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And under Elon Musk, Twitter X seems to be turning into the second coming of Rush Limbaugh

I respectfully disagree. Musk in many ways is still a hardcore lib, especially in light of things like EV's. For example, he's demanding more carbon tax on oil, all while saying the Dims shouldn't be so anti-oil they block drilling. Of course, this is so Tesla can sell more carbon credits to oil refineries.

Musk may not be a new style Dim pushing for transanity and such. But he's still very pushes the ideas Dims used to a decade ago.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

And under Elon Musk, Twitter X seems to be turning into the second coming of Rush Limbaugh

I respectfully disagree. Musk in many ways is still a hardcore lib, especially in light of things like EV's. For example, he's demanding more carbon tax on oil, all while saying the Dims shouldn't be so anti-oil they block drilling. Of course, this is so Tesla can sell more carbon credits to oil refineries.

Musk may not be a new style Dim pushing for transanity and such. But he's still very pushes the ideas Dims used to a decade ago.

I agree that Musk is not a conservative in our understanding of the word. However:

O’Sullivan’s First Law states that “All institutions which are not actually right wing will become left wing over time.” (Quote approximate but accurate)

My point is that Musk breaks that mold because he is very much about the truth. He started out conventionally “liberal,” approximately. But when he is mugged by reality, truth wins relatively easily. Whereas your typical “liberal” would go into cognitive dissonance and talk nonsense rather than engaging with inconvenient facts. Reality has a funny way of confirming “conservatism” for the simple reason that the people who oppose conservatism the loudest are, in the main, snake oil salesmen.

So I suggest that “liberals” are watching Musk like a hawk. They are even floating ridiculous criminal charges against him. You would think he was Donald Trump!

This “Wright’s Law” thread is intended to alert FReepers to the likelihood that Big Auto, internationally, is in for a dreadful beating. But not from “EVs” in general (almost all brands will fail) but from Tesla in particular. But, if Musk’s right in his economic forecast, also from the behavior of the economy at large in the immediate future. Tesla has a substantial cash war chest laid by for that eventuality.