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Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Elon Musk Amid Messy Donald Trump Breakup
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A Lebanese doctoral student has no fans, so when ICE comes for her people don't get angry.
But if ICE comes for Musk then his millions of followers will be quite engaged.
So while I absolutely agree with you, I'm quite happy for Musk to be a sacrificial lamb in this case. The fact that he's an asshole makes it easier to accept.
I should have expressed myself differently. My argument was from a democratic point of view. But the USA is definitely no longer a democracy.
My personal opinion: I really wish Trump and Musk the worst and would celebrate if they were both executed. Whether by justice or vigilante justice doesn't matter.
It wouldn't harm the idea of democracy because democracy has to be rebuilt first.
While I can appreciate the cynicism "democracy" is a spectrum, not a boolean. It's certainly less democratic now since they have a dictator in charge. But the system is large and while he has captured a tremendous amount of federal power the states still have quite a bit of autonomy (yes yes, I hear your "for now" rebuke).
All the fired employees (who can't even be rehired because their data has been deleted), January 6..., election manipulation, taking office despite criminal offenses, ICE, replacing all the leadership positions, market manipulation, announcement of war, announcement of war against allies... But you could also ask the people who died as a result of the change.... if they still had the freedom to speak... No, it's no longer a democracy...