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Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk's X on disclosing federal surveillance::X, owned by Elon Musk, previously challenged a ban on disclosing warrant for the Twitter account of Donald Trump obtained by special counsel Jack Smith.

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You don't seem to understand how oligarchies work. Money is power, freedom, and speech. Your level of each is directly proportional to your level of wealth.

Musk is the richest man in the world — he will continue to break the law, continue to be a threat to national security, and he will continue getting away with it.

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Until all his companies fail and he isn't wealthy anymore.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Who was the last oligarch to go broke?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They seem to have problems with windows, though, don’t they

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Perhaps not 'broke' as in destitute, but broke as in laughed at publicly by essentially everyone he used to wheel and deal with.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Exactly. "Too big to fail" isn't just for the financial sector.