2024 US Presidential Elections Megathread

[viper37]

The art of wrecking the economy

This is a feature of Republican governments, so we can't fault their electors for applauding this.  GW Bush wrecked the good growth Clinton had, Trump destroyed what improvements Obama had, and now Trump is wants a chance to do it again.

[The Minsky Moment]

"Something in the culture" = a deliberate marketing ploy by weapon manufacturers, with the help of the NRA's gun fetishism, and the growth of far-right movements in the US.

This.
30 years ago civilians weren't walking around with ar-15 pattern rifles and anyone who did so would be regarded as a loon and mocked by other hunters and target shooters.  Now the boys with their silly toys mock the traditional hunters as "Fudds".  The NRA has changed the culture upside down. I wouldn't care about the ar-15 fanboys and their GI Joe fantasies if they didn't insist that their hobby trumps the safety of American school children,

[Admiral Yi]

Why do you think it was marketing ploys and NRA agitprop as opposed to organic changes in the tastes of gun purchasers?

[The Minsky Moment]

Ryan Busse's book.

[Zanza]

High quality election campaign 

Context: A bizarre narrative about Haitian immigrants eating pets.

[Tamas]

21 million views.

[Grey Fox]

It's Elon's account. Everyone has to see his tweets.

[Josquius]

High quality election campaign 

Context: A bizarre narrative about Haitian immigrants eating pets.

This is something mainstream with the right or weird Internet lunacy? First I've heard of it.
Though I do remember back before the brexit vote a upurge in paranoia and fake news about gypsy pet kidnapping

[Tamas]

High quality election campaign 

Context: A bizarre narrative about Haitian immigrants eating pets.

This is something mainstream with the right or weird Internet lunacy? First I've heard of it.
Though I do remember back before the brexit vote a upurge in paranoia and fake news about gypsy pet kidnapping

I am fairly sure all Musk saw was a meme-ish Trump picture and he hit share, I don't assume an understanding of the underlying reasons.

[Barrister]

It's Elon's account. Everyone has to see his tweets.

Can you actually mute Elon's posts?

[HVC]

It's Elon's account. Everyone has to see his tweets.

Can you actually mute Elon's posts?

I think you're one of the few here still on the platform. Time to test it out

[Barrister]

It's Elon's account. Everyone has to see his tweets.

Can you actually mute Elon's posts?

I think you're one of the few here still on the platform. Time to test it out

Test initiated.

I might unmute him though because I like to see what crazy shit he's posting, since clearly he has nothing better to do with his time despite controlling three multi-billion-dollar companies...

[crazy canuck]

It's Elon's account. Everyone has to see his tweets.

Can you actually mute Elon's posts?

I think you're one of the few here still on the platform. Time to test it out

Test initiated.

I might unmute him though because I like to see what crazy shit he's posting, since clearly he has nothing better to do with his time despite controlling three multi-billion-dollar companies...

Shareholders don't do anything

[Barrister]

It's Elon's account. Everyone has to see his tweets.

Can you actually mute Elon's posts?

I think you're one of the few here still on the platform. Time to test it out

Test initiated.

I might unmute him though because I like to see what crazy shit he's posting, since clearly he has nothing better to do with his time despite controlling three multi-billion-dollar companies...

Shareholders don't do anything

Let's check...

Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla, CEO of SpaceX, and Chairman, Chief Technology officer and the majority shareholder of privately-held Twitter.

I think "controlling three multi-billion-dollar companies" is a fair assessment.

[crazy canuck]

It's Elon's account. Everyone has to see his tweets.

Can you actually mute Elon's posts?

I think you're one of the few here still on the platform. Time to test it out

Test initiated.

I might unmute him though because I like to see what crazy shit he's posting, since clearly he has nothing better to do with his time despite controlling three multi-billion-dollar companies...

Shareholders don't do anything

Let's check...

Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla, CEO of SpaceX, and Chairman, Chief Technology officer and the majority shareholder of privately-held Twitter.

I think "controlling three multi-billion-dollar companies" is a fair assessment.

I am not sure what your point is.  You used the word "controlling".  That is normally associated with shareholding.  And btw why did you respond to my statement that shareholders don't do anything by saying he is a majority shareholder?  A chairman of a corporation doesn't do much except manage the board, which isn't actually anything when the Board is essentially him.  Unless he likes talking to himself, a lot.

Now being a CEO and CTO are substantive positions in most companies.  But I am not sure about Tesla and SpaceX.  I think it likely the duties of those offices are mainly being carried out by others.