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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 162 points 1 month ago

pretty fucking close to vote buying if you ask me

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago

I’ll take his money and then not vote for Trump. It’s not like he can tell.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 70 points 1 month ago

Honestly, I kinda hope he can tell. I'd love for there to be a paper trail of me accepting $100 from Elon and then voting for Harris. Hell, I'd put the money toward renting a highway billboard as close to the Tesla HQ as possible showing the receipts. Fuck him.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 month ago

Get the money, donate to Harris

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[-] NavySqueal@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Highly doubt Musk will pay, also hilarious that the reason is "to protect constitutional rights" when the person who he is endorsing has 0 integrity for that asides for freedom of his own speech...

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

And only the speech where he lies, or is racist, or sexist.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

The term you're looking for is bribery.

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

The term is actually "electioneering." And, he's getting close to the illegal kind.

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 117 points 1 month ago

Jesus titty-fucking Christ. If someone like George Soros were paying people to vote for Harris, right-wingers would be losing their collective shit and flinging it at the moon.

The double standard is amazing.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 31 points 1 month ago

They don't care about truth, or consistency. They care about power. Specifically, the power of their in-group.

Conservatism has been aptly summarized as "There must be in-groups for the law to protect but not bind, and out-groups for the law to bind but not protect." That's pretty much the whole thing. Conservatives are, in a kind of fundamental way, bad people. They value the in-group far too much.

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I thought I remembered Michael Moore buying ramen and stuff to get students out to vote and he got in trouble for that. https://www.acslaw.org/?post_type=acsblog&p=1035

Turns out it was overturned or ignored, but didn't stop republicans from whining.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 21 points 1 month ago

…which, at this point, makes it completely predictable.

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[-] some_guy 85 points 1 month ago

I really liked this line:

But it’s also possible that Musk is simply doing the rich guy thing—and the classic rich tech guy thing—of walking into a new situation and assuming all of his ideas are important.

What a chud.

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can tell capitalists are getting desperate when they start offering ~~brides~~ ... bribes ... to voters during an election

EDIT: beautiful how a simple typo can grab people's attention so much

[-] astrsk@fedia.io 28 points 1 month ago

Is that an unfortunate typo? Or are they also offering brides alongside monetary bribes?

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Trump is about due for a new one.

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Tell me more about the brides. Asking for a friend.

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[-] GottaKnowYourCHKN@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago

I'm going to slap the next person who tells me racism is over and everyone is treated equal.

How the hell is this even LEGAL? This is the state of our country? Really? Blatant bribing? Corruption? And it's STILL a close race?

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago

No water or other assistance for voters in contested areas.

Here’s $100 to say you like trump.

Man, this is a fucked up place.

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[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't know but I think that any minimally civilized country would be a crime... just saying

PS: I forgot that the US isn't a civilized country and they live under a plutocracy of Capital

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This shit, 1000%, should be illegal

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[-] sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

the guy who famously never pays his vendors or his rent until he gets evicted is promising to send money?
wow sign me up...

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Jesus fucking Christ literally billionaires buying elections... Will they riot? Of course not because they win with this. If Mark Cuban offered the same thing for Harris there would be blood in the streets and Fox news would be calling for his head after Trumps coronation...

[-] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

The real question is... why aren't we rioting about it?

[-] gi1242@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

can we sign up, take his money, and vote Harris?

if a million people do this it adds up fast

[-] monke@lemmy.cafe 25 points 1 month ago

That might make it easier for him to claim election fraud. He might try to argue about how the election results don't match with the number of people who took his money.

[-] Tire@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago

Such a dumb argument but MAGA would 100% believe it and dash their lives against the US government to make it true.

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[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

The petition is saying you support free speech, the second amendment, and the Constitution. You can certainly support all of those and vote for Harris.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

To all those wondering how this is legal: nowhere does it ask people to vote for Trump. The petition asks people to pledge their support for the Constitution, free speech, and the 2nd Amendment. Signing it does not indicate you are voting for Trump. But I could absolutely see the signatures being used for propaganda.

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[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago

$100 ehh, I guess cards against humanity did get to him :D

[-] Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org 18 points 1 month ago

I think this can be used as “evidence” that more people voted for trump than Harris.

For example, elon says that he paid 1000 people for this in a certain district but the vote tallies show that only 500 votes for trump in that area. It would add to the magats incorrect belief that they were cheated. Then the magats would want to start a civil war over it.

I hope I’m wrong.

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[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 month ago

and this is lawful? actually legal? What the hell is USA??

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

It's legal because they're paying for registrations not votes, you can't see who someone voted for just that they voted and if they registered as a party member or independent.

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[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Yo go get the money but then still vote Harris. What's he gonna do lol?

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Get the money, donate to the Harris campaign.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Isn't that fucking illegal?

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[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

When he wore a black MAGA hat, he was "dark MAGA". Is this... cheese MAGA?

[-] ninjabard@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do I get the money first?

Edit: Aw, beans. It's for Pennsylvania voters.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago

$100 LOL i'm not looking into this, but is it actually $100, or some bullshittery like a free year of blue checkmark on twitter

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

lol he will never deliver.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 1 month ago

As I said before. I imagine my friends would be real helpful in signing up.

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

As if he’ll pay them, can’t even pay his IT bills

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Buying votes straight up. The only way this could get any worse is if it was funded by Trump or if Trump did it himself.

It would be hilarious if Trump asked Musk for $100 for voting Trump though

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

He could up that to $100k and never even notice

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