How Elon Musk Broke with the Democrats to Spend Millions on Donald Trump's Reelection Campaign

[Uncle Joe]

The United Auto Workers has filed federal labor charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing them of illegally attempting to threaten and intimidate workers who go on strike. The UAW's complaint comes in response to comments made by Trump during a discussion with Musk Monday on the social media platform X, which Musk owns. The Wall Street Journal reports that Musk is funding a new super PAC to help Trump in swing states and return him to the White House. There have been reports Musk was planning to spend $45 million a month to help elect Trump, but Musk has disputed that figure. Reporter Dana Mattioli says it's the culmination of Musk's "remarkable political transformation," with his break from the Democratic Party largely driven by his anti-union politics and the Biden administration's ties to the United Auto Workers.

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[AnnaLee]

1. Reagan, (many others), Trump, Musk

Is there something about wealth that burns a hole in the heart? It seems that ambition follows abandonment of liberal principles follows wealth accumulation. It isn't just taxes but seems to be some sort of brain sickness. I wonder if it is a virus released from human DNA.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I believe the very idea of value creates a natural filter in the mind.

So the dollar, but it can be anything else that a society designates as representing value, gold, salt or some other form of currency with the people being viewed more as a resource to obtain value creates a highly filtered and sometimes total disconnection between those with extreme wealth or "value" and those without.

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That disconnect of humanity separating those considered by society as having greater value over others regardless of character, personal merits or achievements, but just because of their wealth creates a subconscious contradiction; and this dynamic in turn "burns a hole in the heart."