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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"
Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)vanlassie
(6,248 posts)Renew Deal
(85,118 posts)Why should anyone over 50 be able to vote?
peppertree
(23,330 posts)
Blue Owl
(59,067 posts)Fuck off, Elon
icymist
(15,888 posts)This contempt for the laws and Constitution of the United States demonstrates why Musk should never be anywhere near NASA.
peppertree
(23,330 posts)
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)Not suggesting hes right, just wondering.
no_hypocrisy
(54,888 posts)ebbie15644
(1,244 posts)This is an opening salvo from the right
LoisB
(13,009 posts)Johonny
(26,157 posts)And Elon has been exposed for the nut that he always has been.
Qutzupalotl
(15,820 posts)He does not think things through.
DBoon
(24,980 posts)He is as much a parent as Musk...

Diamond_Dog
(40,553 posts)brush
(61,033 posts)once thought you were.
keep_left
(3,209 posts)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
Initech
(108,725 posts)calimary
(89,967 posts)roamer65
(37,952 posts)zuul
(14,704 posts)Boomerproud
(9,290 posts)As a single, childless woman I would like to request every penny I pay in taxes be refunded immediately.
modrepub
(4,105 posts)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.
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,716 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,699 posts)Do we have to read every stupid thing this asshole says?
Im as sick of him as I am of Trump.
LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)haele
(15,385 posts)$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
LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)Pharlo
(1,865 posts)representation". Not being an natural citizen he may not know, but we fought a war over that once.
dalton99a
(94,101 posts)Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,213 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,867 posts)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.