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    The concept of armored Teslas for bureaucrats is peak late-stage capitalism. Electric luxury cars wrapped in taxpayer-funded armor while public infrastructure crumbles—nothing embodies regulatory capture quite like Musk’s dual role as welfare king and austerity enforcer.

    The State Department’s sudden backtrack reeks of panic. Deleting “Tesla” from the document after public outrage? Classic bureaucratic sleight-of-hand. They’ll rebrand it, repackage it, but the corporate handout remains the same.

    Musk’s tweet feigning ignorance is laughable. SpaceX’s $22B in contracts proves the grift is systemic. When oligarchs write policy, conflicts of interest aren’t bugs—they’re features.

    Trump gutting Biden’s EV mandates while funneling cash to Musk’s ventures? A masterclass in hypocrisy. The “free market” only exists until it’s time to subsidize billionaire vanity projects.

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      Someone was literally arguing that they removed "tesla* from the papers but that it was always going to order electric vehicles, and theyre just removing it for the woke idiots who see collusion everywhere.

      I don’t think theyll ever understand oligarchy, to them it’s completely normal to take advantage of your power, Trump convinced them it means youre smarter.

      Gonna be a long 4 years, that’s if they ever allow democratic elections ever again. Luckily cheeto will croak soon, so he won’t be able to perpetuate his reign like Putin does but someone else might pick up for him.

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        Luckily cheeto will croak soon

        Not holding my breath.

        I’m more and more convinced every day that the devil does exist, and the ruling class has signed infernal contracts that prolong their lives.

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          I’m convinced this is the bad place. This feels like some demons attempt at sustainable farming. The shear level of frustration alone is mental torture but not enough to break a person…yet.

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          But collectively they have the charisma of a wet paper bag, and their father’s smarts [hahaha]. I also don’t think they could solidify control over the whole cult, and without the cult R’s are going to move on.

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    Please don’t cancel it. I want to see the inevitable headline that will result from occupiers and department of war ghouls riding in the firetrap unbreakable machine.

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      Could you imagine if at some point all elected officials are “required” to use armored Tesla’s for transport “security” and then Trump and Musk have the ability to lock uncooperative politicians inside and drive them into a lake or explode the trucks on demand?

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      It’s just a grift so I doubt that will happen unfortunately. They’re just going to be used for military parades, Elon will have one with humongous fascist flags on the front, and the rest will sit rusting in some field on an army base.

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      it would just turn into the F35 project with a constantly ballooning cost and a ever lengthening delivery deadline.

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    Yeah, but funding the USPS to have new electric delivery vehicles is not OK. What a bunch of fucking hypocrites

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    Personally I think the us should replace all their military vehicles with explosive telslas

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    Imagine losing a bunch of foreign dignitaries because a software update failed and they all got trapped inside and slowly suffocated to death while first responders tried to cut through armor.