Florida also recently passed a special law for SpaceX removing liability for launch related deaths of employees or something. A few weeks after the flight termination system failed for 40 seconds.
Do you think Elon Musk turned into a hardcore Republican just for the political favors? It just seems so blatant.
There has to be some kind of conflict of interest here. Elon was literally blasting out the DeSantis presidential announcement to his millions of Twitter followers, and he continues to act as a mouthpiece for Republican ideology.
Elon is a businessman and nothing more. Everything he says is bullshit just to further his business interests. Not just Elon, all billionaires do these things regularly. I don't fully understand the game they're playing, but no doubt so much of what the rich do or say is to manipulate public opinion, distract, or gain favor.
> Do you think Elon Musk turned into a hardcore Republican just for the political favors?
I think people with enough money to have major political influence play “teammates” with any party who gives them what they want.
Striking down the McCain-Feingold act was a major blow to American politics. Quid pro quo is only illegal if bribery can be proven, so it effectively has no teeth even though we can all witness the corruption in plain sight.
There’s hardly any serious politicians to vote for at the national stage, because winning is the only priority and corruption is how you win. McConnell stated this plainly when he went after the McCain-Feingold act.
"We do it because we'd like to win. We'd like to win. There's nothing inherently wrong with wanting to win," McConnell says.[1]
