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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

The neo-Nazi saluting bastard wants a political party? F-him and strip him of US citizenship for illegally working in the USA.

If anyone has a chance to create another party. AOC and Mamdani.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2 points 54 minutes ago

I hope that he sloughs off enough support from the Geronocrats and Turdpublicans to give the Progressive movement a chance to become mainstream. In a battle between four armies, I think AOC would win.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago

Has he filed any paperwork? Gathered any signatures?

Didn't think so. It's just typical Elmo Skum: hurricane force hot air scented with billionaire quantities of bovine effluvia.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Good time to make a fourth party.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

How many weeks before he gets bored and abandons it when things don’t immediately work, just like everything else in his useless life?

[–] match@pawb.social 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

unlike rockets or cars, political party success in America is measured in dollars

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

He already bought himself an entire department with no oversight but got bored of it after a few months.

[–] AZX3RIC@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

In 1962, Congress created the role of "special government employee," which allows the executive branch, the legislative branch and independent federal agencies to bring on employees for specific roles on a temporary basis.

SGEs are limited to working for the government for no more than 130 days out of a 365-day period, though they can work multiple years, and they can either be paid or unpaid. NPR has reported that Musk is not being paid for his work with DOGE.

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

A white South African dude created the American Party

ffs did somebody step on a bug in 2015 and change the whole timeline?

[–] match@pawb.social 7 points 6 hours ago

I'm thinking of doing a Ghost Dance to bring Harambe back

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 27 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I fail to see how splitting up the fascists is anything but a good thing. Let them fight.

[–] hietsu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

True that. Although in a would be tri-party system, so in case this new party gains somewhat reasonable backing, it gains significant bargaining power over the much bigger parties because it would likely hold keys to majority vote. So it might just become much greater than its apparent size… But yeah, I doubt much anything comes out of this.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Liberals hate musk and won't vote for his party. Split the stupid vote and watch Dems win unwinnable races. If he pulls that off for 2 election cycles you might even see Republicans go in on ranked choice voting.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 21 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I’m sure Tesla shareholders are happy to hear he’s picked up another side project.

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Don’t you remember? He’s a super genius!

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 6 points 8 hours ago

Odd strategy.

Leftists won't buy it, and most liberals aren't going to buy it, and it might divide the right, while team blue is fracturing.

Gonna be a 4 on one, not a 3.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Get ready for some more 12D chess from Mr. Rocket Scientist AI Expert

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

Reading the article to see what ridiculous name he's going to give it.

"The America Party"?

TBH, pretty tame in Musk standards. At least it's pronounceable.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 1 minute ago

Correction: At least you can read it.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

The name is to make a grab at the r’s. If it wasn’t, he would have named it the x party.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm surprised he didn't go with a stupid acronym

TAP is a stupid acronym.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 28 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I hope this would split the vote among magas and republicans and the dems would be a shoe in. Sadly, I've lost a lot of faith in the dems and their ability to effectively fight for the people. Maybe we need even more parties?

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Dems won't do shit to make people's lives better but they won't open up concentration camps and will mostly leave trans people alone.

Unless the dinosaurs talking shit about Mamdani and AOC are brought to heel.

A third party is only likely to split the vote of the people who can't stand trump.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

One obstacle all third parties face in the US is party-line voting, which favors the dominant parties.

On possible outcome is that he puts a lot of money into making third party candidates more viable, like efforts to ban party-line voting or supporting ranked choice voting. So, you could vote for the America Party candidate and then if they don’t have a majority ñ, you vote could roll over to the Dem or GOP candidate of your choice, reducing your risk of voting third party.

These changes would help Libertarian, Green and other parties as well. More choice for voters!

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 24 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

The entire Democrat demographic hates him for kissing Trumps ass.

The entire Trump demogaphic hates him for going against Trump.

And the Republican demographic have never liked him as far as I'm aware.

So.... who are his voters? Probably just a convenient way to shuffle money around.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

This is the second most likely outcome. The most likely is be is full of shit. I'm all for siphoning off the votes of the gullible.

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 6 hours ago

Voters? The goal here is to separate Musk from as many dollars as possible

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 12 hours ago

He's completely unable to read the room. Understandable really, he doesn't exist in the same world as the rest of us really.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 16 points 17 hours ago

This isn’t about money. It’s about Elon Musk‘s ego and will to power.

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 17 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, can "aliens" start political parties in the USA?

Imma start a "British Colony" party over there; anyone want to join me? MAABCA.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 8 points 13 hours ago

He doesn't have to run himself. He can endorse and fund people to run for him

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago

Political parties are independent entities, not part of the government, so yes anyone can make one.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 39 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

are they hiring? i have many expensive ideas with zero guarantees of success

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[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Cool so a third liberal party

[–] lando55@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

I'm all for it. If Brewster's Millions taught me anything it's that involving yourself in US politics is the quickest way to lose vast sums of money.

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