‘Fix Your Companies. Or Congress Will,’ Senator Ed Markey Warns Elon Musk

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10 points·Victerius··7 comments

Before you all rush to cheer the senator, try to imagine a different context.

What if a government official was issuing threatening public statements against a private citizen who happened to be in /your/ political tribe?

Governments have one-sided power, and they shouldn’t use it to settle scores against private individuals they don’t personally like.

We’ve seen the chilling effect of state over-reach in China. We shouldn’t support politicians like this in the free world.

> against a private citizen who happened to be in /your/ political tribe?

I'd cheer because the first cause of defeat in politics is assholes in your team. You want to weed them out ASAP.

The electoral college is the best opium to make people forget that quality of candidates matters.

When the Electoral College is not involved bad quality candidates are hammered and humbled, especially assholes (on both sides)

Poking the bear never ends well.

This whole situation is beginning to resemble what happened to Alibaba's Jack Ma when he decided that he could speak out against the Chinese communist government. To keep it short, it did not go well for him and his companies.

To be fair, I think Musk thought he was backing the winners when he made the tweet backing Republicans.

Yes, the comparison with the Chinese government is spot on.

What is the US system becoming? It’s so sad to watch.

I am thoroughly enjoying watching the downfall of this fool.

This guy wants to go out as a martyr . Dems have been smart up to now not to give him this satisfaction, they should keep the same approach.

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