Musk is an idiot of course, but he does (presumably) have the money to set this up, and parties can be taken over, can they not . . . ? ☭😉
Seriously tho, I think the Coke and Pepsi parties have a lock on the system, so I’m not sure any amount of $$ could break through it, but we can dream, can’t we?
i think Musk saw behind the curtain and realized just how cheaply politicians are being bought up for. I think he did some napkin math and realized he could outbid the current masters of enough of them to gain more power than trying to appease trump.
How did that go for Michael Bloomberg?
Money doesn’t always work. It usually does, but not always. Bloomberg, having made himself a symbol of corporate wealth, was a little too on the nose.
Fair question but I don’t think it’s the same thing, Bloomberg was trying to buy the public and instill himself in office in a competitive race.
I think the strategy of just finding popular candidates and then becoming their biggest financial supporters should be more cost effective. If it’s a new party there might be great deals for the thrifty oligarch.
My first thought is that this may be for 1) political leverage and 2) propaganda. Leverage as a spoiler, to pressure/influence the other two parties in the election cycle. Propaganda is pretty self-explanatory, I think: getting into the news & podcaster cycles, throwing events, sending out mailers/flyers etc.
Some people (rich & poor) and interest groups/super PACs may fund it, so it won’t even have to be all his own money.
