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Somebody needs to tell this full doofus that most British police officers don't even carry guns lol
He's a Russian asset that holds U.S. military contracts. yay
Just wait until he uses DOGE to gut NASA and gets more contracts for SpaceX.
White, rich guy from apartheid South Africa accuses country of tyranny after it locks up a person white supremacists look up to.
Hmm. Hmmmm.
Elon is a threat to humanity.
He’s trying to build starships. He’s a threat to the galaxy.
He has already started littering space with scrapped vehicles.
call Britain tyrannical police state, defend far right.
we are going to see this guy's self entitled, completely off the mark political comments for the next four years. enjoy people.
For the record, I dont think he is using some heinous misinformation tactics. His grasp of certain concepts is just on par with a first graders'.
accusation, confession
We should ban this guy's propaganda site.
All the people taking this lightly, wildly underestimate the effect the richest man in the world has on public discourse. This guy is taking heads of state to task, threatening democracy.
I hope he trips up and gets X banned.. but we need to be way more radical in protecting our democracy.
Jesus Christ Russia have absolutely nailed this part of their geopolitical play.
They've basically got 2 members of, if not an entire, US government under their thumb, they've corrupted the EU to make one of their major contributors to leave (thinking the US is on their side, idiotically), and they've got good relations with the other superpower (china).
Annoyingly, it looks like the EU which is the most, even if not enough, "for the people" political establishment in our world today is going to get screwed over the next decade or so.
Elon musks death would create a great trickle down effect as his assets were carved up by various corporations and inheritors. It would be a new golden age.
Right now its all being hoarded in texas in a garage where Musk sleeps and pisses on a pile of deeds and gold like a little pink pig dragon.
So if Kier Starmer had the balls to do the right thing he'd take care of this issue old school.
Musk here is using the Tucker Carlson technique of "just asking questions". An answer is easily found. "Robinson" (not his real name) is in jail for 18 months because he committed crimes, admitted to them in court, and was found guilty of them in a court of law. Hardly tyranny. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/tommy-robinson-admits-contempt-of-court-over-false-claims-about-refugee
He is doing Russian dirty work
It’s really annoying how this guy never complains about what actual autocracies are doing; never a peep complaining about the times they ask for things to be removed from Twitter. Just hand wringing about needing to follow the law to operate in those places. Hypocrite
He's got such a hate boner for Kier Starmer that I'm kind of intrigued. Starmer is the most boring, beaurocratic politician you can find. I can't understand what's triggered this latest Musk mania.
He's a prosecutor who apparently can't be bought.
That's far more dangerous to a billionaire than a firebrand.
If Starner only delivers a non-corrupt legal system it'll be an incredible win for the Country. But I do think he needs 10 years in office so he should focus on actually winning the next election.
If I didn’t already think that Musk is a fucking shithead, him stanning for Tommy fucking Robinson would have sealed it.
Tommy Fucking Robinson (or Stephen Yaxley-Fucking-Lennon to give him his actual name) is the worst. A racist thug through and through, who, by being banged up, is in the right place.
Lol, put that police state to use and get that X bullshit out of your countries so you don't have to deal with his lame blackmail attempts anymore. This is far more blatant and insidious than TikTok ever was. Let him boost away in his own little bubble of delusional Americans and Russian bots.
Hate to say it but my experiences with British police is that they are all tyrants who will grasp as straws to screw you over. That said Elon is someone I would very much enjoy to punch in the face.
Musk is a whiny little bitch. Also a con man.
I hate that this piece of shit is so young...
I'm going to have to wait a lonnnnnng time to piss on his grave :(
can we start collectively ignoring whatever Musk says? I am individually starting to, making one last exception with this comment, but only collectively we can really make a difference in making the world (or at least Lemmy) a quieter, Elon-less place. If he does something newsworthy for good (puts a person on Mars) or for bad (I don't know where to start here....) then by all means let's celebrate or sulk but when he talks or Xits let his voice disperse as quickly as a fart in the wind.
I think this maniac wishes for immortality, and since the closest he can do is make his name stand out in the history books, he used his “dumbest kid on planet Vulcan” logical prowess to deduce that the best way to accomplish that is to become a mustache twirling villain.
And the US isn't?
Ok.
Seeing the kind of tyrannical laws that were enacted in that country in the last couple of years, I'm very much in agreement.
Musk can still go piss off.
Laws that were enacted by the previous Tory government who were in power for 12 years.
Starmer/Labour have only been in government for a few months so for them to have done what Musk is suggesting in such a short time, is quite the achievement.
Kim Jong-Musk beating the drum, undermining democracy wherever he can
