I'll just point out the risk of what I'll call "Joe Roganing" here. Elon pretends he hates both parties while there's no election coming up. Then when the election arrives he "makes up his mind" and endorses Republicans. This allows him to 1) attract people fed up with both parties just to hand them to Republicans, and 2) have a credible that that forces Republicans to do his bidding.
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Good time to make a fourth party.
Is that why he's suddenly criticizing Trump? He thinks he can split the Democratic vote?
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are they hiring? i have many expensive ideas with zero guarantees of success
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Reading the article to see what ridiculous name he's going to give it.
"The America Party"?
TBH, pretty tame in Musk standards. At least it's pronounceable.
He named it that so their members are called "Americans." He's trying to steal our national identity for his new Nazi party.
The name is to make a grab at the r’s. If it wasn’t, he would have named it the x party.
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The funniest thing about stuff like this is that there are already a hundred political parties in the US. Every time someone says “we need a third party,” it reminds me of that xkcd comic about standards and protocols.
When people say that they want a third part I doubt they mean it literally, as in they believe there are literally only two parties, but rather I suspect they mean that they want a third party which is large and influencial.
Sort of. They usually mean it literally, but it’s rooted in the misunderstanding of the political system that most folks have. And I don’t blame them for this, I just find the grandiosity amusing.
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I’m not sure if I want this to fail or succeed.
Hopefully it has success at breaking us from our failed two party system, while at the same time the party itself fails (and costs him lot of money in the process).
We'll need ranked choice (or some other voting scheme other than First Past The Post). Otherwise it'll just end up the same as it always has.
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Best case scenario is it will split the right wing vote. In Canada, we're used to it going the other way with conservatives taking advantage of a split left.
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The America Party run by a South African.
Popcorn is not enough for this country.
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The entire Democrat demographic hates him for kissing Trumps ass.
The entire Trump demogaphic hates him for going against Trump.
And the Republican demographic have never liked him as far as I'm aware.
So.... who are his voters? Probably just a convenient way to shuffle money around.
He's completely unable to read the room. Understandable really, he doesn't exist in the same world as the rest of us really.
This isn’t about money. It’s about Elon Musk‘s ego and will to power.
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Honestly, I am tentatively very excited about this. Not because I support that nazi in any way whatsoever. I am excited because he stands to be a significant spoiler for the GOPs elections.
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Oh, can "aliens" start political parties in the USA?
Imma start a "British Colony" party over there; anyone want to join me? MAABCA.
He doesn't have to run himself. He can endorse and fund people to run for him
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Odd strategy.
Leftists won't buy it, and most liberals aren't going to buy it, and it might divide the right, while team blue is fracturing.
Gonna be a 4 on one, not a 3.
How? I thought a prereq was to do a certain amount of philanthropy or action at the local level first.
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Maybe that's the only way US will ever get a third party. I'm not an American but I do think american politics system would be significantly stronger even with a minority 3rd party. Can you imagine how powerful US would be with a diverse parlament that has true competition of ideas not just partisan voting? That's true "checks and balances".
The problem is the US isn't setup for third parties to really work, all this is going to do is most likely be a spoiler vote from Republicans and give more wins to Democrats. Maybe if they're lucky they'll win a few seats in uncompetitive districts.
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The American Billionaires Party?
If they manage to steal half the GOPs votes, we have reason to thank him.
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What kind of shitty click bait is this?
The richest man in the world officially announced on Saturday that he has officially formed a new political party to challenge Republicans and Democrats alike.
He fucking tweeted that it was created, literally nothing official.
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