• hydroptic
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    1 month ago

    The sad part is that Musk is rich and petty enough that he could buy any election result he wanted in just about any country

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        1 month ago

        You’re kidding yourself if you think that someone pouring a couple of billion dollars into things like PR etc wouldn’t sway an election in any country

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          1 month ago

          Its not about the amount of money , the problem is that he is to frontal about it, its not a problem in the usa but in other country that could be. (Also its just my opinion I m not a fortune teller I cant knpw what will happen , and I hope it will not happen)

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          He can’t pour a billion dollars into the Brazilian election unless he manages to bribe all the authorities… And look who he is talking about.

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            We’re not talking about the same thing. Bribery isn’t the only way to use money in politics