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Elon Musk publicly mused about creating a new political party this week, an idea that could escalate the billionaire's feud with his onetime ally President Trump.

Musk first floated the idea on Thursday. In between jabs at Mr. Trump, the billionaire posted a poll to X asking his 220 million followers if they think it's "time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle."

A day later, Musk noted that 80% of respondents to the poll backed the idea.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 122 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What a loser. But please, by all means. Fracture Trump's base.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Until he will be persecuted and will hide in Russia, which will drive Donald to help Ukraine in the end.

I really reallu hooe I will be right.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't think he's going to run to Russia. The moment he does, he all of his US companies will be seized. So if he wants to go, he's going to need to find a way to very quickly liquidate everything without the federal government noticing. But you can be sure that the spy agencies are watching him. He's already too powerful for comfort, and it's their job to spy on people like him.

[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (6 children)

But you can be sure that the spy agencies are watching him. He's already too powerful for comfort, and it's their job to spy on people like him.

And do what? It was very clear that if Trump got elected he’d take a wrecking ball to the country that we will probably never recover from, at the behest of a hostile foreign leader he’s been openly conspiring with for decades. What exactly did they did to stop him?

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[–] SpaceShort@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

What he really needs to do is kill Donald Trump and install JDVance as a puppet of the tech oligarchy.

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[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

At the same time, let AOC and Sanders make a fourth party, also splintering the Democratic Party.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

"the 80% of people in the middle" that do Nazi salutes and say Germany should forget the national shame of the Holocaust, while flying to Germany to campaign for and praise the modern day Nazi party...

How very centrist 😅

[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All while being so k-holed out your pee-hole don't work no more... 😋 Aaaand attempting to lure anyone with a working uterus and a twitter account into his weird natal cult...

Clearly just very normal activities that every American engages in on a daily basis.

I like how you have to specify that it's a natal cult because he broke his dick and is effectively infertile through natural means. Also a natal cult is much more pathetic than a sex cult, at least someone is having fun in the sex cult.

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Tbh I'm a little surprised he didn't say it was 88%

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yes, please steal 5-6% of the R vote.

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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thing is, he's absolutely right. It's way beyond past time to create a powerful political third party in the US that genuinely represents the interest of the people.

Elon Musk, however, should not be allowed anywhere within brick throwing distance of it.

Nor should most anyone else who is actually capable of funding it. Herein lies our actual problem.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The real problem is with the way elections work. Any third party started in this system that's successful will wind up being absorbed by or absorbing one of the other two.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

That's not actually a problem, though. It's better when both parties support your issue; then there is no viable opposition to that issue.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So then the US will have three right wing parties. Choose your flavor:

  • Corporate Neoliberal Party
  • American Nazi Party
  • White Apartheid Apologists
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I love how this was the thrust of the Russian meddling campaign, using #bothsides to build voter apathy.

I'm not saying you're a Russian meddler, but I know the source of that duck quacking noise I was hearing.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

Andrew Yang rn

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Nazi party isn't new, dipshit.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 12 points 2 days ago

Split the Republican party!

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Excellent idea. You do that, Elon.

I'm all for it because it will split Trump's vote, but there's really no point as there won't be free elections for anything more serious than dog catcher in the US until the fash have been forcibly evicted.

The democratic options expired Jan 20th 2025. Resist.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anyone remember Ross Perot? He created the Tea Party, which eventually took over the Republican party.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

Fuck no. While I very much want more parties, a party created by and for oligarchs would suck the donkiest of elephant balls.

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember when he was going to make a new iPhone when he was having panic attacks about apple banning twitter? This will be just like that. The guy jumps from thought to thought like the direction of the wind. He can’t follow through on anything himself, he just throws some money at it and pretends that he does the work. So many people could do so much more than him if they had his resources.

[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 days ago

What i was thinking, only way he ends up doing this is if someone else does it, it's successful, and he buys the party, that's the only thing he's been good at, and basically what he tried with trump.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah, you do that buddy, spend lots of money, too. Every single vote he draws will come from HitlerPig, not the Dems.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is awesome. Will hopefully wedge drive the Right with the biggest spoiler of all time making Jill Stein, Jojo, or Nader look like slivers by comparison.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The party logo will be an ancient far eastern peace symbol.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

Except backwards.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 10 points 2 days ago

A Nationalist American Zenith Initiative Party. Really "Bring America back to its high point" kind of movement.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"What if we made a party that represented everyone?"

Holy shit, I don't think anyone's thought of that. Jamie, check the web to see if people ever tried creating a party for the rest of us.

Chat, type 1 if you think having a party that represents 80% of America is a good idea.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That's the joke. Every party says they represent most people, but end up in the pocket of the wealthy and corporate interests of it gets big enough

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

i hope he succeeds in creating a third party because it will break the 2 party system and opens the idea to vote for another option to americans.

And i hope the party then gets taken over by people in favor of unions and stuff

Hoping the third party fractures the right is all you can hope for while we're a first-past-the-post voting country. Any new party popular enough to displace a party will simply become the other second party and create the same mediocrity. Until then, it would just siphon votes from the closest two-party option.

The only way this gets fixed is by ranked choice or similar voting systems, that remove the tactical voting incentive.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

a third party […] will break the 2 party system
ignore all other 3ʳᵈ parties

bruh

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I mean a large enough one
currently the other third parties are not getting enough attention

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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I thought you had to be liked by someone to start your own party. Does anyone even likes Elon Musk? The liberals hate him, the conservatives hate him, MAGA hates him, centrists hate him. Is he gonna fill his party with bots like he did Twitter?

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, he keeps insinuating that he did something nefarious with voting machines.

So he actually might.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Musk has quite a “tech bro” following (which we don’t see because we don’t live and breathe on Twitter and such), and that group wields enormous psychological influence over the population.

Seems unlikely, but If Musk aligns himself with Peter Theil, Zuckerberg, critical software devs and such more closely, that’s an extremely dangerous platform for Trump. They can sap power from MAGA (and anyone else) with the flip of a switch.

There’s quite a fundamental incompatibility between tech oligarchs and the red meat MAGA base, too, as is already being exposed. It’s going to get much more stark over the next few years.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 2 days ago

I thought trump losing was only hope of fracturing gop. Never thought I'd see this. Season 2025 writers are giving plot twists!

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of Ye and his public stunts.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Do it you coward.

[–] Akasazh 2 points 2 days ago

'I'll make my own party with blackjack and hookers'

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The vote of 80% of the people that are lefton Shitter doesn't say much. And how many responded?

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