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by onepremise 487 days ago
Far better to give elected representatives this responsibility, IMHO. This is bizarre. There are a lot of billionaires jockeying for influence and resources here. It's almost like a free for all. Musk could also use his position to force Sam Altman's hand in the acquisition of OpenAI, https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-sam-altman-relationship-6.... I'm not interested in either party, but it's clear there are huge conflicts of interests here. Musk also expressed disappointment when not getting a piece of this pie, https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/stargate-elon-musk-trump-al.... I've also read more concerning material regarding JD Vances connections with Peter Theil and their interests in side lining the constitution for some other efforts prepping for "networked states", https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-in.... Much of this is impossible to follow closely. Like I said, this administration seems to be flooding the zone with shit to distract others from what their real intent is. I think it's worth vetting and questioning positions in government, you can't just blindly trust these ppl. Something seems really off. I say question everything at this point. I don't trust billionaires to fix the worlds problems. Democracy and the constitution should be upheld and well guarded.