I don't think it's an efficiency or anti-corruption project. If it is, it has failed pretty solidly. In the meantime, it's actively and objectively harming real people.

Regardless of whether or not you agree, the opposition to Musk doesn't appear to be overly tribal in nature. It appears to be a reaction to harm (real or perceived).

Exactly how many people do you think there are in the United States?

How many of those are eligible to vote?

Now, of that group, how many voted for Trump, how many voted for Harris, how many voted for someone else, and how many didn't vote for president at all?

Of those subgroups, the one that comes closest to triple digit millions is "didn't vote at all". And it's still 10M short of the 100M mark.

~244.6M eligible voters in 2024. ~89.3M didn't vote at all. ~77.3M voted for Trump. ~75M voted for Harris.

Your phrasing reminds me of Pam Bondi's recent claim that Trump's policies have saved 258 million American lives. She claimed that they saved 2/3 of Americans from imminent death from fentanyl overdose. The claim is farcical on the face of it. Nowhere near 2/3 of Americans were, or are, at risk of a fentanyl overdose. She could have used the more accurate phrasing of "the amount of fentanyl seized or prevented is sufficient to make N million fatal doses" but that's not what was said. Instead she said "saved 258 million lives", which is a completely ridiculous claim that should be ridiculed for the unrealistic hyperbole that it is.

Your claim isn't quite as bad, but it's a similar mishandling of numbers.

Then they'll happily continue to buy Teslas and nobody has to worry about the few weirdos who aren't.

If you consider blatant corruption to be anti-corruption, there's no point for anyone to argue with you.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established under the Trump administration and led by Elon Musk, has implemented extensive federal budget cuts across various agencies. These reductions have had significant impacts on global health, scientific research, and domestic services.

Global Health Impacts Children: The withdrawal of USAID support may leave 1 million children without treatment for severe malnutrition, potentially causing 163,500 additional deaths annually. An estimated 4.5 million additional deaths among children under five by 2030, primarily due to the loss of access to nutrition, vaccines, and basic healthcare services.

Maternal and Child Health: A modeling study predicts that the cessation of U.S. maternal and child health funding could lead to an additional 7.9 million child deaths and 510,000 maternal deaths by 2040.

Malaria: Internal USAID memos estimate that up to 166,000 additional deaths from malaria could occur due to halted prevention programs.

Polio: Approximately 200,000 more children are projected to be paralyzed by polio over the next decade as a result of disrupted vaccination efforts.

HIV/AIDS: The dismantling of programs like PEPFAR could lead to a 400% increase in AIDS-related deaths globally, equating to an estimated 6.3 million additional deaths within four years, and up to 16 million additional deaths and 26 million new HIV infections by 2040.

Malnutrition: One million children are expected to go untreated for severe acute malnutrition, increasing the risk of mortality.

Tuberculosis: New cases of tuberculosis are anticipated to rise by 30% due to the cessation of treatment and prevention programs. Approximately 62,000 additional TB-related deaths are anticipated if foreign aid is not restored by the end of 2025.

Domestic Impacts National Institutes of Health (NIH): Facing a 35% budget cut, the NIH has had to scale back or halt numerous research projects, affecting advancements in areas like cancer and infectious diseases.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): A reorganization plan includes the elimination of 20,000 jobs, impacting agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Social Security Administration (SSA): The closure of the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and the layoff of 7,000 employees have led to delays and challenges in service delivery.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): DOGE operatives' unauthorized access to NOAA systems has raised concerns about the potential risks to weather forecasting and public safety.

National Science Foundation (NSF): Termination of $1 billion in grants and significant staff reductions have disrupted scientific research and education initiatives.

Financial Considerations While DOGE claims to have saved $160 billion through these cuts, analyses suggest that the associated costs, including rehiring efforts and decreased productivity, have completely offset these savings, resulting in no savings at all.

tens of millions. Only 77 million voted for Trump, and fewer people are behind DOGE than voted for him.

Left wing say "property is theft". Those on the right say "taxes are theft". They both have a core truth.

Musk's entire gesture matches a Nazi salute close enough that if you were making an animated documentary about WWII and needed some footage to rotoscope when animating Hitler and used the musk footage without credit no one would suspect you hand't used authentic Hitler footage.

Here's a post that shows side by side videos of Musk's gesture and several authentic Nazi salutes [1].

Nearly all of the "but Democrats did it too" or "but celebrities did it too" claims are stills showing an outstretched arm. When you find the video of the movements surrounding the arm being in that position that are nothing like Nazi salutes.

Here are several examples [2].

[1] https://x.com/BartoSitek/status/1882081868423860315?t=8F0hL-...

[2] https://x.com/ExposingNV/status/1881647306724049116?t=CGKtg0...

Elon clearly and assuredly did a Nazi salute. A man who has promoted Nazi rhetoric and who had his AI push Holocaust denial this week, whose time in government has been haphazardly destroying careers, dismantling oversight bodies, and having the president advertise his products.

The stills you provide clearly did not. And are people who have spent their lives fighting for civil rights, universal healthcare, and police reform.

If the Tesla board does not want their company to be doomed, they need to evict Musk. If they don’t, they reveal their full complicity with his madness.

“I'm not a fan of elon or the cheato, but there are corps in the US that deserve people's ire much more than tesla. You could just start with a list of the "incinerating the poor" industry. Or any of the other murder for hire corporations.”

Plenty of room for that, too.