Elon Musk to head Trump's Gestapo.

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

A government has responsibilities
Responsibilities including maintaining political, social and economic stability
it defiantly does not have the mandate to re-distribute wealth

governments role consists of fulfilling functions e.g. legislating and enforcing laws, defense, boarder security, education, health care public roads and infrastructure tax collection etc so that it fulfils its responsibilities


a government collects taxes for the purpose of funding its operational requirements
not to enrich self serving public sector unions to do a piss poor job of fulfilling functions (post office)
not to enrich corrupt polticans and their friends
not to guarantee economic security to those who are able but “unwilling to work.” do you recall this absurdity

and just like any other organization it has the responsibility to judiciously manage the funds entrusted to it by the citizens of the country

very similar to how a companies management has the responsibility to judiciously manage the funds entrusted to it by the shareholders

governments have all but abandoned their responsibility to judiciously manage the money entrust to it by the citizens very poorly
to the point bankruptcy, insolvency is a definite possibility (Greece, Argentina etc. etc. )

now if you are still confused ask what happens to the govt functions you demand if the govt becomes insolvent ?
ask Greece, Argentina etc. etc.
the loonies should really be the ones demanding govt efficiency as they are the ones who stand to lose the most when it falls apart

What makes you think I read any of your posts?

 

[dirtydaveiii]

Musk has earned the job from his endorsement of the right man.
He is smarter than all of the celebrities who endorsed Harris and
donors giving away $1 billion to the Harris Victory Fund combined.

You could say the same about putin. The truth is musk only supported Trump because he knew he could own him. Trump only became a Republican because he knew they were far easier to manipulate and control. Same as JD Vance

 

[JohnLarue]

What makes you think I read any of your posts?

i do not care if you do or don't read my post, its a free country (well it will once again be free by 2026)

i may choose to read others posts or not, including your posts
i will call out bullshit lies or really messed up views when i see it and feel so inclined
think of it as "a service"

 

[dirtydaveiii]

what ever gave you the idea govt is a service?
Was it your desire to live in a nanny state where nanny ( the govt) services your every need and want?

funny how the left has forgotten what their inspirational leader once said:

“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,”

the left has gotten JFKs message ass backwards when they think govt is a service they can order a la carte

Ask not what you can do for your country- ask how your country can make Trump more rich - DJT

 

[JohnLarue]

The left is going nowhere.

"the left is going nowhere fast", that's for sure

Trump's win is not a miracle.

ok have it your way
Trump's win is a complete disaster for the left

60+ countries around the world voted in 2024.
Every single incumbent lost.

next up Justin Trudeau

It is the economy combined with the democrats running a stupid campaign.

too funny
the left wing democrats were managing the economy and managing the stupid campaign
stupid managers get fired

hint: Damn fool left policies of spending without restraint (money printing) drove inflation
Inflation is political suicide

the left should know this if they

• applied common sense ,
• understood the public and
• thought carefully

too bad none of these are enshrined in the loonie left ideology

The left is going nowhere

i have to revisit this one

the left may not be going anywhere, however if the democrats do not take a step back to center, they risk watching the right govern for a very long time

the same applies for the soon to be annihilated Canadians liberals - stick a fork in them, they are done
if a political party does not learn from their mistakes, they wont earn back the trust of the electorate

 

[Frankfooter]

The utter destruction of the left is happening in Canada too. If Trump can even be a little successful, all the upcoming world leaders will have his view. #Winning

Winning by 2% over someone backing genocide is hardly the destruction of the left.

 

[JohnLarue]

What makes you think I read any of your posts?

the fact you quoted me in order to ask the very strange question

''What makes you think I read any of your posts? ''

logic does not appear to be your strong suit
you also do not seem to be aware of factual evidence

 

[nottyboi]

how can you change anything if you keep appointing the usual suepects?

 

[Anbarandy]

I predict sometime in the next 4 years Trump will utter the phrase "I dont know him" regarding Elon.

And vice versa.

One in courtroom A, the other in courtroom B.

Both suing each.

 

[Anbarandy]

what ever gave you the idea govt is a service?
Was it your desire to live in a nanny state where nanny ( the govt) services your every need and want?

funny how the left has forgotten what their inspirational leader once said:

“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,”

the left has gotten JFKs message ass backwards when they think govt is a service they can order a la carte

The above quoted "?#!@*% has got to be the %#@*?< ever!

 

[Insidious Von]

Johnny LaRue said,"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

Trump galvanized the vote by appearing on Rogan and Theo Von's podcasts, Kamala didn't do any. Had she entered The Bitchiation Room she may have had a chance.

Francisca is 100% right.

 

[Skoob]

Trump is subject to the same checks and balances every president is.
He is trying to undermine it but let us see how successful he is.
Elon's intellect is overstated. He is a con.
I predict sometime in the next 4 years Trump will utter the phrase "I dont know him" regarding Elon.

Elon is a con?
Wow, can't think of a con who launches rockets, builds pioneering vehicles, satellite internet for the world, AI innovation, neurotechnology, and is the richest person in the world.

What part of his success do you consider fraudulent?

 

[Frankfooter]

There is a litmus test. In America, the media has already started to sway in favor of Trump. Many are going to go bankrupt soon based on viewership data. A far left show called Morning Joe went to Mar a Lago to bend the knee to Trump. They were probably one of the shows that hated Trump the most. Money talks and the media either adapts or dies.

The media is owned by the billionaires who will profit from a trump regime.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1858559916039938469

 

[Insidious Von]

She had no personality. The joke always was what would happen if she had to go past 20 minutes unscripted. She would have no material to talk about. She did herself a favor by not doing podcasts.

The Dems were in trouble when they picked Biden over Susan Rice.

Interview with pompous ass.

 

[richaceg]

The government is not a business.
It is a service.
Putting billionaires in such a government is the anti-thesis of being anti-elite which was Trump's entire vibe.
But of course we already knew that was a lie.

It's not like Trump had the blueprint for making the gov't ran like a business...
Long before Trump, the US was running it like a business...they provided muscle, arms deal, oil extraction services throughout continents...basically the whole world...

 

[richaceg]

The media is owned by the billionaires who will profit from a trump regime.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1858559916039938469

No billionaires profited from Biden?

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

Elon is a con?
Wow, can't think of a con who launches rockets, builds pioneering vehicles, satellite internet for the world, AI innovation, neurotechnology, and is the richest person in the world.

What part of his success do you consider fraudulent?

Yes he is a con.
Nothing pioneering about EVs. The first cars were all EVs dating back to the 1890s.
Tesla: Did not found it. Simply invested in it, pushed out the original engineers and founders and then calls himself chief engineer or whatever title.
Paypal: Did not found it. It started as Zip2, which changed name to x.com, merged with confinity founded by Peter Thiel, and then acquired by eBay and renamed to PayPal.
Calling himself engineer: He knows nothing about engineering. He does not even have an engineering degree. When he started Zip2, he apparently wrote code. But his code had to be scrapped in its entirety because it was so crappy.
Rockets: Except for landing boosters, nothing innovative there. Heck the reusable booster concept is nothing new either. NASA used to recover their boosters from the sea. NASA sent a man to the moon in 1969 with analog computers. Top that!
Neurotech:The first BCI research and tech goes back to the 70s. Nothing new there either.
He is a good marketer.
Thats about it.
Nothing he says is new or unheard of.
He just makes it sound profound.
His latest con - 1M people on Mars by 2050.
Lol. Good luck with that.

 

[Skoob]

Yes he is a con.
Nothing pioneering about EVs. The first cars were all EVs dating back to the 1890s.
Tesla: Did not found it. Simply invested in it, pushed out the original engineers and founders and then calls himself chief engineer or whatever title.
Paypal: Did not found it. It started as Zip2, which changed name to x.com, merged with confinity founded by Peter Thiel, and then acquired by eBay and renamed to PayPal.
Calling himself engineer: He knows nothing about engineering. He does not even have an engineering degree. When he started Zip2, he apparently wrote code. But his code had to be scrapped in its entirety because it was so crappy.
Rockets: Except for landing boosters, nothing innovative there. Heck the reusable booster concept is nothing new either. NASA used to recover their boosters from the sea. NASA sent a man to the moon in 1969 with analog computers. Top that!
Neurotech:The first BCI research and tech goes back to the 70s. Nothing new there either.
He is a good marketer.
Thats about it.
Nothing he says is new or unheard of.
He just makes it sound profound.
His latest con - 1M people on Mars by 2050.
Lol. Good luck with that.

In other words he made good decisions and investments.
Unless of course he beat you to all of those things you seem to think anyone could have done and you were just lazy to pursue them yourself?

 

[Skoob]

I heard the illigals are going to be put in habitable cages and shipped to Rwanda. Not sure how true that rumor is.

You mean like the Obama cages people thought were Trump cages?

 

[JohnLarue]

Yes he is a con.
Nothing pioneering about EVs. The first cars were all EVs dating back to the 1890s.
Tesla: Did not found it. Simply invested in it, pushed out the original engineers and founders and then calls himself chief engineer or whatever title.
Paypal: Did not found it. It started as Zip2, which changed name to x.com, merged with confinity founded by Peter Thiel, and then acquired by eBay and renamed to PayPal.
Calling himself engineer: He knows nothing about engineering. He does not even have an engineering degree. When he started Zip2, he apparently wrote code. But his code had to be scrapped in its entirety because it was so crappy.
Rockets: Except for landing boosters, nothing innovative there. Heck the reusable booster concept is nothing new either. NASA used to recover their boosters from the sea. NASA sent a man to the moon in 1969 with analog computers. Top that!
Neurotech:The first BCI research and tech goes back to the 70s. Nothing new there either.
He is a good marketer.
Thats about it.
Nothing he says is new or unheard of.
He just makes it sound profound.
His latest con - 1M people on Mars by 2050.
Lol. Good luck with that.

too funny

you could nitpick the same way about Bill Gates , Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, Edison and a myriad of others
it would require a hyper critical nature and likely a bias against people who have been financially successful

success requires more than just having a good idea
you need to identify a market demand for the good idea, now or in the near future
then you need to co-ordinate the resources (people, materials, equipment, IT . legal and $$$) to develop, test. modify, package, price, promote and deliver the good idea to the market and stay current in the market
very few people have the energy, drive, interpersonal skills, problem solving skills and vision to accomplish this

far more good ideas get derailed along this path way than actually become a commercial success
a single bad decision or a frustrating delay can result in missing the window of opportunity.
decisions by others can mess things up
not understanding how the market will evolve is also critical

• Research in Motion had a ground breaking idea and enjoyed temporary success , but mistakenly thought voice communication would be too data intensive
• Nicolas Tesla was a brilliant scientist but lacked other skills
• Robertson had the best screw head idea which should have become the standard, but he could not do a deal with Henry Ford
• I know of someone who invent a gadget that could pick open any lock made by a major lock manufacture. He was offered a pittance for the rights / patent by the lock maker who also indicate they would sue him into oblivion if he tried to market his good idea

the proof is in the success in the market
Elon Musk is not a con man