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Sure. I didnt say musk couldn't be assassinated or otherwise disposed of. Im responding to the commenter that wanted him homeless and poor.
Regardless, things have changed somewhat since the French revolution. A population cant simply rise up and start guillotining billionaires. They can literally just fly away.
Not to mention they effectively control the minds of the population that would take up arms against them.
Like virtually everything else in life, this is not a binary decision...
They can abandon all their possessions that are stateside and try to flee, and maybe some do. But we're talking about the type of people medieval dragons were based on, they ain't running to save themselves over what they've hoarded.
Loads of shit wrong with that statement, but most obviously that only conservatives have guns.
Tldr:
You said one thing is possible.
I said not only is that thing possible, but more extreme things are.
Logically I don't understand how I can help you understand this, and that's the only way I know to explain things, I'm sorry.
You haven't really explained how Musk could ever be poor and homeless?
Any billionaire could discard their wealth "state side" or in a bunch of countries and still be obscenely wealthy.
If you could press a button and instantly delete all of his wealth the world over, he could land a well paid board position with any number of large companies who would pay him many millions just because his name would increase share holder sentiment.
He could just call any multimillionaire who has benefited from his association and say "hey I'm destitute, can you give me a place to stay and some pocket money" and they would gladly agree.
Musk will never be poor and homeless.
Tldr:
You seem to be arguing against a claim that you imagined I made, and / or seem to exist in an alternate reality with dragons and guillotines.
Logically I don’t understand how I can help you understand this, and that’s the only way I know to explain things, I’m sorry.