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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 165 points 1 week ago

while we would all love this, hes too rich and too important to the US military to be subjected to actual regular-people laws. sorry.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah thats a normal people punishment.

[-] zante@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 week ago

Well said . Clickbait fantasy.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

Just make him live out of the embassy

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, South African embassy will probably get some nice upgrades

Win - win ?

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 1 week ago

Maybe there's a lesson there about not allowing individuals to amass that sort of power.

We could take SpaceX from him. The United States has enough guns to make that happen.

it would take zero guns. spacex doesnt want to be run by that guy

See? We've got more than enough.

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[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago

You guys understand that even the immigration system is pay-to-win, right? Regardless of what happens, I don't think Elon will have any issues.

[-] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Exactly. He would just reapply under the category of "director of a company" or as "individual of extraordinary abilities".

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago

“individual of extraordinary abilities”

No, you are not allowed to lie in immigration application forms, it says so right in the title!

[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

While I don't disagree at all, even in many of these instances lying to immigration officials is a fast track to being denied entry ever again.

Obviously, Musk is going to get back in, but as a political pawn, kicking Musk out of the country being a legitimate option must be absolutely incredible.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago

Yeah. Court couldn’t even issue a warrant today after he didn’t bother to show up. Wake me up when rich people face consequences.

[-] Smith6826@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That will only be when we The People start doing something about it.

Wake me up when the rest of the masses have the balls to go on a general strike to halt the economy until our demands of basic human rights are met.

The majority of people are still too comfortable, stupid, weak, afraid, brainwashed, and complacent to do anything at all, let alone something that would actually make a real impact.

The moment all of us peasants collectively go on strike is the moment the government and billionaires start losing. Simple.

But again, generally, people are too selfish to share others' suffering even if it ment a better world for everyone.

And that is the peaceful option that the masses are too complicit to even try...

[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago

Isn't that cute? They think that laws apply to billionaires.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

But liberty and justice is in the brainwash pledge that the kids have to do every day. It can't be a lie can it?

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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 week ago

Filthy rich, white. He gets the wag of the finger treatment and nothing worse. Just like Trump.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

In this specific case? It comes down to a civil servant getting paid 80k a year. If they get his case file for review and they flag it then the government starts doing it's thing. Of course it will end up in court but a normal court can't do much about it. Which is how Elon's bestest buddies set it up. And once it's on his file that he lied in order to gain citizenship or residency he's straight up barred.

In other words, if he lied then it will take a literal act of congress to save his citizenship.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

I appreciate the wisdom of your words, but the past few years have planted me squarely in the camp of "I'll see it when I believe it" when it comes to any sort of consequence for powerful, wealthy Republicans.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah, there's always the possibility that despite the numerous articles on it the government just ignores him.

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

"Uhhhh we seem to have lost his file..."

[-] One_Honest_Dude@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago
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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Remember all those headlines saying things like 'Trump could be found guilty of violating emoluments clause?" Yeah, put this in the same bucket.

[-] Willy@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago

Elon “could” grow a nipple on his forehead.

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah the "could" is doing a lot of work for that headline.

[-] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I think the "if" is doing a lot of work too

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[-] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I think he should. He'd be much more interesting that way.

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago

Narrator: He won't

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Deport the illegals! Confiscate their illicit gains!

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

Heeeyyy I doubt it!

[-] Jumpingspiderman@reddthat.com 13 points 1 week ago

Elmo Muskrat SHOULD have his US citizenship revoked.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 9 points 1 week ago

Send him to Africa. Freeze the bank accounts. Donate them to unions.

[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Remove his wealth too, it was achieved through illegality.

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Thanks to Obama, Elon is theus governments special boy that can do what he wants

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

SHOULD. We all know he won't

[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Please god.

[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Don't threaten us with a good time.

[-] auzy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

That would explain partly why he's supporting Trump now.

Trump may have threatened to enforce it unless he complied

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

"could" is the most revealing word in this context.

[-] chillBurner@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Nothing's much gonna to happen to him... why?

First off, cuz he's a big "entrepreuner", a pro-western foreign policy guy, and a reactionary, which U.S always welcomes for their support of "freedom" and western civilization

Second, cuz he's a settler, he has citizenships in Canada and South Africa, to rely on, if the others fail

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

All I want for Christmas, is this~

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

There's an illegal immigrant for Trump to deport.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

As funny as the thought is, they won't remove the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X.

[-] troed@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago

Tesla and X no one really cares about. SpaceX could get nationalized (!!!) though. Musk being cozy with Putin is already a problem for the US.

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