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[–] 66 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Ok, so let's assume they are playing 4D chess. What's the objective? Creating a distraction before releasing the Epstein files? That's what all this is for?

That's not 4D chess. That's a clown show with smoke bombs.

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  • [+] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)
  • [–] [S] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Not for Elon, he's leveraged to the hilt on his stock. This is no bueno for Elon.

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  • [+] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Elon can't easily buy or short his own stock, there are regulations that require advance notice of any trades. So Elon's priority is to move the stock higher, since he can't time the stock.

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  • [+] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)
  • He was forced to buy Twitter, and he said as much in an interview:

    Clayton: So then you change your mind again, and decided to buy it – did you do that? Did you do that?

    Musk: Well, I kind of had to.

    Clayton: Right. Did you do that, because you thought that a court would make you do that?

    Musk: Yes.

    Clayton: Right.

    Musk: Yes, that is the reason.

    Clayton: So you were still trying to get out of it. And then you just were advised by lawyers, “Look, you’re going to buy this?”

    Musk: Yes.

    So yeah, I do think he has some respect for the SEC.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I suppose Elon is feeling cornered.

    The reputation of Tesla has never been lower and he’s at risk of getting kicked out. The future of SpaceX is uncertain under Trump. His role in the government didn’t pan out.

    So I guess his only hope is to get Trump out of office as soon as possible. Maybe the next one will be less hostile against Elon.

    I don’t think he will succeed. The cult of Trump is too strong. Elon is done for.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    This all assumes the data Musk’s goons stole (and the star link antennas he installed to keep stealing it), isn’t plenty to keep musk in control of the government. They literally went there to set up the shadow government that they’d been dreaming and projecting about.

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