The reasons for Elon's mad dash through government are coming to light and it seems to have nothing to do with cost savings. USAID got killed because they were investigating Starlink for potential fraud. Just like it emerged that his interference in the stopgap budget process was all about him having to admit he borrowed money from the CCP to fund his Chinese gigafactory. He is protecting his main cash sources. Would he be a US government contractor if it was revealed that he was beholding to Chinese communists? Yah, I didn't think so either. Take away Tesla's government subsidies and it ceases to exist. Cancel his Spacex contract with NASA, poof a few more billion. Knock this welfare queen off the government teat and in the space of months he's a mere multimillionaire. I swear to god that if AGI emerges in the next few years it will have Elon's personality. At which point we may realize AGI is not the way to go. Trump will shitcan this dweeb just as soon as he figures out what a drag on his grand faluting govmint takeover he is. Two weeks sounds about right.
My amateur guess is that this administration tanks the economy by summer. They are just racing ahead with no thought or strategy as to outcomes. ... but then they never do.
The reasons for Elon's mad dash through government are coming to light and it seems to have nothing to do with cost savings. USAID got killed because they were investigating Starlink for potential fraud. Just like it emerged that his interference in the stopgap budget process was all about him having to admit he borrowed money from the CCP to fund his Chinese gigafactory. He is protecting his main cash sources. Would he be a US government contractor if it was revealed that he was beholding to Chinese communists? Yah, I didn't think so either. Take away Tesla's government subsidies and it ceases to exist. Cancel his Spacex contract with NASA, poof a few more billion. Knock this welfare queen off the government teat and in the space of months he's a mere multimillionaire. I swear to god that if AGI emerges in the next few years it will have Elon's personality. At which point we may realize AGI is not the way to go. Trump will shitcan this dweeb just as soon as he figures out what a drag on his grand faluting govmint takeover he is. Two weeks sounds about right.
My amateur guess is that this administration tanks the economy by summer. They are just racing ahead with no thought or strategy as to outcomes. ... but then they never do.