Elon Musk says he voted Democrat earlier because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division and hate.
In the past, I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.
But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.
Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold …
In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.
But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.
Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022
Elon Musk went on to say, “Judging by the relentless hate stream from the far left, this tweet was spot on.”
To which Mehdi Hasan, political journalist, broadcaster, and host of The Mehdi Hasan Show on Peacock replied, “How many of those people from the “far-left” who were mean to you on Twitter went into a church, synagogue, mosque, Walmart, or Tops and massacred a bunch of people from minority communities?”
How many of those people from the “far left” who were mean to you on Twitter went into a church, synagogue, mosque, Walmart, or Tops and massacred a bunch of people from minority communities?
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 19, 2022
Elon Musk’s political inclinations are intensifying to a degree leaving one to wonder whether he might run for the presidency as he talks about “a party more moderate on all issues than either Reps or Dems would be ideal,” clearly indicating he wanted something different from the system that was running which turned too aggressive or rusty.
A party more moderate on all issues than either Reps or Dems would be ideal
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 19, 2022
Would Elon Musk ever stand for the presidency with his “sudden” interest in politics? He earlier joked he would buy Coca-Cola and ‘put cocaine back’ activating hysteria on the social media platform, as much as coca-cola started trending on Twitter.
He wanted to buy Twitter to let loose free speech where Twitter should facilitate free speech as permitted by the law of the land; it should be politically neutral as in, it has to be equally upsetting for the far right and the far left. With innovative ideas catching the public Elon Musk wants Twitter DMs to have end-to-end encryption-like signals so that no one can spy or hack personal messages.
He started his experimental “jokes” in 2017 he asked how much will Twitter cost him, and five years later now offered $44 billion to take over a 100% stake of Twitter.
Is Elon Musk attempting to test political waters, by inculcating a new idea of a new party perhaps led by him by tweeting, “a party more moderate on all issues than either Reps or Dems would be ideal”?
As Elon Musk’s “pattern” runs, as seen in the past, he firsts make a suggestion, observes the response, and then acts accordingly. Presently, the richest man in the world, perhaps the 6th most followed person on Twitter, each day running higher, whose tweets get over 2 million likes at times, is growing in popularity and influence with his innovative scientific ideas and strong business understanding which is appealing to a mass following that keeps growing. Opponents will try hard to clamp him down because he is not the most liked person, strongly disliked for his attempts to “buy up things” at the drop of a hat as a “rich spoilt brat”
Who is Elon Musk?
Elon Reeve Musk, born June 28, 1971, is a business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
He has an estimated net worth of around US$265 billion as of May 2022 and is the richest person in the planet according to both the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and the Forbes real-time billionaires list.
Musk was born to a Canadian mother and White South African father and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. He briefly attended the University of Pretoria before moving to Canada at age 17. He enrolled at Queen’s University and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Physics.
He moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University but decided instead to pursue a business career, co-founding the web software company Zip2 with his brother Kimbal. The startup was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999. The same year, Musk co-founded online bank X.com, which merged with Confinity in 2000 to form PayPal. The company was bought by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
In 2002, Musk founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer, and space transport services company, of which he serves as CEO and Chief Engineer. In 2004, he joined electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. (now Tesla, Inc.) as chairman and product architect, eventually assuming the position of CEO in 2008.
In 2006, he helped to create SolarCity, a solar energy company that was later acquired by Tesla and became Tesla Energy. In 2015, he co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research company that promotes friendly artificial intelligence (AI).
In 2016, he co-founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company focused on developing brain-computer interfaces, and founded The Boring Company, a tunnel construction company. He also agreed to purchase the major American social networking service Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion. Musk has proposed the Hyperloop, a high-speed vactrain transportation system. He is the president of the Musk Foundation, an organization that donates to scientific research and education.