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Oligarchs Will Not Save Us
Townhall.com ^ | April 21, 2022 | Kurt Schlichter

Posted on 04/21/2022 4:19:41 AM PDT by Kaslin

I like Elon Musk’s style, his refusal to conform to the dictates of the dictators, and his cool sci-fi villain’s name, but here’s the thing – I am under no illusions that Elon Musk is going to save us. A visionary thinker? Yep. A useful ally? Sure. But the guy who is going to save America? Nope. That’s not his intention and that’s not how this works. We gotta save ourselves.

Elon Musk is useful for discrete tasks that require both money and testicular fortitude, like trying to buy Twitter. Throwing off the censorship of Cupertino’s Dolores Umbridge corps – there’s a reference for you Harry Potter virgins – will be invaluable not primarily because it will allow the shunned the chance to tweet again, but because it will cheer our side and demoralize the enemy. Remember, our elite enemy is desperately trying to stick its soft, girlish fingers in the narrative dike to plug up the leaks of unapproved thought that keeps spilling out. The ruling caste knows it maintains its sinecure not by persuasion but by power; if they can’t silence and subdue us, they’ll be trampled in the stampede to those who actually can adequately perform the job of running society. That’s why suddenly free speech has morphed into a threat to democracy. And, of course, democracy is also a threat to democracy.

Now, let’s be clear who we are talking about or, rather, who we aren’t. Donald Trump is not one of these oligarchs. He was a celebrity with a personal brand built over the years. Yeah, he was a rich guy with his own plane, plenty of real estate, and top-shelf arm-candy, but he was also tight with a buck. T

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: bigtech; elonmusk; twitter

1 posted on 04/21/2022 4:19:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

“But the guy who is going to save America?”

This CNN talking point about MAGA supporters wanting a “savior” is getting tiresome.

No, we are looking for leaders like Trump who believe in America and who will implement the MAGA agenda. We can then save ourselves.


2 posted on 04/21/2022 4:25:47 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Kaslin
"the woke groomer mutants"

Excellent name for a band.

3 posted on 04/21/2022 5:06:01 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: odawg

No, we are looking for leaders like Trump who believe in America and who will implement the MAGA agenda. We can then save ourselves.

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It’s still good to question Musks motives. Overall, it appear they are the principles of free speech. He has said as much.

The fight against political censorship is one we should even be having in this country. Yes, the first amendment limits the government from censoring citizens, not private sector, but when it appears there is a conspiracy, or at least a collusion, between the service providers and platforms in this country against individual speech, that’s still a problem.

I just don’t trust it. I’m cynical like that.
Musk taking Twitter on the balance should be a good, but like I said before, I’ll start to get excited only if it actually happens, and even then it’s a wait and see situation


4 posted on 04/21/2022 5:30:01 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Kaslin

Elon Musk is a truly great American. He is one of the great businessman industrialists on a par with Rockefeller, Carnage, Vanderbilt and Ford.

His presence is being felt as a result of solid accomplishment that is so great it is beyond comprehension of the Average American.


5 posted on 04/21/2022 5:38:32 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: Kaslin

President’s set the tone for the country. Perhaps one of the most important things they do is promote freedom, or take freedoms away. Then in order to be effective, they need to lead and they require a great team. Trump did his part but a good portion of his team let the country down.

I’m talking about people like Jeff Sessions, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell (with the one exception of judicial management), Christopher Wray, James Comey, Romney, Murkowski, and Collins and so many more. They all failed to put the country over their own personal interests.


6 posted on 04/21/2022 5:48:37 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: bert

“Rockefeller, Carnage, Vanderbilt and Ford.”

Carnage? LOL! :)


7 posted on 04/21/2022 6:08:43 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Kaslin
<>"We are citizens, and being a citizen takes work.

Serfs and subjects have it easy. They toil in their masters’ field then kick back afterwards.

But we not only have to do our own toiling in our own fields, but we have to take some of our free time to go participate in our own governance. "<>

This is an important message, too many of us have abdicated our role as CITIZEN.

8 posted on 04/21/2022 6:09:08 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Enjoy your radioactive roots and berries!)
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To: odawg

First we have to replace EVERY Bush League Republican.

They are Assistant Democrats who have been assisting with the importation of illegal aliens for 30 years.
They KNOW they are importing a permanent Democrat majority EVERY time they vote for amnesty and against securing the border.

The only ones who don’t are the dolts who keep re-electing them.


9 posted on 04/21/2022 6:25:41 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Kaslin

Save us? Most of them want to be rid of as many of us as they don’t need for serfs!


10 posted on 04/21/2022 6:45:07 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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