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If this arrest doesn't happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.
A lot of shit has happened to destroy democracy so far (has anyone been keeping a list?), but if billionaires see that they can now buy votes, nothing will stop them from doing it over and over again. We will be Russia.
and its becoming blatant and bold
Muskrat isn't doing this for any other reason other than to test and expand the boundaries. It's challenging the American people .... if he can go this far and allowed to get away with it, then it will become the norm. The fault won't be that he is doing it ... the fault will be the American people who put up with this crap.
I've given up on trying to understand dumb American politicians .... I'm completely disillusioned and lost hope in the American people.
It's not a small group of billionaires that will destroy democracy in America ... it will be an entire nation of people who just stand aside and watch everything burn without saying or doing a thing about it.
I’ve given up on trying to understand dumb American politicians
It's easy. They are cowards, and they are for sale. If money doesn't make them snap to attention, threats will. I also think a healthy percentage of them have been to Russia, and those are being blackmailed.
At this point democracy is so far underground that only a Level 17 necronancer can resurrect it
If this arrest doesn't happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.
Worry not, most Americans are bravely waiting until they have no options left and literally living in squalor before considering any action
In the last 8+ years I have seen the goal post for action moved so many times, I have lost all hope Americans will actually do something for themselves
I guess you won't make fun of French people anymore
I have seen the goal post for action moved so many times
Yes. I have too. I honestly think I've moved my own goal posts for action, as well. I think most of the people like me feel truly lost about what to do. We need a Martin Luther King, Jr figure to unite and direct.
I'm at the point where I know he won't face consequences because he's rich. But an arrest and trial would at least be sanity.
Arrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying
YES! FINALLY!
Demanded In Wisconsin
Dude, don't tease me like that
State law. Rrump can't pardon it away.
Let me know when he's actually arrested and charged.
Won't happen. While I think all this institutional resistance is good. All of the lawsuits and judge rulings should only be seen as a way meant to delay. Fascism is here. You don't unravel it using the existing institutions and systems.
Delay and prepare. Learn who all your neighbors are. Make sure you can contact all of them quickly and that they can contact you. Your neighbors and your coworkers are who you should be organizing with. Talk to them. Find out who might be a target by ICE. Find out which one of them you can't trust. And of course. Arm yourself.
Elons not getting arrested but we don't have to let them arrest us either. If there is no justice for Elon we can't allow anymore injustice to us.
He’s actively this second openly buying a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin. I mean obviously nows the time to do it or never do it.
Nows the time to throw all the knives in the air.
Fucking do it already. His approval ratings are pretty low right now (billionaire approval ratings, fucking gross), so I feel like MAGA might not come to his defense this time.
I feel like MAGA might not come to his defense this time.
Hope this isn't wishful thinking. Trump thinks his son is a l33t hacker for being able to turn a laptop on. Musk on the other hand owns a major social media platform and has access to skilled technicians and programmers, as well as huge server farms which he doubtless uses to analyse voter behaviour and find the weak points where efforts should be focused in order to have most impact on electoral choices.
Trump certainly understands how essential to the disinfo effort Musk is, even though it's way beyond the grasp of your average MAGA. IMO Trump is not going to abandon Musk in a hurry.
Fucking do it already
Laws are for little people. Nobody in Wisconsin is going to green light this, because nobody has the chutzpah to inconvenience a billionaire.
I feel like MAGA might not come to his defense this time
MAGA isn't the problem. Corporate media and the Trump AG are the problem.
Seriously, who would arrest a billionaire? It seems like he has a suit of armor made of money that everyone won't touch. If anyone else walked into the federal agencies and did what he did, they would have been arrested.
Someone who cares about the laws... Fuck this bullshit... Fuck the guy... Fuck the taxes on the normal people being a minor inconvenience for the rich... Equal fucking rights... The only outlet people have for their anger is to protest a company hes the face of... And they are trying to make that into a crime...
It's been 3 months and this is how far we have fallen...
This country has a lot of issues and it's... Not just the deep seeded racism or sexist roots
Feel like this title should've been Wisconsin Demands Arrest of... Because holy shit my heart skipped a beat to think something might change :(
Throw the dirty immigrant deep in an El Salvadoran prison. Fucking dirtbag. Give him a taste of his own medicine.
This!
Then aggressively review his widely known to be fraudulently obtained American citizenship, seize his American assets including his companies, and send him back to South Africa.
Oh? Demanded? Then what is the point.
Wake me up if he is at least arrested.
Put out an arrest on Peter Thiel too, since he is the real puppet master of all this bs.
state charges too, Trump cant pardon those. Maybe thats the answer for republican law breakers, move all the federal laws to the state books. (Or maybe thats a bad idea, I'm not a lawyer)
This is a great idea. Moving everything from the Feds to the states is a core conservative value, so they should welcome this.
Lol nah. Their only core value is hypocrisy, so they absolutely would not welcome it.
Let me just hold my breath real quick
please, please, please.....oh man...please....I love Wisconsin cheese....please.
I've wanted to see him arrested for a while now too. I wonder if there's a way to class-action sue him for trashing the government/economy. After all, he's unelected and not even technically a government employee - just some rich asshole granted authority without mandate.
If I were a republican voter (I'm not), and the richest man in the world was buying votes for my preferred party, that would be a huge red flag because it's very obvious that my own interests are not well aligned with the richest man in the world.
Good... something something shithole country (Trump's words, not mine)
Send fElon packing
Democratic Governors need to start flexing some power ASAP.
Americans...why are you just allowing this to happen to your country, like what's it going to take for you people to actually do something?
We're slaves living paycheck to paycheck and nobody cares about each other.
This system will collapse before we hold rich white men accountable
A billionaire is never going to suffer a real consequence in America. That’s why we’re so screwed in the first place
How have we not learned from Trump's legacy that there's a net worth threshold that once breached is a permanent get out of jail card?
This isn't complicated--these oligarchs have been definitively above the law since the very first days that laws existed
We need exercise our second amendment and the citizens need to arrest
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Clarence Thomas, Big Balls and associated hacker coup, Peter Theil, Tulsi Gabbard, John Roberts, Jared Kushner, Steve Miller, Brett Kavanaugh and all January 6th rioters
I think that would be a good start
Can't wait to see footage of him melting down in a cell.
No ketamine. No hand servants. Nobody listening to his threats.
He will be granted bond and, being rich, bond out almost immediately after any booking. Unless the judge has balls enough to not grant bond, which is doubtful, he's gonna be there all of a couple hours.
Obtain the warrant now, Wikler.
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! Our tax dollars made him so rich he is now an enemy of the free world. He has already declared war on the working class we need to neutralize this threat for the future of democracy in the world. This needs to happen NOW!
Let me know when an actual arrest warrant is issued. Until then, this is political theater.
