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One of the more amusing aspects of this campaign has been watching
@elonmusk
make a fool of himself babbling on about a subject he is completely ignorant.
The consultants he is paying to set up an "organization" are taking advantage of him like an 18 year old frat boy with $1,000 in a strip club. They tell him what he wants to hear, and he puts in more money.
There is a view that Musk is not some genius, that he stumbled into making a fortune in PayPal (which was a stumble; read Peter Thiel's biography, "The Contrarian"
and had a lot of ambition and passions and a high risk tolerance. I find those traits admirable, but they should not be confused with any genius. That he has some need to pretend he is a rocket scientist, car inventor (he bought Telsa, didn't start it), etc.
I have no idea. But I do know when it comes to politics, he is one of the most gullible suckers to walk into the political bazaar in a long time. He knows nothing but feels obligated to prove it constantly. He's building a lot of beach houses for the consultants who are fleecing him.
I would expect he will try to sue them after the race. And fail. Because they just nodded and agreed and took his money. It's not illegal to be a fool throwing money around.
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