Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

Wait, you're telling me his jet -- which is being actively tracked on mastodon -- just made a journey across the Atlantic, and it was not targeted by a bunch of drones?

How is this possible?

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

Is this guy wearing 3 pairs of glasses wtf

[feathercrown@lemmy.world]

Is parliament not part of government?

[x00z@lemmy.world]

If a billionaire meddles with anything related to politics, it's lobbying. And if that lobbying is public, hateful and divides people, you know it's nefarious and should be stopped as soon as possible.

The man has everything he needs. The only thing he doesn't have? Actual power. And he's going for it.

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

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Learn to read

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

No:

• The parliament includes all parliamentary groups that were elected by the people and garnered 5% or more of the vote or have won 3 or more direct mandates.

• The government consists of only the governing coalition parliamentary groups + chancellor + ministers; the chancellor is elected by parliament but need not be a member of parliament; the ministers are selected by the chancellor and likewise need not be members of parliament

In a stable majority government, the opposition parliamentary groups don't have much say over new laws. However, they can come up with own initiatives (which usually fail due to the majority belonging to other groups), query the government/administration, or install enquiry committees.

However, right now, Germany has a minority government which means all new laws need some support of opposition parliamentary groups.

[barsoap@lemm.ee]

Learn convention. Everybody here expects bars on the left side to signify quotes, especially when it comes to multi-line stuff.

[howru68@lemmy.world]

The man has everything he needs. The only thing he doesn't have? Actual power. And he's going for it.

I get what you're trying to say.
But words can change stories, so here is a slightly different take:

He has everything he needs and too much of it . Including power, that's why he gets more and more, and way more than one can ever need in hundreds of generations.

That's also why he can do and say all kinds of shit? and get away with it.
And that's the problem. Our world shouldn't facilitate that kind of power and power abuse. But it does, and that's the problem.

[feathercrown@lemmy.world]

Yeah that is what I meant, I would consider that "in the government" but I guess other countries might have a stricter definition of "government" than I realized. Thanks for the info!

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

Learn that I don't care.

[barsoap@lemm.ee]

You will have many friends and will go far in life.

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

I agree that Markdown blockquotes (> quote) are preferable but please use a more civil tone.

CC @[email protected]

[calavera@lemm.ee]

I believe they are dwindling, at least for me it's getting more rare to find them, although I'm not in twitter.

I remember going to electrec.co and everybody there was a Musksteer, but now it's the completely opposite. Even in teslarati there are way more dissidents than before

[mitm0@lemmy.world]

Whaaaat ? No pelting ?

[enkrod@feddit.org]

He's just going to buy the next election/president too.

[nalivai@lemmy.world]

You elect those who aren't for sale. Americans have this weird quirk when they simultaneously disappointed with the results of elections, but can't be askes to even vote every couple of years, let alone doing some political activities.
Then everyone moans that elections don't work. Motherfuchers, two thirds of you can't be asked to buy a stamp, why the fuck do you think the elections are not decided by someone else