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Amy Furr 1 Sep 2024

A former Clinton administration official wrote on Friday that Elon Musk is a person who is “out of control” and needs to be stopped.

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s opinion piece for the Guardian was titled “Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in.”

In the article, Reich stated:

    Elon Musk is rapidly transforming his enormous wealth — he’s the richest person in the world — into a huge source of unaccountable political power that’s now backing Trump and other authoritarians around the world.

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    He may be the richest man in the world. He may own one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. But that doesn’t mean we’re powerless to stop him.

In addition, he accused Musk of allowing X users to spread so-called “misinformation” on the platform. Reich then gave several suggestions on how to “rein in” Musk, which included a boycott of Tesla.

“Regulators around the world should threaten Musk with arrest if he doesn’t stop disseminating lies and hate on X,” he added.

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Reich, eh?  Reminds me of something another Reich would do.
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Translation: Elon Musk does not do what's he told to do by his liberal betters, and he must be stopped.
I'm not necessarily a huge Musk fan, but if he irritates liberals like Reich, he can't be all bad.

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"Regulators around the world should threaten Musk with arrest if he doesn’t stop disseminating lies and hate on X,” he added.

Wasn't there a time, not too long ago, when our political class was hesitant to make fascist threats publicly?

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This is what has our elites losing more of their minds over Elon ..... Because he could well end up running this commission:

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FOURTH, at the suggestion of @ElonMusk, President Trump will create a Government Efficiency Commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government—and making recommendations for drastic reforms, which will save TRILLIONS of dollars—further taming inflation and bringing prices down.

https://x.com/DanScavino/status/1831785698837360971

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I hope Reich sees this!

"The Biden-Harris regime, with the help of the CIA, installed Lula as dictator in Brazil. These are the people we are subjugating. Democrats are cheering they can no longer use @elonmusk’s X to organize."


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