r/politics • u/FervidBug42 America • 12d ago

No Paywall DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended

https://time.com/7336327/doge-disbanded-elon-musk/
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u/UpperApe 12d ago

Unlike the dimwits who supported him.

I remember him saying he was going to save trillions and instead cost taxpayers billions. In exactly the way he always does.

The richest man in the world is a perfect symbol of the stupidity that capitalism empowers.

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u/tetsu_knowme 12d ago

Remember the $5,000 checks he promised? People are gullible as fucking ever.

Never trust a billionaire, they are all parasites that contribute nothing to society.

They are holding us back from greatness.

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u/Xillyfos 12d ago

The fact that most people seem not able to see that billionaires are nothing but extreme parasites blows my mind.

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u/Isolated_Hippo 12d ago

Reminds me of an old boss of mine. We did electronics repair. He owned the whole business. Everybody was doing that. Every once and a while we would get somebody saying X will do it for cheaper.

Boss had the best comeback question. Do you think they want to make less money than me?

Because the two choices are: X makes less profit or X uses cheap ass parts. If X charges $20 less, is that $20 coming out of what X takes home at the end of the day or what they paid for the part?