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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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Prigozhin allegedly had a massive influence on 2016 USA elections with his troll farms.
I don't think Kremlin gave up on the 2024 elections, it's just now they have Musk.
Yep Putin and Musk are clearly trying to weaponize the stupidity of a little less than half our nation. If Republicans fail to win, Russia and Putin's special snowflake operation will fail.
Why would Musk work for the Kremlin
Because they would make him feel important. Because they would make him feel cool and nonconformist. He would feel like he's really making decisions and choosing a path. He would feel in control and ontologically whole. Incidentally these are the same blinding motivations which guide the anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, anti-education anti-healthcare, anti-student loan forgiveness, anti-free school lunch, anti-gun control, anti-immigration, anti-affirmative action, anti-environmental protection, anti-democracy crowd.
The problem with billionaires is the same as those who worship them, which I believe is what endears the latter to the former. They have a very profound hole in their self worth. If you're a billionaire you probably got to be one by compulsively looking for something to fill that hole, or alternatively you inherited your wealth from someone who has. If you don't recognize your worth, you don't recognize your power. If you don't recognize you power you feel powerless. If you feel powerless, your desperation to control makes you either easy to manipulate or antisocial, or both.
It's straight out of the Kanye playbook. Just do contrarian things to stay relevant.
He doesn't need to work for them in any sense of the word, he just needs to be receptive to them enough to endorse some of their ideas and the people will follow
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule