Musky

Maybe because the rubber faced one has another name on twitter Kekius Maximus

Is that Elon Big Pants?

Listening to his views on UK/European politics makes about as much sense as the USA hanging on David Goldstone's every word.

I had a look through Musks Twitter timeline. It genuinely reads like a EDL dad/geezer Facebook rant session. Mental.

I've just looked at his feed for the first time in a long time. I expected it to be unhinged, but it's so much more unhinged than I expected.

The first one I saw about Starmer was particularly unpleasant, and a further one about Jess Phillips possibly even worse.

That would indicate an extremely poor level of judgement if true.

I think the irony is that he's been radicalised by the platform he bought - rather than manage it to keep an semblance of balance, either through naively chasing 'interaction', or less naively through wanting to turn it in into a place that would promote his (now) apparent goal of oligarchy, it seems that he's followed the crazier X element right down the conspiracy rabbit holes they've gone down. I cant imagine he's pulling this wild act purely as a detached business choice.

Really struggling to understand why the UK government aren't just ignoring his rantings. He's just a foreign national making ill-informed comments about something he doesn't understand and that is nothing to do with him.

Musk is about to be a member of Trump's cabinet. Much as I might like to agree, I don't think any government can ignore direct attempts to stir up civil unrest by a member of a foreign government.

He won't be there for long is my prediction.

It will be interesting to watch though. And we may learn something useful for when the the trimming of our own rather large state becomes more pressing.

Given he's heavily dependent on government contracts I doubt he will have much interest in actual efficiency.

Quite possibly, I guess we will see soon enough.

I seem to rememer some strange definition of what is not allowed, I guess from a court case of some sort.

It was something like 'unusual or dangerous' weapons are not protected by the second amendment, I'm pretty sure that all guns are dangerous and that's kind of the point but I guess that means that Muskrat cant just buy a load of intercontinental balistic weapons.

I am almost certain that there is some segment of gun toting USAnia that considers any restriction an infringement of their liberties and that they should be able to sail up the Potomac in a nuclear submarine.

the 'originalists' have been using the argument that the constitution must be interpreted according what the meaning was at the time it was drafted

the supreme court has been stuffed with members holding/sympathetic to this viewpoint, it's a basis for denying modern rights/values/protections much hated by the right

modern weapons didn't exist at the time of the second amendment, by the right's own argument it gives no right to hold them, machine guns for instance have long been treated as not being covered

however, their hypocrisy knows no bounds, rightwing judges have been challenging this position, if it gets to the supreme court then who know

might end up with everything from grenades to missiles, and landmines to nerve agents, being permitted, which could get very nasty, it's not even difficult, you can make a war gas with readily available domestic products, chlorine is even easier though not as lethal

though the thought of musk going the way of general midwinter in billion dollar brain is a cheery one