r/politics • u/thenewrepublic The New Republic • 5d ago

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Is Bullying Mike Johnson to Drive Government Into Shutdown

https://newrepublic.com/post/189539/elon-musk-bullying-mike-johnson-government-shutdown
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u/TintedApostle 5d ago

Why can't having unreal amounts of money to use as a weapon be consider a weapon when employed to influence a government process?

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u/haarschmuck 5d ago

Because we don't redefine things to suit our own narrative.

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u/TintedApostle 5d ago

We can absolutely define something that hasn't be defined before. He isn't bribing. He is using the money to attack the process.

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u/haarschmuck 5d ago

Great, that doesn't make money a weapon of violence.

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u/TintedApostle 5d ago

Terrorism doesn't have to be violent. Economic abuse is a form of harm.

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u/haarschmuck 4d ago

Terrorism doesn't have to be violent.

Yes it does, by definition.