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Touching investments and 401k is political suicide (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago by MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The quotes are not there for their accuracy, but to illustrate Musk's outlook and intentions. He sees all entitlements as a bad thing per se and will break whatever norms and rules he can get away with to get rid of them, citing great replacement lies as a justification to the far right and citing "efficiency" as a sop to the less-far-right. Whether he can get away with it remains to be seen, but my original comment was an off-the-cuff "Musk is trying to destroy social security", not a detailed argument about what has happened so far. I think, given the experience of so many other government agencies with Musk and DOGE, that this is a fair statement for casual posting.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Whether he can get away with it remains to be seen

Sure, and Trump will be ultimately responsible for it. Musk is his lapdog, and ultimately the buck stops at the President's desk. And that means issues in the mid-terms if Trump lets Musk get away with it.