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Elon Musk: We will coup whoever we want! (Original Post) melman Jul 2020 OP
uh, ain't it WHOMEVER? sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #1
You is azackly right! dchill Jul 2020 #6
😁 sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #20
And malaise Jul 2020 #10
an' you 'zackly right! sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #19
LOL malaise Jul 2020 #21
says the man who got $60 million in tax breaks from austin tx the other day nt msongs Jul 2020 #2
He's always wanted to open a real sweatshop on cheap land dalton99a Jul 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author sarcasmo Jul 2020 #3
If you want to spell that correctly lunatica Jul 2020 #23
Facism: A melding of government, corporations and military. brush Jul 2020 #4
Elon Musk is crazy misanthrope Jul 2020 #5
We? who the hell is he talking about? rockfordfile Jul 2020 #7
Sounds like he meant him and his company jorgevlorgan Jul 2020 #9
3825 968, 68LXXV. Solly Mack Jul 2020 #8
He did mention in the thread Red Mountain Jul 2020 #11
Precisely. People love to hate on Elon Musk for some reason. George II Jul 2020 #17
Time to deport that motherfucker back to South Africa. GoCubsGo Jul 2020 #12
Greedy sociopathic corporate welfare queen dalton99a Jul 2020 #13
Didn't Morales refuse to leave office in violation of the Bolivian Constitution? George II Jul 2020 #15
Strange post JonLP24 Jul 2020 #16
The fact is the US Government didn't organize a coup. Morales was not a legitimate President... George II Jul 2020 #18
He is correct malaise Jul 2020 #22
Yo, Elon: Coup You. nt Buns_of_Fire Jul 2020 #24
Isn't it illegal to plan coups from the US? Renew Deal Jul 2020 #25
No, Elon, it's in the best interest of the people. Initech Jul 2020 #26
Bolivian people are organizing to take back control of the Lithium JonLP24 Jul 2020 #27

dalton99a

(81,488 posts)
14. He's always wanted to open a real sweatshop on cheap land
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 08:08 AM
Jul 2020

He'll make more demands, and if Travis County officials don't kiss his ass, he'll move to Tulsa


Response to melman (Original post)

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
23. If you want to spell that correctly
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 03:09 PM
Jul 2020

just look at my moniker and leave out the a at the end. It’s only there to show I’m a girl.

Just kidding!

brush

(53,778 posts)
4. Facism: A melding of government, corporations and military.
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:47 AM
Jul 2020

It's apparent that Musk is as much a corporate piece of trump's triumvirate as the militarized gangs he's deploying to our nation's streets.

People have to start boycotting this bastard's cars and other products.

Red Mountain

(1,733 posts)
11. He did mention in the thread
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 07:10 AM
Jul 2020

They get their lithium from Australia. And that's he's in favor of a universal basic income. Didn't know that.

He is a bit of a nut.....but it's hard to distinguish when he's pulling the internet's leg at times. He doesn't seem to consider each twitter post with the gravity some seem to think they demand.

George II

(67,782 posts)
15. Didn't Morales refuse to leave office in violation of the Bolivian Constitution?
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:31 AM
Jul 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales#First_presidential_term:_2006%E2%80%9309

Morales' party, the Movement for Socialism (MAS), sponsored an effort to amend the constitution by national vote. A referendum was authorized by a combined session of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly on 26 September 2015, by a vote of 112 to 41. On 21 February 2016 the referendum was held on a constitutional amendment to allow presidents to serve three consecutive terms, which would have allowed Morales to run for a fourth term (third under the new constitution). The proposed constitutional amendment narrowly lost.


Being forced out of office wasn't a coup, it was a fulfillment of the Bolivian Constitution.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
16. Strange post
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:06 PM
Jul 2020

Did you follow the racial backlash that occurred in Bolivia after his removal.

What do you think of this?





George II

(67,782 posts)
18. The fact is the US Government didn't organize a coup. Morales was not a legitimate President...
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 02:27 PM
Jul 2020

He manipulated the votes so that a second round of voting in 2019 was not necessary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_political_crisis

On the other hand, Elon Musk's company, Tesla, does NOT get their lithium from Bolivia, they get it from China, Australia, Canada, and UK. So the whole premise of a "Lithium Coup" is false, it's merely a conspiracy theory.

Renew Deal

(81,859 posts)
25. Isn't it illegal to plan coups from the US?
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 03:58 PM
Jul 2020

I’m not sure the point of his statement, but I am fully supportive of prosecution if he crosses that line.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
26. No, Elon, it's in the best interest of the people.
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 04:04 PM
Jul 2020

It's not in the best interests of the billionaires.

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