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Yup, that's basic class consciousness on Musk's part. The American people simply forgot that billionaires' interests are diametrically opposed to theirs, a fact they knew well in FDR's time. Hopefully this situation will act as a booster shot, and not slip into full-blow oligarchy.

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He doesn't have "class consciousness." He has consciousness of his own interests. That is what pretty much everyone has.

Well no, why did the working class people vote for Trump then? Clearly they don't stand to benefit from any of this nonsense.

I have an Eastern European friend who has said that sometimes, in his country, they elect a madman to remind the political class who is actually in charge if they get too corrupt or stop serving the people. My best guess is that Trump is that madman.

I am not convinced this is a good strategy, but it is at least a strategy.

It’s Eastern Europe, not a region I want to share much in common with, including the need to elect insane people because their governments are that broken. If that’s where we are, I guess Putin got what he wanted.

Trump is the political class. He is the elite. What are you even talking about? His government has the most billionaire representation of any government ever, a group that is otherwise an extreme minority. He is the most self-serving politician I know.

You believing otherwise has me flabbergasted.

The rich undoubtedly have class consciousness. They understand they gain when tax cuts are made and loans are given out.

Then they turn around and propagandize against class consciousness for the rest of us.

Unions need to make bigger a comeback before I can believe that the working class has class consciousness.

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