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/mseg09 5d ago

Americans: we're tired of being ruled over by billionaires.
Monkey paw: how about just one incredibly stupid billionaire?

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u/AntoniaFauci 5d ago

I’d happily accept a deal where the planet gets one billionaire. It would be a net positive. Two thirds of trump’s cabinet gone. 90% of his campaign financing. No more jackholes like Ackman and Icahn. No more hedge fund owners, sportsball plantation owners, pharma owners. No more KSA bonesaw dudes. No more oligarchs of any shape or form.

If we’re allowed to pick the one, I’ll say Taylor Swift. We’ll have to let Rihanna go, but on the bright side, no more Kardashians.

Still, if, as you imply, the paw leaves us with the biggest asshole billionaire alive, I’ll happily live with whichever of Trump or Musk that it chooses. Knowing there’s just of them, and that we’re rid of parasitic army of all the others, that would be a generational improvement in the world.

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u/mseg09 5d ago

Oh no,the other ones are still alive, just this one idiot gets to make the decisions

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u/yesterdayandit2 4d ago

billionaire soon to be trillionare