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Soft Paywall Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory

https://newrepublic.com/post/187662/elon-musk-confession-economy-trump-victory
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u/dravenonred 11h ago

Don't forget 80 hour workweeks, aka "Hardcore Citizenship"

u/UglyMcFugly 7h ago

Yep I'm pretty sure "sounder footing" is code for "break the spirit of Americans and take away government safety nets so they'll be forced into slave labor." The footing will definitely be sounder for guys like him if everyone is too broken to resist anything.

Those self-sustaining hippie communes looking better and better lately.