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Elon Musk Reportedly Emerges As a Potential Intel Buyer, Involving Qualcomm & Global Foundries In This Blockbuster Deal (wccftech.com)
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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah. Rockefeller pretty much owned the government in his heyday, too.

And then at some point he didn't anymore. Money can buy power, but it does run out eventually.

Rockefeller was a lot smarter than Musk, and got a bit ahead of it with publicity stunt donations, before his influence ran out.

Musk thinks he can achieve a better outcome by controlling the media or the courts.

I think it's objectively true that controlling the media does work, but I also think Musk wildly overestimates his own competence, and is in for a worse time than Rockefeller had.