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[–] [email protected] 165 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

while we would all love this, hes too rich and too important to the US military to be subjected to actual regular-people laws. sorry.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah thats a normal people punishment.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

Well said . Clickbait fantasy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just make him live out of the embassy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, South African embassy will probably get some nice upgrades

Win - win ?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe there's a lesson there about not allowing individuals to amass that sort of power.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You guys understand that even the immigration system is pay-to-win, right? Regardless of what happens, I don't think Elon will have any issues.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Exactly. He would just reapply under the category of "director of a company" or as "individual of extraordinary abilities".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

“individual of extraordinary abilities”

No, you are not allowed to lie in immigration application forms, it says so right in the title!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

While I don't disagree at all, even in many of these instances lying to immigration officials is a fast track to being denied entry ever again.

Obviously, Musk is going to get back in, but as a political pawn, kicking Musk out of the country being a legitimate option must be absolutely incredible.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. Court couldn’t even issue a warrant today after he didn’t bother to show up. Wake me up when rich people face consequences.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That will only be when we The People start doing something about it.

Wake me up when the rest of the masses have the balls to go on a general strike to halt the economy until our demands of basic human rights are met.

The majority of people are still too comfortable, stupid, weak, afraid, brainwashed, and complacent to do anything at all, let alone something that would actually make a real impact.

The moment all of us peasants collectively go on strike is the moment the government and billionaires start losing. Simple.

But again, generally, people are too selfish to share others' suffering even if it ment a better world for everyone.

And that is the peaceful option that the masses are too complicit to even try...

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Isn't that cute? They think that laws apply to billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

But liberty and justice is in the brainwash pledge that the kids have to do every day. It can't be a lie can it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Without straight up ignoring the law in this case, which State Department is more than capable of doing, it's really not a different law.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm actually not a cynic, an attitude mostly lazy and unthinking, but straight up ignoring conventions and laws is what the right has normalised.

Trump didn't go to jail for Jan 6th, and never will. The paycheck mob did tho.

"Go out there and fight like hell".

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Filthy rich, white. He gets the wag of the finger treatment and nothing worse. Just like Trump.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In this specific case? It comes down to a civil servant getting paid 80k a year. If they get his case file for review and they flag it then the government starts doing it's thing. Of course it will end up in court but a normal court can't do much about it. Which is how Elon's bestest buddies set it up. And once it's on his file that he lied in order to gain citizenship or residency he's straight up barred.

In other words, if he lied then it will take a literal act of congress to save his citizenship.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I appreciate the wisdom of your words, but the past few years have planted me squarely in the camp of "I'll see it when I believe it" when it comes to any sort of consequence for powerful, wealthy Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah, there's always the possibility that despite the numerous articles on it the government just ignores him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

"Uhhhh we seem to have lost his file..."

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago

Remember all those headlines saying things like 'Trump could be found guilty of violating emoluments clause?" Yeah, put this in the same bucket.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Elon “could” grow a nipple on his forehead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah the "could" is doing a lot of work for that headline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the "if" is doing a lot of work too

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think he should. He'd be much more interesting that way.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Narrator: He won't

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Deport the illegals! Confiscate their illicit gains!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Heeeyyy I doubt it!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Elmo Muskrat SHOULD have his US citizenship revoked.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Send him to Africa. Freeze the bank accounts. Donate them to unions.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks to Obama, Elon is theus governments special boy that can do what he wants

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

SHOULD. We all know he won't

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Remove his wealth too, it was achieved through illegality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Please god.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

"could" is the most revealing word in this context.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Don't threaten us with a good time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

That would explain partly why he's supporting Trump now.

Trump may have threatened to enforce it unless he complied

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

All I want for Christmas, is this~

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing's much gonna to happen to him... why?

First off, cuz he's a big "entrepreuner", a pro-western foreign policy guy, and a reactionary, which U.S always welcomes for their support of "freedom" and western civilization

Second, cuz he's a settler, he has citizenships in Canada and South Africa, to rely on, if the others fail

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

There's an illegal immigrant for Trump to deport.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As funny as the thought is, they won't remove the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Tesla and X no one really cares about. SpaceX could get nationalized (!!!) though. Musk being cozy with Putin is already a problem for the US.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Narrator: He won’t.

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