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Taking a position with established norms about how the job is to be done and taking direction from elected officials above you is one thing.

Interfering with elections to create a position for yourself and then using threats about further interference to bully the elected officials around you is quite another.



Interference? You mean donations to campaigns, which is entirely legal?

That's not interference. That's how the US system works. If you're upset a Musk for donating, then surely you are upset at others donating too, yes? Because all those contributions had a goal too, often policy changes.

Outside of donations, I see conspiracy theories about starlink and voting machines online, but surely you don't mean that.

What elected officials has Musk "bullied"? Was any of this supposed bulling quoted in context? Was any of this supposed bullying just impolite speech, for which Washington is famous?


> surely you are upset at others donating too, yes?

Yes, I am. We should not tolerate campaign spending of any kind. If you can't win on merit alone you shouldn't be running.

The bullying I'm referring to is this: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5133777-elon-musk-thre...




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