• stellargmite@lemmy.world
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    Non American , and non brit here. Why is this waste of energy so interested in the UK and Europe now ? I know there will be plenty of cynical takes which I will probably endorse however I’m interested in what his actual motivation might be. Does he just want parties in power in the given country that he has influence over for the sake of legislative advantage for his businesses? Or is it trollconomics for sake of driving signups to his failing social network I forget the name of?

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      Musk is under Putin’s thumb and Britain is one of the leading supporters of Ukraine.

    • thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works
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      it’s all a big ploy to give the US bargaining chips when negotiating with the UK for trade agreements.

      “well we’re going to tariff the shit out of you unless we can sell chlorine washed chickens in your country”

      “oh also fuck your publicly owned railways and roads, you’ll sell them to us at a discount or you’ll be sorry.”

      “by the way we’re still going to endorse and fund far right parties and destabilise your democracy - that’s just what allies do, right?”

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      He wants to be king of the world, it’s as simple as that. He already has the most money (not that that’ll stop him from wanting more), now he just needs to have the most power, and actively supporting the rise of fascism around the world (which he has been doing for long before he let his mask start to slip and now completely come off) is his way of getting it.

      The fact that you think he bought twitter, or is running it the way he is as some sort of troll, rather than a very real, and very effective, way of manipulating the public as well as politics as a whole, shows how well it works.