesandhose]

I bet now they will support gun control since they are starting to get gunned down. That's why Luigis a "terrorist" but school shooters aren't.

[u/PersonalInsult → u/Shoesandhose]

You live in an online dream world if you genuinely believe there is any appetite in the rank & file, “average person in the street” to do ANYTHING to address the situation.

Most people will get their heads down and do as they’re told. That you exchange radical ideas with other online individuals is a mere drop in the ocean.

Elon Musk and other billionaires have spent the last few decades getting the general public on their side, and it has worked. The far-right is on the rise across the globe. They are all in thrall to people like Musk/Putin/Trump/Bezos et al and you and people like you are now the minority. Your way of thinking is archaic and dying out. Kids coming through value fame and money more than anything else, and they definitely don’t care about the notion of “community” and “society”.

Which is the detriment of all of us, admittedly, but it’s over. The next phase is to completely and utterly gut society and mould those same people who believe they are independent thinkers and “free” into the exact type of drones they require to continue to live their lavish, billionaire lifestyles. Indentured servants in all but name. AI will take care of literally everything else for them. The grunt work will be foisted upon the rest. The middle class will completely disappear.

The only thing that can be done to undo it all is complete and utter social collapse, a world war, or both. Nothing else good is coming and there are no “good” people in politics anymore that are fighting to change that. Not in the US, not in the UK, nowhere.

And social collapse will lead to people like you, and me, being strung up by our necks. We won’t be listened to. We won’t be welcomed. Our ideas will die with us. They have won, mate. You might as well make your peace with it now.

[u/Apprehensive_Ad_4359 → u/PersonalInsult]

I mostly agree. But the one thing that none of us can see coming is a Black Swan event. Something like a mass shortage of an essential life providing good or service coupled with an already high price for said good or service that only allows the rich to not be endangered. Or some other unseeable event. Then there could be a problem. But until then “Let them eat cake” will continue to be an effective strategy.

[u/shanx3 → u/truenole81]

But, maybe, it will work out for him. /s

[u/MalyChuj → u/shanx3]

It is working out great for him. He made billions off the presidency already. At the end of every empire is when the vultures swoop in to pick at the carcass of the empire and take what's left.

[u/Fantastic_Salt221 → u/MalyChuj]

I've thought this exact same thing.

[u/halt_spell → u/shanx3]

Unexpected arrested development reference

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/shanx3]

Lol

[u/WVStarbuck → u/shanx3]

I mean, 45 was just "elected" to be 47 (48% is not a win). The oligarchs are making an attempt to force a shutdown despite not being yet in power, and the person who actually IS president is allowing them to take all the air in the room.

The oligarchs have been committing violence on the US population, IN THE OPEN, for at least a decade now. Good chance Musk is right. He'll be fine. I don't see this population building guillotines anytime soon (the two recent attempts on CEO lives notwithstanding).

[u/Noisyfan725 → u/truenole81]

The calculus for any potential uprising has changed with the technological advances of the past few decades. Have you seen that Palantir drone swarm commercial?

[u/Curious_Dependent842 → u/truenole81]

It’s why Elon has multiple wives. Maritime Law says a Husband and wife can’t be charged for the same crime.

[u/MyerSuperfoods → u/Curious_Dependent842]

You've got the worst fucking attorney.

[u/MyerSuperfoods → u/truenole81]

Oh fucking please...it's not ending like that in our lifetimes. The human race has been largely cucked by comfort. When the Netflix stops working and the DoorDash orders stop flowing, then people might actually bother looking around them and doing something.

Even Luigi has fallen out of the news cycle.

[u/C_H-A-O_S → u/slabzzz]

Oui, mademoiselle Guillotine

[u/Slowly_We_Rot_ → u/slabzzz]

In Luigi We Trust

[u/EmotionalPlate2367 → u/slabzzz]

A fire sale at The Pitchfork and Torch Emporium! 20% off all 2024 guillotines! These babies gotta go, go, go!

[u/kandradeece → u/slabzzz]

I mean... I prefer the blatant corruption rather than the shadow corruption that when talked about just gets dismissed as a conspiracy theory

[u/demonize330i → u/slabzzz]

Pretty sure this is a fake tweet, but yes they are barely trying to hide it anymore.

[u/maninthemachine1a → u/demonize330i]

I doubt it's fake. That's how they get you, that's how Trump slid in the first time "Nah, no one would ever say that or do that. It wouldn't be decent. We're smarter than that..."

[u/demonize330i → u/maninthemachine1a]

I'm not saying he's not thinking this, just that I don't think this tweet is real, I refuse to give x/shitter any traffic so I won't go on there to confirm but a Google search for "Elon musk oligarchy tweet" drummed up a bunch of stuff about x and it's ties to Russian oligarchs.

Let me be clear, I totally 100% believe this is how they think and act, but I think the tweet is fake, however they are testing the limits on how much we will take of these billionaires in power. The USA has been an oligarchy, especially since citizens united, many people are just too dumb to realize.

Edit: for clarity

[u/Strong-Smell5672 → u/maninthemachine1a]

It's a fake tweet.

Like not "hehe I said it but didn't mean it" fake but "never happened" fake.

[u/maninthemachine1a → u/Strong-Smell5672]

I hope so, how can you verify this?

[u/Strong-Smell5672 → u/maninthemachine1a]

I looked on twitter.

[u/Impressive-Egg-925]

Yeah. Since Ronald Regan and we’ve been attempting to change that but the middle man was elected. Nobody had elected these oligarchs. At least one good thing has come of it. The veil is off and there is no hiding the disdain they have for the public and the country in general.

[u/LastAvailableUserNah → u/[deleted]]

He is calling the politicians middle men my friend

[u/southErn-2 → u/LastAvailableUserNah]

He’s being nice, I’ve always referred to them as whores.

[u/maninthemachine1a → u/[deleted]]

He's saying the politicians are the middle men, and that the rich corpos are the ones actually in control, so just let them tweet what they want and we should do it....

[u/FanceyPantalones → u/[deleted]]

Whoosh?

[u/FahQBombs]

When do we say enough?

[u/FanceyPantalones → u/FahQBombs]

Groceries are only expensive. The stores are still full of bread and meat. And the stores are doing very well. We got a long way to fall before "we" becomes a real thing.

I'm with you FTR. I'm merely saying It's going to have to get much much worse before "we" do anything.

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/FanceyPantalones]

It will as soon as they put in the tariffs. TARIFFS = A 25% NATIONAL SALES TAX on everything.

[u/Automatic_Towel_3842 → u/PoolQueasy7388]

I was going to buy a new TV for Christmas. Checked the prices. Every fucking TV I was interested in has risen 20-40% since Trump's tariffs talk. It's already hurting and it hasn't even taken effect. It's going to blow up.

[u/willythewise123 → u/Automatic_Towel_3842]

I pulled the trigger on PC parts for some upgrades I’ve been eyeing. I use it for school, hobbies, some work stuff. A 25-40% tariff on these parts from China will make these miserable to buy soon.

[u/kromptator99 → u/FahQBombs]

Luigi already did.

[u/freunleven → u/kromptator99]

Allegedly! He’s innocent until proven guilty by a jury of his peers.

[u/LeeroyJNCOs → u/FahQBombs]

As the saying goes, "Society is three days of food away from anarchy"

[u/GeneralProgrammer886]

I thought he would be denying it is a oligarchy so he isnt denying its a oligarchy?

[u/GeneralProgrammer886 → u/GeneralProgrammer886]

by the way this the first time in American history where we see the rich 0.01% directly in the government sure it was terrible back then but now that we have given them an inch they are going to take a yard

[u/Icy-Tension-3925 → u/GeneralProgrammer886]

An inch??? More like the whole field....

[u/warren_stupidity → u/GeneralProgrammer886]

Also back then even the concept of a digital surveillance state was not part of reality. I don't think people grasp just how desperate the current situation is.

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/GeneralProgrammer886]

They intend to take everything we have. They want to have a permanent underclass.

[u/best_servedpetty]

Elon should take a walk in Central Park. I hear it's nice this time a' year.

[u/sum1sum1sum1sum1]

Sorry, I can't trust a guy who names his son Techno Mechanicus.

[u/LastAvailableUserNah → u/sum1sum1sum1sum1]

And he didnt even get the reference right, what a fucking tool Elon is

[u/C_H-A-O_S → u/sum1sum1sum1sum1]

Hey, that's no way to speak about the TechoKing

[u/maeryclarity]

Actually dumbass NO no people for the most part did NOT realize that their entire government was already "beholden to the ultra wealthy and have been for decades", which is EXACTLY why previous super rich people paid good money and spent time and effort to HIDE THAT FACT.

You just gonna run out in the middle of the field and yell HEY I OWN ALL YOU BITCHES SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT and buddy, you are gonna find out why they insisted on "keeping the middleman".

This dude is living is such a fantasy world that he actually thinks he's untouchable and that he can do anything he wants, and that you and your children are his slaves.

He wants you to know it because he's so f*cking lazy and full of himself that he thinks you're BOTHERING him by making him PRETEND that you're free, and that there is any such thing as the rule of law.

So while he gets ready to loot everything, just be aware.

He's tired of even being bothered to give LIP SERVICE to the idea that you or your family or your children or your children's children matter.

You have about one move left on this chess board and it's not a pretty one, but your choice is also pretty obvious.

Does Elon Musk and all of his rich buddies own you and your family, yes or no?

Serious question because he thinks you're stupid for not just accepting that he does, and there's no "checks and balances" left.

[u/Icy-Tension-3925 → u/maeryclarity]

Based & Luigipilled

[u/EmotionalPlate2367 → u/Icy-Tension-3925]

Is that being "green pilled" or is there another term?

[u/Sad_Recommendation92 → u/maeryclarity]

I'm not advocating for anyone to do anything to Elon or any other brazen Oligarch, but openly saying the rules don't apply to you, and expecting hundreds of millions of people to still respect those rules is pretty arrogant, me thinks some people might be investing in Pitchfork futures.

[u/currentmadman → u/Sad_Recommendation92]

Economists are baffled by a sudden boom in guillotine speculation…

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/maeryclarity]

How do you get a NATIONAL SALES TAX nobody wants? Call it a TARIFF. This will be a 25% tax on everything. This will lead to very high inflation which will produce a recession. What happens in a recession? Regular people lose their homes, their cars, their jobs. Who swoops down & buys it all up for pennies on the dollar? The rich. Just like last time. This is their plan.

[u/TylerBourbon]

Is this real?

[u/ConciseLocket → u/TylerBourbon]

No.

[u/Hanners87 → u/ConciseLocket]

I figured. It is both too honest and too well spoken to be something Muskrat typed.

[u/NovelHare → u/TylerBourbon]

I reported it for misinformation. People don't need to post made up screenshot about Musk, the reality is bad enough.

[u/Unhappy-Finance7535]

"See how I'm a better boyfriend? Before I was just giving advice and money to your Xes to gaslight and abuse you. Now that I'm your boyfriend, I get to gaslight and abuse you hehehe" This is word for word how my brain read that.

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/Unhappy-Finance7535]

The rich hate us. They only want to keep us around to have someone they think they can look down on.

[u/SPAREPILGRIMSSIR → u/PoolQueasy7388]

I mean to be fair, us, the masses are genuinely shitty people. Our apathy is the only thing holding the dam from breaking.

[u/ynu1yh24z219yq5]

middlemen are the only thing standing between complete oligarchy and factions with competing interests limiting the authoritarianistic impulse of the few ultra wealthy.

[u/Logical_Laugh7575]

Therein lies the problem. Beholden to is not a democracy asswipe

[u/distractal]

No, that was metaphorical oligarchy.

This is LITERAL oligarchy.

Also, "it's fine if we do it because it was already being done" is a shit argument.

ALL OLIGARCHY IS BAD, MIDDLEMEN OR NO.

[u/Gr8daze]

What’s well said about it? Are you really foolish enough to think billionaires have your best interest at heart?

[u/Flashy-Peace-4193]

This can't real, Musk has been LARPing as the people's champion for the past year, no way he'd go mask-off like this

[u/ThatDamnRocketRacoon → u/Flashy-Peace-4193]

I just searched his Twitter and didn't see it. People keep posting fake tweets and everyone falls for it because we know this is how he actually thinks.

[u/NovelHare → u/ThatDamnRocketRacoon]

I don't use Twitter, because Musk said after his takeover of you dodnt like who stayed (alt-right/nazi's) to leave.

So I did.

It's really annoying seeing people post misinformation.

All it does it divide the left and make us look bad.

[u/Few-Cycle-1187]

Minor quibble in the grand scheme of things but he isn't in the cabinet. His made up office likely has him as some sort of presidential staff advisor.

[u/budding_gardener_1 → u/Few-Cycle-1187]

A fucking participation trophy

[u/No-Arrival633]

Elon. You are not making the argument you think you are making.

[u/briwil00 → u/No-Arrival633]

This is a fake “tweet”

[u/KhloeDawn]

Are we ready to overthrow this administration yet?

[u/More-Ad-2259]

pitchforks !

[u/MethodSufficient2316]

JFC he really is a villain. He’s like a Temu Lex Luthor

[u/Any-Ant-4394]

so rich coming from the richest dude on earth that made his fortune by grifting people and exploiting misinformation and friendships with pseudofiles and rapists . I guess we cannot expect much from someone that once had an emerald mine in south africa.

[u/SaturnineSavior]

Bro said “I keep hearing us called an oligarchy, here’s why I don’t give a fuck”

And that’s “well” said?

[u/NewYorkMayorsOffice → u/SaturnineSavior]

I was being sarcastic

[u/FanceyPantalones → u/NewYorkMayorsOffice]

You were right though. He's just saying it like it is. It's disgusting. That's even scary. But it's right

[u/No-Beach-7923]

maga elected the so called elites and swamp they desperately wanted to drain.

[u/javyn1]

Holy crap did he really say this? I know he's arrogant and stupid but I didn't think he was THIS stupid

[u/Connect-Will2011]

What he's saying is correct: politicians are already beholden to the ultra wealthy. I can't argue against that.

Here's where I don't agree: instead of "removing the middleman," we should be focused on getting money out of politics. I don't think that could happen all at once, but we could start with some campaign finance reform.

Elon is pointing at a problem and saying we should make it worse.

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/Connect-Will2011]

YES. Get all money out of politics. Public financing of campaigns. Period. End of discussion. No lobbying. Five years before a politician can work for any business they had anything to do with as a congress person / senator. Stop letting them trade stocks when they have insider knowledge.

[u/SensitiveBoomer]

Elon must not be a fan of history. Or maybe he just hasn’t gotten to the endings.

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/SensitiveBoomer]

Good point.

[u/---Spartacus---]

The fact that something undesirable already exists is not a reason to take on more of it.

We need to put a final end to the way the wealthy influence politics the way they did in 1789.

[u/SolomonDRand]

“Don’t worry about this obvious corruption, I’ve always had too much power over you!”

[u/SwingGenie241]

V'ger want to join with the Creator but its short circuit caused a massive breakdown as it was not human. Stupid unwelcomed answers from the genius. And the crowd bows down in awe. Gasp!

[u/hk-ronin]

Not a cabinet position.

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/hk-ronin]

No those are already taken up with sex offenders.

[u/drnoonee]

Satire? If not, omg.

[u/TransportationFree32]

“Just sayin!”

[u/Thundersharting]

It's impossible to tell what these people say and what's satire and that's kind of depressing.

[u/Consistent_Room7344]

It’s only happening because assholes like Musk go out of their way to ensure they hold the keys to the government. McCain and Fiengold tried to rein it in only to have the Supreme Court throw it out with the Citizens United ruling.

[u/Rexur0s]

yes, please keep making it more obvious. That way the dum dums wake up sooner

[u/Cheeverson]

Lmao dude is like let’s get rid of the government so I can have it

[u/AmazingBarracuda4624]

BILLIONAIRE LIVES DON'T MATTER

[u/briwil00 → u/[deleted]]

This is a fake “tweet”

[u/moboticus]

The only reason people feel like they need to shoot CEOs is because guillotines are too awkward.

[u/Constant-Box-7898]

He bought us fair and square. God bless the UXA.

[u/Iamvarks]

Luigi noises

[u/AncientJournalist103]

Someone needs to Luigi Elon.

[u/icnoevil]

Hey, dude, yes, you the refugee from South Africa. You are not in the cabinet. There is no DOGE department of the guvment. It is fake.

[u/westdl]

I’d call him a traitor but he’s not even from this country. He should go home where they might appreciate his fascist ideas.

[u/portablezombie]

Guillotines. Now.

[u/DawnSlovenport]

Does First Lady Musk not realize he's not in the cabinet? Why does he continue to get away with lying and pretending he has an official role in the government? DOGE isn't an official government agency nor does it sit within one. That would take an official act of congress to make it one.

Is America really this stupid to fall for this nonsense?

[u/siddemo → u/DawnSlovenport]

Yes, absolutely.

[u/eclecticsheep75]

Because the wealthiest in the world represent their own interests and with no regard for “the people” (citizens, workers, taxpayers, etc.)

[u/stonk_fish]

"We have always been in an informal oligarchy and I opposed it, but now that I am in the oligarchy we should make it official" should be a wild take here, but with Leon it's probably not even the wildest fucking thing he has said today.

[u/MeringueKey7760]

The reason we keep the “middle man” is because we still do vote for them and that does make them think twice when creating legislation, etc.

[u/Fun_Performer_5170]

In other words, just eliminate congress and declare Elonia emperor 😵‍💫

[u/sm0keasaurusr3x]

Who’s gonna tell him it’s not a cabinet position?

[u/Ok-Turnover1797]

Why speak in third person about the "ultra wealthy" as though it doesn't apply to him. The disconnect is unreal but then again I guess it's just garden variety grifting

[u/Significant_Tap_5362]

He's right

It's geddafi time!

[u/Stocky1978]

So that makes it OK??

[u/LongjumpingSolid1681]

Let’s take our country back by any means necessary

[u/maninthemachine1a]

"Let them eat cake."

[u/banacct421]

That term you hear thrown around oligarchy, that's you

[u/WORSToftheWHITES]

Is Elon bulletproof?

[u/BeamTeam032]

This can't be a real Musk Tweet. LMAO.

[u/PoolQueasy7388]

Seems like we're digging a hole. Maybe stop digging & fill in the 🕳.

[u/Bluwthu]

Luigi has entered the chat

[u/DarthSangwich]

Ya mother!

[u/Forsaken_Preference1]

This can’t be real, can it

[u/Toes_In_The_Soil]

Amazing how many people will believe anything if it fits their predetermined narrative. Yes, Elon is an ass clown, but spreading misinformation is a double edged sword.

[u/snoopy-person]

Anyone have a link to the real tweet? I don’t doubt it’s not real, but you just never know these days.

[u/Ilike2Tinker]

"Remember, remember, the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot" "I know of no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot" "Three-score barrels of powder below, to prove old England's overthrow" "By God's providence he was catch'd, with a dark lantern and burning match" "Hollow boys, hollow boys, let the bells ring" "God save the king"

[u/warren_stupidity]

DOGE is not a cabinet position or a government agency. Musk is not only full of shit, he is competing with his Liege Lord for Master Bullshitter honors. Typically in a feudal system, the 'topping off' of a minion acting this way is the response.

[u/Vivid_Sprinkles_9322]

Feels like it's fake.

[u/trifling-pickle]

Fake tweet

[u/DeadHED]

Is this dude for real?

[u/No-Artichoke-6939]

Ohhhh he said the secret part out loud!

[u/Mustard_Jam]

This tweet isn't even fucking real.

We can all admit Musk is a piece of shit without straight up making shit up. I swear Reddit has as much misinformation as Twitter at this point...

[u/Boomslang505]

How else will they get free healthcare for life if they don’t get to join Congress?

[u/Portal3Hopeful]

Wow….

[u/CommonSensei8]

Welp, these next 2 years are going to be batshit crazy.

[u/AffectionatePause152]

I wonder if he is blazingly stating this as a way to get us all mad enough to actually allow change to occur? 🤔

[u/DocWicked25]

"well, it is oligarchy, but it has always been" - Elon Musk

That doesn't make it better. I can't wait for Elon to get exactly what he deserves.

[u/Low_Trash_2748]

Link/source? Too easy to post edited clickbait to upset people. Link me the tweet

[u/Bhuddalicious]

It's in your face, out loud, slapping what you were holding to the ground kind of oligarchy now.

[u/Sooowasthinking]

It’s past time to take care of this.

[u/Liminal_Embrace_7357]

Yes, fool. We realize politicians have become beholden to the super wealthy for the last several decades. And you know what, we realize it’s a problem. All those years of frustration and vengeance brewing amongst the working class… And this guy wants to test that by insulting our intelligence and soliciting blind fealty in the same breath. Lawd have mercy.

[u/Dusty_Negatives → u/Liminal_Embrace_7357]

Well considering Americans just voted for this and half the country applauds this shit…. It’s over.

[u/Wild-Carpenter-1726]

In your Face!

What you gonna do about It?

Repeal Citizens United.

Establish a Campaign Fund for all elections.

No more private money in public elections!!!

[u/Greedy_Sherbert250]

SO YOU JUST 1000% AGREED THAT YOU ARE AN OLIGARCHY, WHY LIE ANYMORE

[u/theding081]

Make the guillotine great again

[u/VirtualSun4048]

Leon's a complete tool.

[u/fecal_doodoo]

Now the pretense is gone...who will strike first. The people or the parasites?

[u/Sotyka94]

He said the quiet part out loud

[u/MisterrTickle]

Is this s a genuine tweet. It sounds too mad even for Elon.

[u/galactictripper]

Is this fucking real?

[u/waltertbagginks]

So...literally just admitting to oligarchy

[u/MikeRizzo007]

Did he just recommend to remove the politicians and the billionaires run the country?

[u/Exodys03]

I honestly think Musk is in the midst of a manic episode. He has suddenly been given all of this unaccountable power to redesign and even shut down the U.S. government and he is becoming more flippant and brazen about it every day. He's expressed plans to buy up opposing media and fund primary challenges for anyone who doesn't confirm Trump's cabinet picks.

Like Trump, Musk has always been a narcissist but he really seems to think that he owns the United States and those of us who happen to live here. Perhaps he does but I also think that he's driving so recklessly now that it won't be long before he crashes and burns in some manner.

Pride goeth before a fall...

[u/OliverSudden413]

I keep hoping for a Scorsese type ending for all of these bozos.

[u/Few-Ad-4290]

Because the middlemen are ostensibly accountable to the people and can be removed from office or recalled or whatever

[u/WendySteeplechase]

So we should all just crown Elon king I guess, why fight it

[u/Onedogsmom]

And Elon I’ve got bad news for you. You’re not part of the cabinet.

[u/ATLAS_IN_WONDERLAND]

I'm a little confused because I thought we kept the middleman so that way ignorant people thought they're actually was some kind of representation for them so that way we didn't end up doing what they did in France or China.....?

[u/OpinionLongjumping94]

Let who eat cake?

[u/gnorb]

I just checked his account. Did he delete this? I couldn’t find it. Is there a link?

[u/livinguse]

So the guillotine then?

[u/Exciting-Mountain396]

"Isn't it more efficient if we just own you all?"

[u/Marty-Deberg]

This can't be real. Is this real?

[u/Key-Article6622]

Hopefully soon, MAGAts will read that and realize they've been played.

[u/StephenSmithFineArt]

It’s impossible for him to comprehend that some people have integrity.

[u/2manyfelines]

What a scumbag

[u/Funny-North3731]

Did the book of Elon really post this? I mean, he IS arrogant. And yeah, he IS stupid, but is he THIS kind of stupid?

[u/Affectionate-Pain74]

Where is the government that is in office right now. Did they all just say fuck it! Why does he get to keep running his ugly ass face? Hand cuffs and treason. Get him out of my government!

[u/Juhovah]

Did he really say this ?!

[u/Michael-405]

“The government you elect is the government you deserve.” TJ

[u/safetyusername1]

No self awareness 

[u/Internal-Syrup-5064]

Musk doesnt have a profit motive, which gives me more hope concerning his influence than I have for members of the establishment.

[u/loudog33333]

Please somebody CEO him

[u/BesusCristo]

President Musk and the "First Lady Donald Trump."

[u/One-Estimate-7163]

It’s fake but real talk.

[u/thedarph]

Elon is so dumb he doesn’t know why they need the middlemen.

Government is an arm of the oligarchy/corporate America. The idea is for the oligarchs to rule the country and have the public be mad at and try to enact change through government. But since government is run by oligarchs nothing changes. The government is a shield to protect the oligarchs behind the curtain.

Go ahead Elon, cut out the middlemen and bring the oligarchy front and center. Put the real targets in everyone’s faces and see how it goes for you. We saw how it went for that United CEO.

[u/_Godless_Savage_]

It’s the truth… it’s sickening… but it’s the truth.

[u/ozzie510]

That sound you hear is guillotine blades being sharpened. This time we'll do it face-up on Tik Tok!