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How Elon Musk Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
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this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026
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He’s not alone, but he’s the wealthiest person in the US, and one of the wealthiest in the world - so he has more culpability than nearly everyone else, especially considering his actions were said to be by himself some of his personal goals and pet projects, of utmost importance. He literally funded trumps election in large part and the Republican elections in general, while also making a massive non monetary donation of media exposure through twitter algorithm shenanigans and personal posts, so that he could get into the government himself and perform those deeds he did under doge and under the purview of the executive branch. He was considered a shadow president for a period of time thanks to all those acts.
As an aside, I'm not at all certain this is still true, if it ever really was.
What IS certain is that the absolute dollar value of the very wealthy is an ongoing shell game that reveals more if they want loans, and far less when it comes to paying judgements and taxes.
Even so, ketboy's claimed wealth could stand a great deal more examination, especially these days. He gets a lot of access and influence thrown his way just on the claim alone. I'd like to see him stop getting that anticipatory cooperation based on a claim that has not been self-apparent for some time.
I'd put him in the top twenty of US wealthiest individuals, sure. But first place? Especially with what's been happening with Tesla and X, not anymore.