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I think there was also a very sensible "they also run the U.S. government" value, although that seems less true in recent weeks.

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He got all the contracts and contacts he needs from his time kissing trumps ass while terrorizing charity workers. He was in the Middle East and all over getting signed commitments for starlink.

The military will pay him because there are no alternatives. So will many countries.

$TSLA isn’t a car company anymore, it’s $ELON and he’s trying to be a trillionaire and be more powerful than heads of state. Gilded age indeed.

Fun fact, John D. Rockefeller at his peak of wealth was equivilent to 3% of the GDP of the United States. That 3% figure right now would be $870B.

Musk just tweeted that people need to call their representatives and kill the bill. We see how DOGE treats contracts it doesn’t like. It would be some delicious irony if those new contracts find the way to the shredder.

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