Musk bought his way into an unelected position with a great amount of power over government spending, and Thiel chose JD Vance as vice president. They are now using that influence to direct taxpayer money into the companies which they have major stakes in, in order to enrich themselves and their friends.
You can't just say the quiet part out loud like that!
Edit: On further reflection, it actually sounds rather banal when stated that way -- they just bought the election, so that they could increase their already-staggering fortunes.
> Please save the schizoposting for your echochamber of choice.
I know that you must not be used to talking to people who know how to use "woke" critical thinking skills, but try to actually engage with the substance of my argument and save your name-calling for someone who cares.
No, the money that Thiel dumped into Trump's campaign and the time and money Thiel spent grooming Vance into a politician - in combination with advocating for Vance - is what chose Vance. Again, gotta use those critical thinking skills bud.
> The Romans
Just noticed your username. Oh, you're one of _those_ guys. Hey, quick question - what happened to your beloved Roman empire?
The linked video in the change.org post [1] talks about rods from god (guided tungsten rods) rather than hypersonic weapons. tungsten rods are more of an offensive weapon, as once they intercept a missile, they'll keep falling and hit the ground under it...
I have not created dozen accounts and the 3 parent comments are not me.
Someone posted a broken link, claimed it was HN censorship (which I found surprising & concerning), I got curious & re-posted it to test. I found it was actually not censored by HN and edited my comment to disclose that to others in the thread.
Is it? Why is this set of companies going to be better than the old guard?
Honestly, given Musk's meddling with starlink access in Ukraine, I'm hesitant to give him control over hypersonic missiles in orbit. I've never had a similar concern around Lockheed or Northrop.
Different incentives. Lockheed and Northrop make their big bucks on “cost-plus” contracts, which is a euphemism for “paying the company to fail”. SpaceX and Anduril avoid that type of contract
But, as also seen with DOGE, they’re careless and refuse to do even cursory research on anything beyond the first-order effects of their actions which, to me at least, seems like a terrible set of traits for being in charge of weaponry.
Musk behaved the EXACT same way when he took over Twitter and wanted to move out of one of the 3 main data centers they used. Actual experts told him it would take a year so he instead impulsively hires basic movers to rip the servers out and was surprised at how many things this broke. He said "I didn't realize how many places that data center was hardcoded". Except people absolutely told him that.
I don’t think he’s particularly frugal. How much money did he blow buying his favorite social network again?
DOGE (and Twitter) are examples of a modern American business management affliction: if you can’t think of anything to create, the next best thing is to start tearing other things down in the name of “efficiency”. Reap the short term benefits and then get out before it collapses.
Only gullible people actually think that. Musk is using DOGE to settle scores and shut down agencies investigating him or regulating his companies or ones he doesn't like.
Everything Musk has done in the past few years has proven he is not to be believed or trusted in any way.
He is a destructive moron. He is the gremlin on the wing of the plane. Between Tesla, Twitter, and now the Federal Government he might have fired more people than anyone else in history.
This is the scene I keep coming back to! Can you imagine having actually gotten into a space ship bound for Mars with this guy [0] ? He'd be whining that the trip was taking too long, complaining that the ship must be too heavy, and trying to drill speed holes in the hull.
[0] (as we envisioned back when we thought this guy might actually put his own skin in the game like that, before his tragic spiral into social media and ketamine addictions)
Could you please stop using HN primarily for political and ideological battle? Regardless of which politics you're for or against, that's a line at which we ban accounts, and your account is unfortunately well over it.
Also, please stop posting flamewar comments generally. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.
What you're doing is plainly political battle. If you keep using HN primarily for this, we will ban you, regardless of how right you are or feel you are.
Another little challenge coming up for you is if (and probably when) the Insurrection Act is invoked. A report into the possibility of using the Insurrection Act was ordered on Inauguration Day, due within 90 days.
Why 90 days? Because 90 days from January 20 is April 20. 420. A completely hilarious marijuana joke and also Hitler's birthday, both of which Musk finds to be immensely funny.
Personal attacks will get you banned here, and your account has unfortunately been doing this repeatedly, so please stop.
Also, please don't use HN primarily for political or ideological battle. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for—regardless of which politics you're for or against.
Also, please don't post flamewar comments generally.
