Il Duce’s armed forces were remarkably inept, and their main ally Germany was simply outmanned and outgunned when it came down to it.

Its worth noting that Consumer Reports puts a LOT of stock into safety ratings, and loves Subaru’s often overwhelming EyeSight (or whatever it is called nowadays) nanny system.

Musk, for all of his disgusting trends, is still smarter than Trump. Considering a fat hapless tin pot dictator like KJU played Trump on the world stage, I have no doubt Elon would be able to as well.

There are a couple of theories about what happened to Musk over the past decade (other than he’s finally comfortable to be who he always was). One is that the Ketamine dosing has rotted his brain to the point where he really does believe we’re all living in a simulation, and Two is that he’s into the “accelerationism”…

Which I pointed out about 8 months ago on splinter when one of their authors was wavering on voting for Harris.

That’s not what I meant. He clearly seems to be focusing on his space aspirations over his EV ideas, probably for at least the last half decade.

The difference this time is that the U.S. is the top military in the world, whereas Germany at the start of WW2 was not.

I still think Stellantis buying Nissan would be peak 2025.

“seems to me people love Elon’s idea and indirectly supporting him financially”

You need to have a lot of money to live in San Francisco. Probably people who will actually benefit from that upcoming rich guy tax cut.

“In the US, when Musk first started moving right, I thought he was being clever.”

The problem is that Elon has already embedded himself deep into government systems---I wouldn’t be shocked in the slightest if he’s given himself a MAD card to play now to keep Donald from tossing him away.

“Honestly, being number 2 (or 3 or 4) for a century wouldn’t hurt us.”

“Most Americans who feel that way have never known enough hardship to fill a postcard; privilege has its downside.”

We didn’t suffer anywheres near what the Europeans did against the Nazis, and perhaps that is the reason why.

I really don’t think Musk cares much about Tesla anymore. Its all about his stupid space toys now.

I like that idea. Maybe he’ll go there for a round of 18 and sink.

Fuck Biden and Garland too for being so inept that they couldn’t put him away or down in 3 years.

Considering that Musk and Trump are very likely going after Federal Election System oversight, we might only be getting another president when Trump has left this world.

“Don’t be evil” -- Google, circa 2001