Zyrxil

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[–] Zyrxil@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No he's being a blowhard as usual, saying he's doing things that he's not. He can sign an executive order but that's not going to do anything to get drug companies to give to their profits, because he has no direct legal power over them.

[–] Zyrxil@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No they can't just force drug companies to lower prices with a an executive order. Executive orders aren't laws, they are orders to the parts of government that the President has power over. The president can order that agencies to look into ways of lowering costs, but Congress has to actually pass laws to legally limit prices.

[–] Zyrxil@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The W name feels intentional to me- they didn't want to call it World 2 but it works for people abbreviating it MHW2.

[–] Zyrxil@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

They would be nowhere if they didn't have his money. Otherwise Musk actively hinders his companies with his idiocy. This is well known from SpaceX employees.

https://x.com/yoloption/status/1595213678147764224?mx=2

The companies' success is from being in fields that the employees are passionate about so they'll grit their teeth and put up with it to be able to work there.

And fighting for free speech, are you kidding? He's fighting for his own speech period. Anything he doesn't like tends to get journalists temp banned or shadowbanned from Twitter for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2022_Twitter_suspensions#:~:text=On_December_15,_2022,_Twitter,,_CNN,_and_The_Intercept.

[–] Zyrxil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because in most places adults are allowed to make unhealthy choices. It's the same principle as not being allowed to market alcohol to kids.

[–] Zyrxil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The context is the SK President suddenly declared martial law.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et

[–] Zyrxil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well then reply to them, not the other person replying to them. You're causing the confusion here. You don't always need to reply to the latest post in a thread.