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(2,278 posts) Wed Mar 5, 2025, 11:39 PM Mar 2025

Will Elon's coup succeed or fail? [View all]

And why?

I think it's doomed to fail even if it nominally "succeeds," because where is he going to find people with the expertise to run all these specific functions in government? Is he going to use AI to run it? Will it be a "self-driving" sort of government? How is he going to implement his wild fantasy of a techno corporatocracy? He doesn't even know how anything works in government. What if it all crashes like one of his self-driving cars? Then what?

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Will Elon's coup succeed or fail? [View all] NameAlreadyTaken Mar 2025 OP

Stay tuned luvallpeeps Mar 2025 #1

Musk's goal is to destroy the US govt. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #2

It will fail malaise Mar 2025 #3

100%, Techno Fascism is literally JCMach1 Mar 2025 #8

It's already failed in my opinion... Hugin Mar 2025 #10

This is one of the deepest dives on what is going on with Musk and the Techno Fascists JCMach1 Mar 2025 #11

Good resource. n/t Hugin Mar 2025 #12

People talk about the need for a shadow government and my prayer Alice B. Mar 2025 #13

Dems need to lay it out and call it Restore America... JCMach1 Mar 2025 #22

And they need to speak directly and honestly to us. Alice B. Mar 2025 #23

The WankPanzer or the Bettie Mar 2025 #17

Bwaaah malaise Mar 2025 #18

I was told (and laughed hard at that point) that WankPanzer Bettie Mar 2025 #19

There's also... Hugin Mar 2025 #20

Oh, I like that one too Bettie Mar 2025 #21

It depends whether the institutions hold or not. Mr. Sparkle Mar 2025 #4

It has already succeeded Buckeyeblue Mar 2025 #5

Yes, the more he succeeds the more the system Johonny Mar 2025 #6

I don't know but I hope he and it fails miserably Meowmee Mar 2025 #7

Depends upon what you mean... Happy Hoosier Mar 2025 #9

I think the longer it goes on JustAnotherGen Mar 2025 #14

To whatever degree, it will succeed. elocs Mar 2025 #15

Fail XanaDUer2 Mar 2025 #16