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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s just complete arrogance to think you can run a social media company or GOTV campaign when your actual area of expertise is having a permanent midlife crisis.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wow we really should make !murderedbywords a thing...

(Yes, also !communitiesashashtags)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Some partly blame, including when they’ve spoken to Trump, the group’s lead strategists, who are linked to the failed 2024 primary run of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

From the winningest campaign ever. The people who made ole' Ronnie Meatball Pudding Fingers the president. Wait…

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Take away is Musky is burning his own funds to mess up again. Proves the business prowess of this supposed "jeanus". I see no problem with this

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The only problem is how slowly he's burning thru all that cash. We should encourage musky to engage in MOAR expensive ventures, I guess?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

A lot of his companies' wealth depend on him coming across as a good investment. Perhaps this failure PAC could be used as a reason for his incompetence and reduce it further than we could ever dream

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

razor-thin margins.

WHY??!?!!!!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Musk going in so hard on Twitter and the Trump campaign has probably been a boon for the employees of Tesla and SpaceX. They're probably the only people who aren't looking forward to the end of the campaign.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

They won’t be thinking like that if Xitter truly implodes, as it will free him up to focus back on those companies.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Like when your manager is on vacation. So nice to work that week.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

"Never interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Let’s hope so.