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(The ghost of) Dave Karpf
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Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
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Elon Musk's grand electoral ploy is to commit a bunch of blatant election-law crimes. Because Elon Musk thinks laws are for little people. open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

Turns out the "October Surprise" is crime
Turns out the "October Surprise" is crime

Elon Musk tries to disrupt electoral politics by doing a bunch of blatantly illegal shit

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KKkbkorb.bsky.social

Each violation is 5 years in jail. Perhaps Musk's sentence will be over 10,000 years in jail?

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GCbiella.bsky.social

I'm surprised how little journalistic writing there is on these crazy moves but maybe I am unaware of them. Do you know of any?

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buddholesurfers.bsky.social

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It makes sense, though. He's like a handsy college football cornerback. The refs/authorities will only call a fraction of the penalties that you commit, meaning that you come out ahead

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FRunaha-closp.bsky.social

How well does Musk fit any of the definitions of oligarch?

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CTdeputydale.bsky.social

🎵 billionaires should not exist 🎶

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EBenbuenora.bsky.social

Then I think Elon is right about that--laws are for little people, the rich & their Republican hired help get away with it with minor wrist pats--so it makes sense for him to go big or go home on election criming.

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Svortexegg.com

And if they win, he will have been proven right (and proceed to build more government architecture to buttress this position)

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BWbigworker.bsky.social

Unfortunately this is America and that's often the case, and the movement he's funding is working there hardest to make it so

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exgnome.bsky.social

He’s right though sadly. Even if the Dems win we have decades of examples of how opposed they are to enforcing the rule of law on their political opponents.

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(The ghost of) Dave Karpf
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
16k followers2.3k following4.2k posts