Elon Musk has stated that due to the results of his work, he is threatened with assassination.
Elon Musk is, to put it mildly, very liberal in his statements. One might almost wonder if he even knows that his words can have consequences. Even for him. However, in a recent interview with one of the biggest American podcasters, Joe Rogan, he said something that might take your breath away. He fears for his life.
Or at least he's considering the possibility that if he said something he doesn't have, he could lose his life.
And he adds that America is bankrupt and the things his Office for Government Efficiency reveals are breathtaking. When he took office, he expected the situation to be bad, but not as much as he sees.
His new political role raises controversies which may be less obvious in Europe than in the USA, especially for those directly affected by his statements and political decisions. Generally, he considers this time to be wild, ground-breaking and revolutionary. The new president's cabinet is one that has never been there before. Steps that can be taken for state expenditure optimization may be revolutionary, yet Elon Musk is not exuding optimism. America is indeed in such a financial state that is most likely only very hard to fix.
His government expenditure control office has shocking results
He talks about fraud, revealing the real financing of non-profit organizations, which he considers to be the biggest fraud in human history. Federal fraud, waste and abuse drain up to $1 trillion annually from the US government budget, which is more than the entire US defense budget. For example, just $100 billion was paid out illegally through social benefits being dispensed to long-dead people. There were found 20 million dead people recorded as alive, some of whom are paid a pension. Not excluded are also people, according to whom, they are already 160 years old, according to the records.
Fraud with non-governmental organizations
If you have a non-profit organization funded by the government, it is essentially a government organization. All it takes is a small investment to establish your own non-profit (often for nonsensical matters), then lobby politicians and drain the system. Nevertheless, the solution is difficult, because, as he himself says, if a non-profit still funds, for example, children in school, cutting off many really needy people from finance is risky. Even for him, he can easily become the target of an assassination. Non-profits sometimes really serve a good cause and these matters need to be distinguished.
Epstein's clients should not go unpunished, at least some of them
Elon Musk is also delving into the hot topic regarding the Epstein's clients lists. Among them was supposed to be the founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, and many other highly placed influential people, like Bill Gates or Bill Clinton. Here, he also hints at the dangers that can threaten both the people on the list and those who will expose them. Yet, he says that at least the biggest offenders should be punished, otherwise the public will rightfully be frustrated.
"I'm not prolonging my life here," he says...
It's shocking how the atmosphere thickens during the interview; thoughts come that probably occur to everyone these days.
"I sincerely hope they don't kill you,"
the host Joe Rogan smiled, to which Elon Musk responded with laughter, saying that he too hopes not to be killed and is trying to stay alive.
"I'm seriously not prolonging my life by explaining these things,"
he said jokingly and added that he indeed feels that he should not press too hard on corruption matters, because he could be killed.
He considers himself not a threat to democracy, as is said about him, but a threat to bureaucracy. However, the media do him a bear's service. As he says himself, he knows that he is at the top of the assassin's list. The more negative the media talk about you, the more you're in their crosshairs.
"I'm the same person I was a year ago, nothing really changed, I didn't suddenly become someone else,"
he said, saying that people suffer from a madness and hatred similar to what they feel towards Donald Trump. Two years ago, according to the media, he was a hero of the left, today a demonized villain.
Hatred is stoked by the media and social networks
He mentioned the wave of hatred on the social network Reddit, but also media lynching. The truth is that in recent weeks, after President Trump's inauguration, there have been increasing attacks on Tesla owners and their cars. Social networks then spread jokes that owners stick inscriptions on their cars saying "I bought this car before Elon Musk went crazy". And Tesla's shares also have a slight downward trend due to his controversial political involvement.
It may seem funny, but we can also very well observe how the media can manipulate public opinion in this case.
His statement provoked a whole series of reactions from other commentators and websites.
Source: author's text, Youtube, axios.com
