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applegrove

(132,163 posts)
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 10:19 PM Jul 2023

Elon Musk Wants to Limit Voting to Parents

Elon Musk Wants to Limit Voting to Parents

July 2, 2023 at 5:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 701 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/07/02/elon-musk-wants-to-limit-voting-to-parents/

"SNIP........

Elon Musk suggested limiting voting rights to parents since they have a stake in the future, unlike those who are childless.

.........SNIP"

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Elon Musk Wants to Limit Voting to Parents (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2023 OP
Good thing this asshole will never be president. Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #1
What a horse's ass. vanlassie Jul 2023 #2
If that's the logic, then shouldn't voting be limited to the young? Renew Deal Jul 2023 #3
And the sober peppertree Jul 2023 #17
What a dickweed Blue Owl Jul 2023 #4
Elon Musk needs to STFU or return to S. Africa. icymist Jul 2023 #5
And he probably would - if they could just go back to letting the "right" people vote peppertree Jul 2023 #18
Has anyone studied how parents w kids at home fall by party, GOPer or Democratic? Silent Type Jul 2023 #6
Does that mean that Musk supports adoption by LGBQT individuals or couples? no_hypocrisy Jul 2023 #7
He got that from someone ebbie15644 Jul 2023 #8
Will exceptions be carved out for Ginny Thomas and Lindsey Graham? LoisB Jul 2023 #9
The bloom is off the rose Johonny Jul 2023 #10
So if your child dies, you lose your right to vote. Qutzupalotl Jul 2023 #11
so would this guy get 120 votes? DBoon Jul 2023 #12
JD Vance believes the same thing. Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #13
Just stop, Musk. We know by now you're not the genius some... brush Jul 2023 #14
He's just plagiarizing this crap from alt-right losers who were saying these kinds of things... keep_left Jul 2023 #15
No fuck you Elon. I'm tired of the right wing trying to take away our rights. Initech Jul 2023 #16
They'll try ANYTHING. Count on it. calimary Jul 2023 #19
FUCK OFF ELOON. roamer65 Jul 2023 #20
Can we deport that asshole? zuul Jul 2023 #21
Thank you. Boomerproud Jul 2023 #29
How To Generate Foot Traffic modrepub Jul 2023 #22
Who cares? LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #23
Right? Beaverhausen Jul 2023 #24
His citizenship should be revoked and sent back to Sourth Africa. LiberalFighter Jul 2023 #25
I would like to restrict voting to non-douchbags and people with personal wealth under haele Jul 2023 #26
Which would require parents to prove they have children with additional documentation? LiberalFighter Jul 2023 #27
As long as childless people don't need to pay taxes. Otherwise, it's "taxation without Pharlo Jul 2023 #28
Elon meant WHITE parents dalton99a Jul 2023 #30
Wow.. He is such an asshole Demovictory9 Jul 2023 #31
a 20 year old voter doesn't have a stake in the future? BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 #32
How does the daughter who disassociated from him feel about this? Attilatheblond Jul 2023 #33

Renew Deal

(85,118 posts)
3. If that's the logic, then shouldn't voting be limited to the young?
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 10:21 PM
Jul 2023

Why should anyone over 50 be able to vote?

icymist

(15,888 posts)
5. Elon Musk needs to STFU or return to S. Africa.
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 10:25 PM
Jul 2023

This contempt for the laws and Constitution of the United States demonstrates why Musk should never be anywhere near NASA.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
6. Has anyone studied how parents w kids at home fall by party, GOPer or Democratic?
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 10:30 PM
Jul 2023


Not suggesting he’s right, just wondering.

keep_left

(3,209 posts)
15. He's just plagiarizing this crap from alt-right losers who were saying these kinds of things...
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 12:37 AM
Jul 2023

Last edited Mon Jul 3, 2023, 01:09 AM - Edit history (1)

...years ago. This goes right along with repealing womens' suffrage (19th Amendment) and all the other reactionary garbage that is spewed from places like 4Chan/8Chan/8Kun/whatever-the-hell-they-call-it-now.

Musk has been caught doing this kind of thing before. A couple of months ago, he was posting cartoons cribbed from the Nazi subreddit "Frenworld", which was banned more than a year ago for...well, being a Nazi subreddit. This is who he is.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3075558

Boomerproud

(9,290 posts)
29. Thank you.
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 04:11 PM
Jul 2023

As a single, childless woman I would like to request every penny I pay in taxes be refunded immediately.

modrepub

(4,105 posts)
22. How To Generate Foot Traffic
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 07:47 AM
Jul 2023

Say something so over the top you can't help but generate "buzz". That's all this is, trying to increase "foot traffic" into his floundering business.

Beaverhausen

(24,699 posts)
24. Right?
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 12:28 PM
Jul 2023

Do we have to read every stupid thing this asshole says?

I’m as sick of him as I am of Trump.

haele

(15,385 posts)
26. I would like to restrict voting to non-douchbags and people with personal wealth under
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 12:35 PM
Jul 2023

$5 million. Because within that venn diagram are citizens and voters most affected by real world US policies, laws, and regulations.
People who are selfish, hypocritical douchbags or exceedingly wealthy tend to play in their own realities, and they have no problems screwing over most Americans for their own egos.

On edit: adding a few qualifiers to allow people to understand my definition of douchbags.

Haele

Pharlo

(1,865 posts)
28. As long as childless people don't need to pay taxes. Otherwise, it's "taxation without
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 01:59 PM
Jul 2023

representation". Not being an natural citizen he may not know, but we fought a war over that once.

Attilatheblond

(8,867 posts)
33. How does the daughter who disassociated from him feel about this?
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 08:16 PM
Jul 2023

He wants to punish people who know the world is finite and let the over-breeders rule?

So sad when someone with so many resources won't get therapy.

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