jethronethro
2 hours ago
Guess he can't ask for his money back, can he? Probably would have had a better result if Musk had tossed all that money into a pile and set it alight.
Elon Musk's millions fail to deliver Texas for the Republicans in fierce midterm
45 pointsposted 8 hours ago
by onemoresoop10 Comments
legitster
8 hours ago
I think this is a good reminder that money alone doesn't actually move the needle on election outcomes nearly as much as it's perceived to. Some of the candidates that won yesterday were given up on by the DNC and completely left out to dry.
Had this been a more favorable election cycle, Musk would have been able to lord over the candidates the amount of money he spent on them. As it is, he shot his shot and no campaign should want to accept his contributions again.
verdverm
6 hours ago
the many can defeat the money
gim89
5 hours ago
Honestly, I think Republicans just ran awful, garbage candidates.
Paxton was king of the scumbags, between his history of helping pedos, his impeachment from his own party and his philandering and partying with fugitives in Dubai.
Also I was sure the ICE surge at the start of the trump administration was political suicide even if you agree with it. Didn't Hispanics carry Trump in '24?
I live in Ohio, and found Ramaswamy to be an awful, uncharismatic man who never learned when to speak and when to keep his mouth shut. If he could keep from insulting the voter base and slandering people for being raped, he may have won. I know someone personally, who faced similar abuse to Acton as a child and was instantly mobilized against Ramaswamy despite being usually disinterested in politics.
Genuinely, what were the Republicans thinking? Did they belive the 2024 election was the end of history?
clort
8 hours ago
The problem is that this is less than 0.5% of his net worth. He literally did nothing significant to earn these dollars and the expenditure matters nothing to him in the long term.
marcusverus
7 hours ago
> He literally did nothing significant to earn these dollars
A guy who founded several unicorns and multiple fortune 100 companies "literally did nothing significant" to gain his wealth? I'm a fan of absurdism but it's probably best not to apply those comedic principles to your worldview.
verdverm
6 hours ago
How many people did it take to build those companies?
Why does Musk deserve so much attribution for the success? (The Tyranny of Merit is pervasive in our culture)
eg. Shotwell arguably made SpaceX what it is more than Musk
dzhiurgis
5 hours ago
Simple - would these companies be built without the CEO?
A lot of times the answer is yes. EVs were inevitable and similarly Starlink. Question is when would that happened and I don’t think it would be as good as it is now.
mrlonglong
7 hours ago
So toxic his billions did little.
mrlonglong
7 hours ago
Doubling down on the fact the blue wave smashing the Repugnants out of the picture made my entire day.