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  • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    Filthy rich, white. He gets the wag of the finger treatment and nothing worse. Just like Trump.

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      4 hours ago

      In this specific case? It comes down to a civil servant getting paid 80k a year. If they get his case file for review and they flag it then the government starts doing it’s thing. Of course it will end up in court but a normal court can’t do much about it. Which is how Elon’s bestest buddies set it up. And once it’s on his file that he lied in order to gain citizenship or residency he’s straight up barred.

      In other words, if he lied then it will take a literal act of congress to save his citizenship.

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        3 hours ago

        I appreciate the wisdom of your words, but the past few years have planted me squarely in the camp of “I’ll see it when I believe it” when it comes to any sort of consequence for powerful, wealthy Republicans.

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          2 hours ago

          Oh yeah, there’s always the possibility that despite the numerous articles on it the government just ignores him.

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      4 hours ago

      Without straight up ignoring the law in this case, which State Department is more than capable of doing, it’s really not a different law.

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      9 hours ago

      But liberty and justice is in the brainwash pledge that the kids have to do every day. It can’t be a lie can it?

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    23 hours ago

    while we would all love this, hes too rich and too important to the US military to be subjected to actual regular-people laws. sorry.

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    21 hours ago

    You guys understand that even the immigration system is pay-to-win, right? Regardless of what happens, I don’t think Elon will have any issues.

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      9 hours ago

      While I don’t disagree at all, even in many of these instances lying to immigration officials is a fast track to being denied entry ever again.

      Obviously, Musk is going to get back in, but as a political pawn, kicking Musk out of the country being a legitimate option must be absolutely incredible.

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      19 hours ago

      Exactly. He would just reapply under the category of “director of a company” or as “individual of extraordinary abilities”.

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        15 hours ago

        “individual of extraordinary abilities”

        No, you are not allowed to lie in immigration application forms, it says so right in the title!

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    23 hours ago

    Yeah. Court couldn’t even issue a warrant today after he didn’t bother to show up. Wake me up when rich people face consequences.

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      1 hour ago

      That will only be when we The People start doing something about it.

      Wake me up when the rest of the masses have the balls to go on a general strike to halt the economy until our demands of basic human rights are met.

      The majority of people are still too comfortable, stupid, weak, afraid, brainwashed, and complacent to do anything at all, let alone something that would actually make a real impact.

      The moment all of us peasants collectively go on strike is the moment the government and billionaires start losing. Simple.

      But again, generally, people are too selfish to share others’ suffering even if it ment a better world for everyone.

      And that is the peaceful option that the masses are too complicit to even try…

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Remember all those headlines saying things like 'Trump could be found guilty of violating emoluments clause?" Yeah, put this in the same bucket.