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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
The US wealthy are now international wealthy and borders no longer matter to them.
They see no intrinsic value in the US labor workforce, and they also see no value in educating us or paying the high salaries we demand anymore.
They’re speedrunning bringing US living standards down as fast as they can. They want us begging for pennies to survive.
mmddmm@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
That used to be the case until last year…
But I don’t think it is still true.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Musk can still literally fly to any country he wants without needing a passport or needing to land on a public airstrip. He owns property in multiple countries. It doesn’t matter if people the world over hate him, he can just fly in and start fucking shit up wherever he wants.
It’s still true.
mmddmm@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
He surely needs a passport. Where did you get the idea he doesn’t? Also, landing from outside a country or international block directly into a private airstrip is a big “no” on most of the world, and will land you in jail in a few places. He doesn’t get an exception for that.
He also will continue to be able to own property around the world, and people will keep accepting his money. That’s completely different from him managing to just run into a country, peacefully living there, and being able to mess with such country’s society.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In capitalist states, where politicians are explicitly beholden to international credit and industry.
State owned businesses are insulated against vulture capitalists like Musk, because they exist to deliver a service rather than turn steadily increasing profit for shareholders.
State run and independent citizen sponsored media are insulated against the influence of marketing firms and corporate propaganda, because the staff does not rely on a tiny cartel of ultra-wealthy private patrons to fund their journalism.
Elon Musk is a very American problem. He’s a creature of libertarian capitalism and colonial apartheid.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I mean, China hasn’t shut down his Tesla factory or anything.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
With a very few exceptions that’s the whole world
Thrashy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It took several violent landgrabs and wars of aggression before Russian oligarch money wasn’t welcome around the world, and those guys were all but openly affiliated with the Russian mafia from the days of the fall of the Soviet Union. I fully expect American oligarchs’ money to be happily accepted just about everywhere for at least as long as it takes Trump to get around to trying to take Greenland by force.