Summary

Elon Musk has emerged as a key enforcer of Donald Trump’s agenda, warning Republicans against opposing Trump’s policies and Cabinet picks.

Musk’s political action committee, America PAC, played a significant role in Trump’s election victory, spending heavily in swing states and funding groups like RBG PAC to broaden voter appeal.

Musk has hinted at funding primary challenges against GOP lawmakers who resist Trump, creating a “naughty and nice list” with ally Vivek Ramaswamy.

With allies in Trump’s administration and influence through his platform X, Musk’s political clout is growing rapidly.

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    History didn’t have the internet to keep the masses brainwashed. We’re looking at 1984 levels of control here.

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      1984 is tame compared to what we have now.

      The current situation with automated systems learning every little secret about pur lives, sometimes even before we know it ourselves, based on the trends on our searches, our messages, hell even just the shift in tone of our messages, our location history and more.

      1984 is no longer the horrible future, it is the good old days when surveilence didn’t go as far.

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      No they had the Vatican instead amongst others. The idea of seperation of church and state didn’t come from nowhere.