I don’t like to talk about politics. I also don’t like working, cooking, taking the trash out, cleaning, etc. etc. I DO it, because it HAS to be done. There is no systemic good which comes that does not in some way come from participating in politics.
I don’t talk politics with CERTAIN PEOPLE. People who engage in bad faith, whose highest political priority is fucking over someone else, rather than lifting everyone else up, who celebrate ignorance and cruelty. Any political ideology which is built on such foundational principles can be shut out of all political discussion by those with better, smarter, kinder ones.
Me and you might not agree on how to GET us there, but we share the goal of making things better and easier for the greatest number of people. If we don’t, there’s nothing to discuss, and so I won’t talk politics with you.
I see him doing this more as an opportunity to generate conflict between their cults, weakening them, dividing them.
Any “Rah rah Elon! Get him!” from me should be assumed to be egging this on, and not actual support. He gets no credit or absolution for this, it is entirely self serving, and possibly not even fully real (given the narcissism involved, I doubt it, but still worth considering given the lying shitbags we’re dealing with).
I want them to eat each other. Figuratively, sure, but also very. VERY. Literally. If at all possible.
It wouldn’t be a 50/50 split, I think Trump’s cult is a lot more dedicated and numerous than Elon’s, but still, better to have them fighting each other than not.