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Reply #75 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:51am

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:47am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Seems Bezos and Zuckerberg followed the 'leader'...

Thiel was already in the camp, so there was no need for him to assume the position.

The question is: what's the deal? Musk's lippyness indicates he's been given latitude...

Time will tell...

Depends who you read, Some say Musk wears the pants and others say Trump does.

Yep.

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Reply #76 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:52am

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:47am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Seems Bezos and Zuckerberg followed the 'leader'...

Thiel was already in the camp, so there was no need for him to assume the position.

The question is: what's the deal? Musk's lippyness indicates he's been given latitude...

Time will tell...

Depends who you read, Some say Musk wears the pants and others say Trump does.

They both think they wear the pants, and that's why the bromance was doomed from the beginning.

I give it three months.

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MeisterEckhart Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13138 Gender:	Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy Reply #77 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:55am Thiel warns, 'never bet against Musk', but then Trump went through a 4-year baptism of fire and came out of it like a phoenix, so...
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 47582 Gender:	Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy Reply #78 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense.
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MeisterEckhart Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13138 Gender:	Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy Reply #79 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon...
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 139116 Gender:	Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy Reply #80 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... Absolutely. Trump begged Musk to back him.
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 47582 Gender:	Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy Reply #81 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:08am MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... No, I reckon you just make up shite.
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Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy
Reply #82 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:11am

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:08am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

The other way around, you reckon...

No, I reckon you just make up shite.

positive reinforcements Frank, you have to appease the desires.

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Reply #83 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:12am

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

The other way around, you reckon...

Absolutely.

Trump begged Musk to back him.

I doubt it.

This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments.

Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM!

Time will tell...

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Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy
Reply #84 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:14am

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:08am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

The other way around, you reckon...

No, I reckon you just make up shite.

Try 'The Rest is Politics US', Agatha Frank (they/them).

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Reply #85 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:17am

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:12am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

The other way around, you reckon...

Absolutely.

Trump begged Musk to back him.

I doubt it.

This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments.

Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM!

Time will tell...

You can see nothing good that could come from it. Why can't it be a good thing that could have excellent results, isn't that what you want to see.

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Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy
Reply #86 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:25am

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:17am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:12am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

The other way around, you reckon...

Absolutely.

Trump begged Musk to back him.

I doubt it.

This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments.

Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM!

Time will tell...

You can see nothing good that could come from it. Why can't it be a good thing that could have excellent results, isn't that what you want to see.

I certainly want to see them succeed, but Trump's track record tells us the bromance is already doomed.

Everything Trump touches fails, and every partnership ends in disaster.

This will be exactly the same, and that's very unfortunate for all those good Americans out there.

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Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy
Reply #87 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:28am

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

“When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether it’s electric cars that don’t drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere, without which subsidies he’d be worthless, and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, ‘drop to your knees and beg,’ and he would have done it,” the rapist and convicted felon claimed.

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Re: Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy
Reply #88 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:46am

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:17am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:12am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

The other way around, you reckon...

Absolutely.

Trump begged Musk to back him.

I doubt it.

This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments.

Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM!

Time will tell...

You can see nothing good that could come from it. Why can't it be a good thing that could have excellent results, isn't that what you want to see.

I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men.

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Reply #89 - Jan 20^th, 2025 at 11:14am

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am: