pissvortex: afloweroutofstone: pissvortex: “hey elon why did you give over $30,000 to the repu
pissvortex:afloweroutofstone:pissvortex:“hey elon why did you give over $30,000 to the republican party”“i’ll have you know im a centrist”Very wealthy people will regularly donate large amounts of money to polticians and institutions from both parties, not as a sign of support for them, but in order to buy political access. Musk’s actions are the norm here, and they don’t represent his actual personal political beliefs, but rather his position in a corrupt wealthy class.that’s fair. i figured he probably does it to keep that SpaceX government funding going. but he’s also on twitter right now trying to convince everyone he’s doing it to “make the republicans care about humanitarian issues” it really makes everything he does feel performative. he knew damn well he couldn’t get a fully functional rescue pod tested and shipped to thailand before the rescuers got the kids out, but he did it anyways as a stupid PR stunt.hope he actually does fix flint’s water, though. -- source link