Elon Musk is clearly masking a change he wants to make by being totally unreasonable. He’ll eventually back off slightly and people will think he’s listened. That and he doesn’t want to pay bills because he likes money.
Musk spent $44 billion to buy Twitter and then tried to save money by laying off half the staff, including engineers responsible for maintaining site infrastructure. Like buying a Ferrari and trying to save money by skipping oil changes.
A recent attempted takedown of 'deliverism' uses Democratic initiatives like the ACA to illustrate that delivering on policies doesn't equal more voters. @ddayen.bsky.social and @matthewstoller.bsky.social argue that the ACA never delivered, so it can’t be used as a test case.
