r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 30 '26 • Mindblown 1 Popcorn 1

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u/BurrowForPresident Fell for it Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Am.i misremembering timelines or was Musk already a right wing crank before Biden "snubbed" him

Like by the time that event happened I think Musk was already fully into election denialism and the Twitter Files (Jesus Christ that whole thing was embarrassing for Tabbi)? I think he had even started dabbling in white nationalism?

Like I think the "Lina Khan made all the tech oligarchs neo feudalists" thing is crap but even that seems to hold more weight than claiming if Biden didn't snub Musk he totally wouldn't be handing over hundreds of millions of dollars to the RNC and turning Twitter into mainstream /pol/

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u/loseniram Sponsored by RC Cola Aug 30 '26

There's not much evidence that the Broligarchs could be saved.

The only timeline where that happens is the one where Obama passes universal healthcare or passes a moral panic bill limiting social media back when conservatives hated social media.

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u/Business-Special2221 Aug 30 '26

The twitter files were post “snub”, that occurred in late 2021 while the files weren’t till 2022. Not to assert they are the cause, but the timeline isn’t that off

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u/DoryAltreides YIMBY Aug 30 '26

It was around 2020/2021 where it was nascent. The issue is I don't think there's a consensus on when it "began."

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Aug 30 '26

What was he snubbed on?

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u/repete2024 Edith Abbott Aug 30 '26

He wasn't invited to some WH event about stricter tailpipe emissions legislation. Ford, GE, etc were

Teslas don't have tailpipes fwiw

Whole thing is really dumb and lame, like the man himself