The best description of the muskrat I've read

[kimbutgar]

Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Starlink, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent “X,” he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Trump, he bought him. - nazir

I didn’t write this but it is so spot on.


And there is a federal law that government contractors can’t do political donations, Muskrat donated $250 million to the orange Hitler 2.0. Why is he allowed to break laws?

[TNNurse]

1. He is allowed just like Trump is.

We have no control, the GOP has been bought and apparently they have the goods on most of them.

[GiqueCee]

2. That's yet another albatross...

... to hang around Garland's neck. He could, and should, have done something. There's no conceivable way he didn't know about it.

[RainCaster]

3. You could hang an aircraft carrier around his neck

But it wouldn't matter. He will go down in history as the most Do Nothing AG this country has ever had. I truly believe that he doesn't care.

[GiqueCee]

4. Oh, he cares...

... about not appearing to be partisan, which, ironically, has made him as partisan as all hell.

[hadEnuf]

5. These bastards are being allowed to run wild and ruin our country.

Garland is part of it.

[usonian]

6. SPOT ON. I hate to be serious, but

He runs things like a Bond villain.


If you want some granularity in that: risk taking, going against the grain, breaking rules, drive, grandiosity, good physics skills and poor people skills (lack of empathy). I read somewhere that the laws of physics constrain his engineering companies, whereas absolutely nothing constrains the "social" business, though the section 230 free ride may be grinding to a halt.

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judges-rule-big-techs-free-ride-on

[Bluethroughu]

7. He's about to steal our treasury with crypto backing by our Federal dollars!

This is illegal.
We have US NOTES, DOLLARS, not BILLIONAIRE SCAM BUCKS AKA CRYPTO!

IF THEY PASS THAT, WE WILL BE A DICTATORSHIP WITH SERFS!

OVERNIGHT!
FBI, DOJ, GOVERNMENT???? HELLO!!!
They break down doors for $20 counterfeit bill, at least that's paper!

[JT45242]

8. We gave training every year. We can't even buy someone a coffee or a donut

Unless it is a meeting where we get food for all. I literally cannot buy a soda for someone from a state or district education entity or my company and I would be in trouble.

Seriously, we get training every year on this and I am not in contract negotiations, I am responsible for producing documents, reports, and presentation as part of our statement of work and I know these rules.

[NoMoreRepugs]

9. Once Republicans as a whole decided power over Country the fall of Democracy started.

[0rganism]

10. We were warned

Repeatedly

[Crunchy Frog]

11. And who's going to enforce the law on him?

The law has never really applied to people like Muskovite, and under Trump they're abandoning even the pretense that we're a nation of laws.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Muskovite !! I wish I had thought of it, and I should have ! nt

[HUAJIAO]

12. So who is going to hang the bell 🔔 around the cat's neck, and how?

[reACTIONary]

13. RE: A federal law. From what I can tell, the law applies...

... to the corporate entity, and not the individuals who may own stock in the company. SpaceX itself cannot make donations. People who own SpaceX stock can.

Given the contents of my 401K (or whatever it is), I would not be able to support my prefered candidates if it were otherwise.

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/federal-government-contractors

[onecaliberal]

14. Because the attorney general supports him doing so.

It’s all in the open and public. Oh wait, I know…. It’s a secret.

[dchill]

15. "Why is he allowed to break laws?" See: "$250 million."

Money is speech, don't you know.

[Nigrum Cattus]

16. The answer is - The same reason Trump is allowed to break the laws

It's sad that most people don't know he didn't "invent" any of those possessions.

[czarjak]

18. Prick Privilege

[Lucky Luciano]

19. He was born wealthy for sure. Say in the top 10 million in wealth.

“Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Starlink, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent “X,” he bought it“

10 million others of similar resources started with what he had and he still came in first if wealth is your metric.

I can’t stand the guy and lost all respect for him way back when he called the key rescuer of the Thai boys soccer team a pedo because he didn’t get the glory.

Nevertheless, he does have a genuine skill for turning companies into ultra successful projects. The inventors of Tesla probably would have gone bankrupt without his intervention. He is not the technical genius of SpaceX, but was still a key leader in making that happen. I’m all for disparaging the guy for any number of reasons, but he does have the skill to make stuff happen. Many of the harebrained schemes he decided to embark in actually succeeded against seemingly insurmountable odds. Imagine the crazy ideas he had that he passed on. I don’t think it’s just luck or the silver spoon in his mouth. We should be honest about that. Even though he is messing up twitter big time, it looks like he is getting what he wanted out of it. He has one loud ass personal megaphone he can use to his advantage. It is working.

I would say his competence is a reason to worry if he really wants to run the country using his toy tr*&p.

[Godot51]

20. In the "new" America

In the "new" America the very rich, the very powerful, or the very celebrated are allowed to commit crimes and be judged, possibly, later and then to shrug them off as inconsequential, unimportant or too far in the past.

This is so unlike the treatment of, for example, a Black person with a toy gun, no gun, or simply walking, driving or existing in the "wrong" place at the "wrong" time. This person can be judged, shot and dismissed in an instant with almost no consequence.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Wish I could rec this about one or two hundred times. nt

[ShazzieB]

22. Or as I like to call him., the Muskratfucker.

Because he's a ratfucker. Musk + ratfucker = Muskratfucker! 😁

[kimbutgar]

24. Really like your name for him!

[CaptainTruth]

23. Add PayPal to that list. He didn't start it, he bought it.