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>Regardless, it had always seemed pretty clear to me that it was never about efficiency anyway.

Nope, it was about looting the government's data and delivering retribution to perceived enemies (ie: USAID).

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Also about destroying the government's investigative/enforcement capacity. USAID's destruction was ideological, but protecting Tesla and SpaceX was existential.

> protecting Tesla and SpaceX was existential

Don't you miss the simpler times when people could just frantically applaud Musk's genius and not be inconvenienced by the truth of how big of a role deception, grifting, and outright fraud played in his success?


Anyone who thought this guy was a genius is probably still frantically applauding.

They saw Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, but didn't really get it.

And racism.



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