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Democrats eye a villain-to-ally arc for Elon Musk
(www.politico.com)
It’s like they want to keep losing.
democrat politicians watching their constituents get blackbagged and deported
“Vote for our neolib bullshit and watch us get dunked on or else you get fascism!”
Seriously like all but 5 people in congress need to fucking go. The whole branch is fucking rotten.
The enemy of your enemy is not your friend when he's a fucking Nazi.
….. so the democrats are eyeing the Nazi to be an ally? What’s the saying, if there’s a nazi in the party and you don’t kick them out? I mean come on.
Though on brand for the dems, always trying to be as out of touch and ruin their own chances as much as possible.
This Known NAZI who Pissed off EVERYONE is going to Save Our Party!
-The DNC!
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.
Did they forget he's a fucking Nazi?
Or are they just also Nazi's?
They're capitalists first and foremost. If they think the nazi can make them money, then they will embrace the nazi.
Capitalist, nazi... a difference with too few distinctions
Yup, remember - there is someone in this world who drives a BMW, uses an IBM Thinkpad, and takes Bayer aspirin for headaches by swallowing them with Fanta.
Hey I'll have you know I switched the BMW for an Audi, the ThinkPad is a Lenovo and I take generic ibuprofen with my Fanta!
Scratch a liberal...
No.
See how easy that was, national Dems?
Oh please. While reaching out to young men is something they’ve been awful at this obsession with needing their own weaponized idiocrats is embarrassing. You aren’t going to get a Joe Rogan of “the left”. In fact, I’d argue that there are plenty of those, but the Democrats aren’t a party for “the left”. They are corporate ball lickers who are increasingly a party of Neo Con castaways. Just die and be over with it.
Yup, the 'Joe Rogans on the left' are the Chapo Traphouse guys and Hasan Piker. They already exist but you're too chicken shit to appear on their shows (with a few exceptions) because they'd ask real questions.
Which Democrats are they talking about? All the ones I know are just saying “fuck no!” and laughing over the whole thing.
Fuck Musk....he's not one of us
Democrats are so opportunistic... They literally cannot say no to a slim chance at more money. This is political suicide.
Elon the Nazi is not our friend.
The people who thought Henry Kissinger and the Cheney family would really seal the election for them have a new idea. Can't wait to see this.
Sure, some representatives are wondering. And look, there's a tactical value in thinking about how to not push Musk back into Trump's arms. Sure, think about those things.
But Musk is about as close to unforgivable as one can be.
316,000 excess deaths, mostly children, from his likely-drug-fueled, completely unnecessary DOGE-ing of USAID. 100+ deaths a minute still counting. And he did it because he can't care enough about those lives to control his impulses enough to even think about what he is doing. Or putting Trump in the White House in the first place with his money, which by the way is the total yearly life-monetary value of roughly 5,000 people (using a 50k basic living salary for reference).
He can try to atone for his whole life (and should), but he won't get close.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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