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(20,249 posts)dchill
(38,493 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)coup is a noun not a verb
sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)msongs
(67,406 posts)dalton99a
(81,488 posts)He'll make more demands, and if Travis County officials don't kiss his ass, he'll move to Tulsa
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lunatica
(53,410 posts)just look at my moniker and leave out the a at the end. Its only there to show Im a girl.
Just kidding!
brush
(53,778 posts)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.
misanthrope
(7,417 posts)I don't get the idolatry of him.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)A coup for monetary gains is un-American by our government.
jorgevlorgan
(8,294 posts)Sounds like an investigation needs to happen.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)Red Mountain
(1,733 posts)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)GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)I don't care what he's worth.
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Being forced out of office wasn't a coup, it was a fulfillment of the Bolivian Constitution.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Did you follow the racial backlash that occurred in Bolivia after his removal.
What do you think of this?
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
George II
(67,782 posts)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.
malaise
(268,998 posts)It is also racist - indigenous people must not rule their own countries
Buns_of_Fire
(17,177 posts)Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)Im not sure the point of his statement, but I am fully supportive of prosecution if he crosses that line.
Initech
(100,076 posts)It's not in the best interests of the billionaires.