I think the reason Musk has abandoned his alleged political neutrality ideal is because he's desperate.

[freakazoid@retro.social]

I think the reason Musk has abandoned his alleged political neutrality ideal is because he's desperate.

[datarama@hachyderm.io]

@freakazoid How so?

[freakazoid@retro.social]

@datarama He thinks Trump needs his help to win, and that he needs Trump to win so he can continue to be successful.

[datarama@hachyderm.io]

@freakazoid I think he's right that Trump needs his help, but I'm not sure how much he really needs Trump. I don't really see a Harris administration doing anything about having ceded the entire space program to SpaceX, for example (but I might be completely wrong; I'm not American).

It *does* smack of desperation that Vance threatened the EU with dissolving NATO and encouraging Putin to attack if European countries don't invest in Musk's platforms and deregulate US tech.