175 points

Wow it’s almost like he wants to destabilize the western world! How peculiar. 🤔

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He managed to buy the American presidency so why not aim for more?

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At least he’s not smart about it and just yells it all in public. If he ever realizes he can do it quietly it’ll be an even bigger problem.

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That’s the thing I don’t get. Trump got the presidency, he can just carry Elon aside like a burger wrapper

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Are you under the impression that Trump actually has a lot of money? You don’t get rich by bankrupting businesses, and he’s done a lot of that.

He certainly doesn’t have enough to maintain the lifestyle that he’s grown to love.

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6 points

!!

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2 points

Concerning

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There was a time when King Charles tried to overturn parliament way back in the 1600s. I forget what happened next, but I’m pretty sure it was all very civil.

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Unfortunately parliament didn’t finish the job, and another Charles came along. Now we’re up to a third Charles. I think parliament should have another go and get rid of these parasitic Charleses once and for all

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38 points

Somehow Charles has returned.

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11 points

Charles in charge

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5 points

Get out of my head, Charles.

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7 points

The number of Charles is TOO DAMN HIGH

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Especially once you count Charles Entertainment Cheese into the total number of Charleses

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Somehow I don’t the UK will Be Heading down that same route again.

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Ahh yes but the second Charles was successful. Largely because Parliament was going after Catholics and people didn’t like living under an Inquisition. Then James fucked it all up and everyone decided just electing better leaders was the compromise.

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90 points

Yeah and he is pushing the neo nazi party before the German election.

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There’s still time for SpaceX to do the right thing and load him in the next starship launch next week

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12 points

Just like the end of Gravity’s Rainbow.

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Or the beginning of Planet Hulk.

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10 points

I say strap him to the outside before they launch instead of putting him inside, preferably against the heat shield.

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It’s important to get empirical evidence of what happens if you strap a man to a rocket. Theoreticals are nice, but hard data is what makes science progress.

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Indeed, launch Leon’s ass to Mars. He can take Putin’s Sock Puppet with him and sell Tesla’s.

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Oh please try Chuck. Please do. The one incontrovertible way to end the monarchy immediately would be if one of the inbred stands up and tries to exercise any real power.

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It would be really cool seeing a monarch get guillotined in the 21st century

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30 points

I’ll settle for a few billionaires, I guess…

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The billionaires are japanese. And the yen billion isn’t much more than a slightly well off commoner.

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I’d much rather this happen to billionaires. They have actual power.

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3 points

Why not both?

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2 points

There’s actually a very good stage play about this exact subject.

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The queen dissolved parliament a few years ago, and while she is dead now I don’t think her death was related

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Parliament asked her to do it though. That’s a bit different. If a monarch tried to force the issue it would go very badly. It’s one of those technical power versus real power things.

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A lot of troopies in the Commonwealth swore an oath on enlisting that then transfered to Charles. Charles has the biggest gang ever but Musk just wants to troll aus and canada more.

Keep up.

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Okay but how serious do they take the exact wording? In the US they swear to the Constitution and take that very seriously. It’s why Trump will need to destroy the military if he wants to eventually use it as his personal force. Are the British soldiers willing to arrest or kill their elected leaders on the word of a monarch?

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