Musk can still literally fly to any country he wants without needing a passport or needing to land on a public airstrip. He owns property in multiple countries. It doesn’t matter if people the world over hate him, he can just fly in and start fucking shit up wherever he wants.
He surely needs a passport. Where did you get the idea he doesn’t? Also, landing from outside a country or international block directly into a private airstrip is a big “no” on most of the world, and will land you in jail in a few places. He doesn’t get an exception for that.
He also will continue to be able to own property around the world, and people will keep accepting his money. That’s completely different from him managing to just run into a country, peacefully living there, and being able to mess with such country’s society.
he can just fly in and start fucking shit up wherever he wants
In capitalist states, where politicians are explicitly beholden to international credit and industry.
State owned businesses are insulated against vulture capitalists like Musk, because they exist to deliver a service rather than turn steadily increasing profit for shareholders.
State run and independent citizen sponsored media are insulated against the influence of marketing firms and corporate propaganda, because the staff does not rely on a tiny cartel of ultra-wealthy private patrons to fund their journalism.
Elon Musk is a very American problem. He’s a creature of libertarian capitalism and colonial apartheid.
One of the things that Americans loothe about the Chinese government is the rule that mainland owned and operated firms require a domestic partner, with legal access to the patents and property used in manufacture. This comes with subsidies and state support. But it creates a rich opportunity for those Chinese domestic partners to begin making fully local competitive alternatives.
The Chinese domestic EV market took full advantage of Tesla, siphoned out the best bits, and now allows the bad fruit to rot on the vine.
It took several violent landgrabs and wars of aggression before Russian oligarch money wasn’t welcome around the world, and those guys were all but openly affiliated with the Russian mafia from the days of the fall of the Soviet Union. I fully expect American oligarchs’ money to be happily accepted just about everywhere for at least as long as it takes Trump to get around to trying to take Greenland by force.
The US wealthy are now international wealthy and borders no longer matter to them.
They see no intrinsic value in the US labor workforce, and they also see no value in educating us or paying the high salaries we demand anymore.
They’re speedrunning bringing US living standards down as fast as they can. They want us begging for pennies to survive.
That used to be the case until last year…
But I don’t think it is still true.
Musk can still literally fly to any country he wants without needing a passport or needing to land on a public airstrip. He owns property in multiple countries. It doesn’t matter if people the world over hate him, he can just fly in and start fucking shit up wherever he wants.
It’s still true.
He surely needs a passport. Where did you get the idea he doesn’t? Also, landing from outside a country or international block directly into a private airstrip is a big “no” on most of the world, and will land you in jail in a few places. He doesn’t get an exception for that.
He also will continue to be able to own property around the world, and people will keep accepting his money. That’s completely different from him managing to just run into a country, peacefully living there, and being able to mess with such country’s society.
In capitalist states, where politicians are explicitly beholden to international credit and industry.
State owned businesses are insulated against vulture capitalists like Musk, because they exist to deliver a service rather than turn steadily increasing profit for shareholders.
State run and independent citizen sponsored media are insulated against the influence of marketing firms and corporate propaganda, because the staff does not rely on a tiny cartel of ultra-wealthy private patrons to fund their journalism.
Elon Musk is a very American problem. He’s a creature of libertarian capitalism and colonial apartheid.
I mean, China hasn’t shut down his Tesla factory or anything. I certainly hope they do.
One of the things that Americans loothe about the Chinese government is the rule that mainland owned and operated firms require a domestic partner, with legal access to the patents and property used in manufacture. This comes with subsidies and state support. But it creates a rich opportunity for those Chinese domestic partners to begin making fully local competitive alternatives.
The Chinese domestic EV market took full advantage of Tesla, siphoned out the best bits, and now allows the bad fruit to rot on the vine.
It took several violent landgrabs and wars of aggression before Russian oligarch money wasn’t welcome around the world, and those guys were all but openly affiliated with the Russian mafia from the days of the fall of the Soviet Union. I fully expect American oligarchs’ money to be happily accepted just about everywhere for at least as long as it takes Trump to get around to trying to take Greenland by force.