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mahina

(17,665 posts)
4. I think so. Thought he was pushing to run for president
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 03:47 AM
Nov 2022

After getting the laws changed but an amendment is not that easy to get through. Without that pesky democracy, much easier.

It seemed like he was on every YouTube scroll, every podcast every Facebook post and on Twitter obviously, somebody was interviewing him, he was chatting sounding so jovial and wow it’s Elon! But you know what? He’s a douchebag and the founders of Tesla will verify.

mahina

(17,665 posts)
12. Yes I understand. That's why I said that part about changing the law.
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:59 AM
Nov 2022

It was a full court PR push on a level I had not seen before. There was definitely a reason for it. I don’t know what it was but I wonder. It cost a lot of money

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)
14. He was born in South Africa and they will never get an amendment though that would be needed
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 11:42 AM
Nov 2022

to allow him to run in the US...dream on Musk...you suck so bad.

highplainsdem

(49,001 posts)
16. I believe he might be. RWers want a new constitutional convention, and that
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 11:50 AM
Nov 2022

might make changing the Constitution so Musk can run for president - and maybe stay president for life - much easier than trying to get amendments through Congress:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-spends-big-in-state-level-effort-to-change-u-s-constitution

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
11. Gee..it wasn't OK for Obama to be african, but it's ok for Musk??? Amazing
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:24 AM
Nov 2022

how the gqp has nothing at all to do with sanity, reason, or just even thought.

Takket

(21,575 posts)
6. Elon didn't do that. Twitters algorithm has recommended
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 06:09 AM
Nov 2022

Right wing people to me for ages.

It happens because maybe you click on “Donald drumpf” if you see him trending and the algorithm says “oh this person wants to see stuff about the gop. Can we suggest this Rona McDaniel tweet to you?”

It’s a shitty algorithm. Always has been.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
8. Amazon did that to me a lot at first. I call it the PUSH principal.
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 08:11 AM
Nov 2022

I'd order books about liberal politics and get recs for RW sh**

OH YOU LIKE POLITICS? Well THIS is political. You like it?




 

48656c6c6f20

(7,638 posts)
10. Nope
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 09:10 AM
Nov 2022

Not how it works yet. I abhor the Twitter takeover but I'm not going to be a QAnon and spread bullshit about it either.

Quixote1818

(28,946 posts)
15. Agree. It takes time to write complicated code to do something like this. Not something he could do
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 11:43 AM
Nov 2022

in a couple of days. He would also have to tell someone to do because I am sure he doesn't know how.

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