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Democrats eye a villain-to-ally arc for Elon Musk
(www.politico.com)
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They'd be idiots to ally with him; they'll just be tainted with the same brush.
However maybe the behaviour of the Republicans and Democrats may finally open the way for a third party challenger. Who knows. Politics in Europe is rife with new populist parties; in the US the conventional wisdom has been that the Republicans are the manifestation of that but the disgust and disenchantment with the mainstream parties has helped drive 3rd parties here in Europe. That could still happen in the US even though the system is so heavily rigged by the 2 parties in their own favour.
Idiots to ally, absolutely.
To feign interest for a little while, string along and squeeze some hard facts out of, I say go for it.
Elon has to believe that scorched earth is the only way to "save" his companies and he needs to be convinced it's worth doing.
Nothing he's done so far can't be walked back.
Now in terms of a third party challenger in the US, literally everyone is begging for a third party. Obama was Hope & Change. Trump was an Outsider. People are not happy with their choices in government. At the moment however you've still got to work within the party's we have, which sucks.
Also, to be clear, I think Obama was an excellent progressive step forward. I think Trump is a horrible conservative leap backwards. Biden v Trump was the only election in recent history where the majority said, "Oh shit, please put an adult in charge again", a message which disappeared and gave us Trump's second term.