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Frank Lee's avatar

Ah... the ruminations of those that believe they are The Elect chosen to confiscate and spend other people's money to given them purpose and meaning rather than, they themselves, doing anything real or productive to make their own money to give away.

Yes, we have a great big problem with corporate consolidation, but it isn't Musk and Ellison. Those two titans of industry actually produce things of value. If you want to go after the destructive money, see Wall Street. But then Wall Street is a big political donor, especially to the looting professional Democrats... so that won't happen.

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Jay Moore's avatar

If you hadn’t noticed, Tesla’s valuation has nothing to do with Musk’s genius, if any. It has to do with his celebrity. That fact is kind of disgusting. But once you accept it as fact, the actions of Tesla’s board make a good deal more sense. They just want the stock price to go up, and that’s not possible without him. A return to rational valuation would be ruinous.

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Frank Lee's avatar

Bullshit.

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Jay Moore's avatar

How so?

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Frank Lee's avatar

Musk is only a celebrity because if his business genius.

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Isabelle Williams's avatar

Can Francis Fukuyama tell us why Jeff Bezos ( owner of Washington Post), George Soros ( funder of anything and everything left), Pierre Omidyar funding Intercept and a whole media company, DNC funding scores of influencers and journalists, etc. etc are NOT a threat our democracy? So its only a threat when Republicans fund platforms? ( And I didnt even mention Vaccine Bill Gates who funds the Guardian and God knows what else).

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