Elon Musk’s Latest Antics Are Enough to Radicalize.

His tweets serve as a pretty clear indication of the failures of the American system, and the sort of person he is.

Lauren Elizabeth
Dialogue & Discourse
5 min readJul 26, 2020

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I’m a big believer in the idea that every billionaire is a policy failure, and it’s certainly safe to say that after his recent spiral on Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has certainly not proven himself to be an exception. He has has had a considerable amount to say about the events of the past few months, and in doing so managed to indicate a lot about himself, his worldview, and undoubtedly his politics in the process. As ridiculous as his antics have been, whether it be threatening to move his Tesla plant after unwanted new Covid regulations or endorsing Kanye West’s bid for the Presidency, one comment in particular that Mr. Musk made stood out considerably as arguably the most revolting, transparent, and enraging statement from someone with his position that I have ever come across.

After unsurprisingly making it known that he does no support the idea of another stimulus package and that he feels it’s not in the best interest of the people, twitter user Armani responded with:

“You know what wasnt in the best interest of people? the U.S. government organizing a coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia so…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Dialogue & Discourse

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx