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Polling the Right-Wing: Is Elon Musk still a Hero?

Is Elon Musk still a Hero?

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Dans La Lune

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Is Elon Musk still a right-wing hero? A genius? And if capitalism is a merit-based system, wouldn't he have to be? Was DOGE successful? What happened to the billions and trillions in savings? How many DOGE bucks are now in your pocket?
 
I'm betting, not but not becasue of Doge, becasue he dared criticize the BBB. Good ole Elon has managed to tick off the left and the right.
 
Dans La Lune said:
Is Elon Musk still a right-wing hero? A genius? And if capitalism is a merit-based system, wouldn't he have to be?
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A hero? Nah. Just a guy who did a good job...got the ball rolling, so to speak.

Dans La Lune said:
Was DOGE successful?
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Was? It's not ended. DOGE is still working...and working well.

Dans La Lune said:
What happened to the billions and trillions in savings? How many DOGE bucks are now in your pocket?
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You need to ask the courts about that.
 
Mycroft said:
A hero? Nah. Just a guy who did a good job...got the ball rolling, so to speak.


Was? It's not ended. DOGE is still working...and working well.


You need to ask the courts about that.
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And yet here you are telling us what a great job they are doing but you have no numbers to back up your statement. I'm shocked.
 
He accomplished a huge amount in a very short time. In my book everything he's done was positive and benefited the country.
 
I voted yes, but hero is not the word I would use.

1) Musk is a visionary who has shaken up entire industries and made the impossible seem doable. Thanks to him, electric cars went from niche to mainstream. His spacex has made landing rockets like it’s no big deal and he will probably make it to mars. With starlink, he's working to get internet to even the most remote corners of the planet. Then there are the tunnels under cities or his brain/computer tech - Musk doesn’t just talk big, he somehow makes happen. He is a genius-level organizer and arranger that comes around once in a lifetime.

2) Firing worthless government employees who create no value is always good. Doge didn't go far enough.
 
aociswundumho said:
I voted yes, but hero is not the word I would use.

1) Musk is a visionary who has shaken up entire industries and made the impossible seem doable. Thanks to him, electric cars went from niche to mainstream. His spacex has made landing rockets like it’s no big deal and he will probably make it to mars. With starlink, he's working to get internet to even the most remote corners of the planet. Then there are the tunnels under cities or his brain/computer tech - Musk doesn’t just talk big, he somehow makes happen. He is a genius-level organizer and arranger that comes around once in a lifetime.
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I could tear all of this apart and leave nothing but bloody entrails. I'll just say this: Elon Musk is (and would have been) nothing without government.

aociswundumho said:
2) Firing worthless government employees who create no value is always good. Doge didn't go far enough.
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Define value. Government produced wealth for Elon Musk.
 
Dans La Lune said:
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Examples?
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Two days after tech billionaire Elon Musk left the Trump administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced the cancellation of more than half a million government credit cards amid its crackdown on federal spending. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, DOGE said it had deactivated 523,000 credit cards following a 13-week audit.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

DOGE's latest action amid crackdown on federal spending days after Elon Musk quits Trump team

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) deactivated 523,000 federal credit cards after a 13-week audit aimed at curbing government spending. This comes merely two days after DOGE chief Elon Musk quit the Trump administration. This initiative, launched by President Trump and led by Elon...
economictimes.indiatimes.com economictimes.indiatimes.com

Dans La Lune said:
We need to ask the courts about what? Are the courts holding the savings from DOGE?
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The courts have put millions in savings on hold with their "TRO's".
 
Mycroft said:
Two days after tech billionaire Elon Musk left the Trump administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced the cancellation of more than half a million government credit cards amid its crackdown on federal spending. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, DOGE said it had deactivated 523,000 credit cards following a 13-week audit.
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So what does that amount to?

Mycroft said:
economictimes.indiatimes.com

DOGE's latest action amid crackdown on federal spending days after Elon Musk quits Trump team

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) deactivated 523,000 federal credit cards after a 13-week audit aimed at curbing government spending. This comes merely two days after DOGE chief Elon Musk quit the Trump administration. This initiative, launched by President Trump and led by Elon...
economictimes.indiatimes.com economictimes.indiatimes.com


The courts have put millions in savings on hold with their "TRO's".
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Oooo that much, huh?

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Dans La Lune said:
You'd think you'd lead with your best example, not your worst.
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shrug...

All I needed to do was answer your question. I did that. AND, I shut you up.

All you have left is nonsense.

Bye.
 
aociswundumho said:
I voted yes, but hero is not the word I would use.

1) Musk is a visionary who has shaken up entire industries and made the impossible seem doable. Thanks to him, electric cars went from niche to mainstream. His spacex has made landing rockets like it’s no big deal and he will probably make it to mars. With starlink, he's working to get internet to even the most remote corners of the planet. Then there are the tunnels under cities or his brain/computer tech - Musk doesn’t just talk big, he somehow makes happen. He is a genius-level organizer and arranger that comes around once in a lifetime.

2) Firing worthless government employees who create no value is always good. Doge didn't go far enough.
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LOL the tunnels are a hilarious thing to bring up.

He invented "a tunnel, except worse." Wow. Visionary.
 
aociswundumho said:
Everything. It's the reason he's the richest man in the world.
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Thanks for government handouts and carbon tax exchanges.

aociswundumho said:
And it's the reason firing government "workers" is a net benefit.
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Well if you don't believe in civilization and the means to accumulate wealth, that's quite the interesting paradox you've built for yourself.
 
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