this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2025
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Musk is an idiot of course, but he does (presumably) have the money to set this up, and parties can be taken over, can they not . . . ? ☭😉

Seriously tho, I think the Coke and Pepsi parties have a lock on the system, so I'm not sure any amount of $$ could break through it, but we can dream, can't we?

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[–] MoonElf@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i think Musk saw behind the curtain and realized just how cheaply politicians are being bought up for. I think he did some napkin math and realized he could outbid the current masters of enough of them to gain more power than trying to appease trump.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

My first thought is that this may be for 1) political leverage and 2) propaganda. Leverage as a spoiler, to pressure/influence the other two parties in the election cycle. Propaganda is pretty self-explanatory, I think: getting into the news & podcaster cycles, throwing events, sending out mailers/flyers etc.

Some people (rich & poor) and interest groups/super PACs may fund it, so it won’t even have to be all his own money.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Let's hope that this is the much needed being of the Nazi implosion and not a refining point for them