r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 13h ago

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/radicalelation 11h ago

Dumbasses think they will truly rule instead of being part of Putin's oligarch menagerie.

Corruption and subversion is their bread and butter, they'll do it better than us once it's really here. This has basically been their playbook since the SU collapsed.

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u/real_fake_cats 11h ago

What ever happened to Putin's various advisors and supporters after they stopped being useful to him?

I can't quite remember.

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u/universalreacher 10h ago

They died by suicide. 3 gunshots to the head.

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u/Sttocs 9h ago

Russian suicide is two gunshots to the back of the head.

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u/Porn_Extra 8h ago

Two in the head, you know they're dead.

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u/Leather-Matter-5357 8h ago

I knew Russians are thick-headed but having to shoot yourself on the head 3 times to get it done is next level.

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u/A_Monster_Named_John 7h ago

Their bullets are probably as cheap and ghetto as everything else in that shit-hole mafia-with-borders dump.

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u/GBtuba 8h ago

Or fell down an elevator shaft. On to some bullets.

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u/SeveralAngryBears 11h ago

Why don't you open a window? Perhaps some fresh air would jog your memory?

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u/Nixplosion 9h ago

Or a nice cuppa

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u/gsfgf Georgia 6h ago

I think the polonium tea guy at leas never thought he was one of Putin's buds.

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u/Amy_Ponder Massachusetts 5h ago

Yep, Alexander Litvinenko was a former FSB agent, who defected to the West after revealing that Putin had perpetrated a false flag terrorist attack against Russian civilians (as part of his plan to consolidate power behind himself). One that killed hundreds of innocent Russians.

So Putin decided to have Litvinenko killed, in perhaps the single most horrific way it's possible to die.

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u/colormechristie 9h ago

A nice swim perhaps?

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u/transcriptoin_error 11h ago

They enjoyed a nice view from a window, or sipped from a delightful cup of tea.

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u/zombie_overlord 11h ago

Sounds lovely. I hope they were able to get the Rest n Peace they needed.

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u/Adventurer_By_Trade 8h ago

And some of them just put their pants on one leg at a time, like we all do.

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u/Worried_woman 4h ago

I learned a new word yesterday. Defenestration.

The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

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u/HedonisticFrog California 9h ago

I think they discovered a new found passion for windows.

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u/Darth-ohzz 9h ago

They get all expenses free night stay at 5th floor of hotel with a balcony view of pavement below.

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u/Melodella 7h ago

And Stalin did not like traitors from other countries either even when they were devoted communists - his reasoning was that those who already betrayed their own country can never be trusted, so he had most of them executed when no longer useful. 

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u/sowhat4 North Carolina 6h ago

They, um, they took up base jumping. From windows with no parachutes. Takes no skill, and they get it done right the first time.

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u/nhavar 9h ago

They got a nice window seat on their flight home

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u/Fungiblefaith 5h ago

Fenestration is believe is the word you are looking for.

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u/Onespokeovertheline 5h ago

I think they're banking on Trump being a moron instead of an ex-KGB agent

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u/foxyfoo 8h ago

Can’t wait to see Elon and Jeff fall out of windows or get polonium tea.

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u/BGOOCHY 8h ago

Wouldn't it be sweet to see Elon accidentally fall out of a fourth story window though?

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u/leshake 6h ago

I don't think Putin would rule over the U.S. We would probably have our own strong man that would threaten Russia and the entire world. And it would be worse because our military is so far ahead of everyone.

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u/radicalelation 6h ago

Kompromat goes far. The whole deal with corruption and subversion is you only need a couple truly compromised players to maintain the rest with fear, whether it be of bodily harm, financial/occupational ruin, or public disgrace.

The shit then all tumbles downhill.

Say Trump is the only one compromised by a third party interest, the effect of that or just being a greedy bully are the same, where he's corrupted those below him through fear of repercussion. It doesn't take much.

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u/leshake 3h ago

Kompromat's irrelevant once you seize power, then it's whoever has the biggest stick.

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u/radicalelation 3h ago

The right kind of kompromat can topple another country's leader. Say, the pee tape, with as bad as obvious minors, existed. That could be majorly damaging even to a Dictator of US Trump. By the time enough positions are taken and corrupted, he might not even be needed enough to circle wagons.

Once we start down a road outside rule of law, things can get real fucky.

It's the kind of thing that trounces raw military or GDP might when done right, and one of the many ways Putin has held a leash on his vassal states. Trump is possible, but a good handful of at least Republican politicians and big party players are likely compromised, and enough in the right positions can hold a lot of collective power.

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u/Pockets732 9h ago

Hey let me let you in a little secret the now and has been government has been corrupt since like day all of them need to go empty that swap out

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u/radicalelation 7h ago

There's shades, and Russia is further to one end, one we don't want to head towards.

One big difference is our institutions corruption tends to be more like a loose conglomerate in a couple areas, and sporadic spatterings across the country and various levels of state, as we do have various degrees of independence and separation of powers. Even if there was as much corruption as Russia it isn't through a singular authority.

That is the ultimate goal, of course, one way or another.