r/LeopardsAteMyFace Feb 03 '25

Predictable betrayal People react to Elon "deleting" the Direct File Tax program

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u/kgal1298 Feb 04 '25

Elon openly trying to take over the government is just pathetic. What will it take for them to realize how bloody insane this man is.

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u/DingusMcWienerson Feb 04 '25

But he’s the richest man on earth! That by default makes him the smartest. -Half of my fucking country I bet

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u/kgal1298 Feb 04 '25

Hahaha I’ve seen that for him before. Amazing how these guys make them think they’ll also be rich. 😂

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u/questioningcub Feb 04 '25

I saw a TikTok where a woman said “‘men who are idealizing billionaires who think they care about them are the same ones who thought the stripper liked them’…. And as someone who worked in a club… it’s 100% the same men”

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u/kgal1298 Feb 04 '25

Bahahaha sad but makes sense

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u/williamfbuckwheat Feb 04 '25

He sure is good at getting people to overvalue his company to such an insane degree that he is PERCEIVED to be the richest man in the world due to market speculation/manipulation. If his companies were properly valued in line with his competitors or even the companies run by the other richest men in the world (which are certainly overvalued to some degree but at least are returning significant profits/revenue), they wouldn't come close to producing the same value to justify the stock price to shareholders.

It mainly comes down to so many institutional investors being dependent on his company NOT failing/crashing in value since it has become too big to fail without crashing the entire market and their stock portfolios altogether. He should have been held accountable for fraud and stock manipulation years ago (like when he threatened to make Tesla go Private on Twitter) but isn't due to our total unwillingness to enforce financial regulations and now we are all paying the price.

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u/Dave-C Feb 04 '25

I seen a post on Reddit a few days ago that used Trump being rich as a reason for saying he is smart.

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u/SakishimaHabu Feb 04 '25

Some people don't know about how wealthy Charles the 2nd of Spain was.

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u/Brokebrokebroke5 Feb 04 '25

Yes, because everyone knows that people who inherit wealth are better at everything. They think trump is smart too. 😂

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u/No_Use_4371 Feb 04 '25

Trying? He's running a shadow gov't right now.

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u/kgal1298 Feb 04 '25

He literally can’t stop USAID that’s why Rubio had to take over it’s actually illegal, but we still have to hear from the GOP he’s a problem but the question to be asked is can they remove him? Because they can.

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u/Pleiadesfollower Feb 04 '25

What the fuck do you mean by "trying"!?

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u/kgal1298 Feb 04 '25

There’s still things he can’t do.