Re: Elon Musk versus the intelligence community

On 2025-03-18 13:36:13 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:

On 3/17/2025 12:58 PM, shawn wrote:

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:44:56 -0400, Rhino
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On 2025-03-17 2:48 PM, shawn wrote:

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:58:54 -0400, Rhino
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On 2025-03-17 12:41 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Elon Musks is now trying to force the intelligence community -- the
actual deep state -- to go through layoffs of newly-hired workers.
 Isn't he going to die of natural causes suddenly from previously unknown symptoms of a disease he wasn't aware of?

 I've heard that the Secret Service has provided him a detail. I don't
know how big it is but it would probably discourage most threats.
 Then again, there must be a lot of people with motivation to act at this point....
 I wish he'd find a lower-profile deputy to carry on the important work
of DOGE and get his own butt back to SpaceX. I *really* want SpaceX to
succeed and I think they probably need his help to get past their
current problems.

 You mean his help in both getting rid of the people who were looking
into SpaceX and helping to get more contracts from the government?

 So your theory is that the richest man in the world, who has more money
than anyone has ever had before, is so corrupt that he'll destroy major
chunks of the government to either hide some kind of scandal - of which
no details have emerged to the best of my knowledge - or obtain more
contracts?

 Yes. After all did you see him getting Trump to help make an ad for
Tesla. That tells you a lot about both men.

 Plus being that corrupt is part of HOW he became the richest man in the world.

Being corrupt is to some degree how *ALL* rich people get their money, even if it is only by their customers greedily excessive prices. Very few of them have done any real work. Most have simply bought a widget for $2 and managed to selfishly con others into buying it for $20.