You seem under qualified to make this assertion. On what basis do you think you can make this claim?

I’m a cto at a 350+ person company

And what qualifies you for that?

Are you a billionaire?

So you’re asking if the majority of Californians would gladly see Musk be excluded from these benefits? Seems like the recent election results would be a pretty good indicator of how that would go. And assuming that they would, then you’re okay with it, right?

Also, don’t confuse gerrymandered elections with overwhelming support. Texas turned disenfranchising people into an art form. What the voting lines say and what the people want are rarely aligned. The Texas government knows this. The people know this (ex Texan here). Its cleverly and not secretly crafted to make it nearly impossible for the state to go blue.

Musk makes $0 directly from these benefits. He only gains from those who buy a Tesla with the perk, but wouldn't otherwise, and that number is going to be quite small. The primary beneficiaries, by far, are normal citizens of California. And I really doubt they're thrilled about paying more because of petty political games.

Ted Cruz is a Senator - gerrymandering plays 0 role in his victory, which was far more dominant in 2024 than 2018.

Really? I just read the product page and it generally looks useful. It puts the context where the work is being done and reduces the need to go back and forth between GitHub and jira. The only immediate negative I see is that it encourages becoming a ticket factory.

Why did this get killed? Surely the state of education in this country is a valid topic to a community of smart people.

> to a community of smart people.

That's where I'm gonna have to stop you.

No. Nobody voted for a non government agency, run by Musk and Ramaswamy, to be part of the decision making process for the government.

Yes, it appears you do. RFK is nuts. All you have to do is listen to what he says and read what he writes. He’ll gladly tell you.

I will believe it when I see it happen. Until then, I will hold judgement.

You can already see his negative effect based on the 2019 Samoan measles outbreak. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/15/rfk-jr-globa...

Firewalls solve problems like this. Relying on a secret callback mechanism to run your business is high risk, when you have sophisticated customers. A number of industries have low risk tolerance and default deny traffic, which would make those industries inaccessible to a company that tried to operate that way.

Are you comparing Trump to people who fought for freedom, equality and civil rights? Those people were arrested because of an unjust system. Trump was tried for corruption and assault. This is a false comparison.

I'm quite sure that the majority of USA voters believes that Trump fights for freedom, equality and civili rights, and that charges against Trump are as unjust as were charges against MLK.

Your point is valid.

The "actual truth" of the matter does not matter today -- the perception is truly that he is a god-like hero, come to save the masses from the oppression of the elite.

Only God knows the “actual truth”.

How do we know that?

We don't. We don't know anything, that's the essence of our being. We're just in an eternal pursuit of trying to find out.