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0 pointsarcanus3y ago0 comments

This is a cyberpunk future.

I'm overall a fan of Musk, but this is too far. There simply must be rule of law for the United States to remain a dynamic society.

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edgyquant3y ago

Literally there’s not even a hint that Musk is above the law yet you’re calling it a cyberpunk future

moralestapia3y ago

>According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Stewart avoided a loss of $45,673 by selling all 3,928 shares of her ImClone Systems stock on December 27, 2001, after receiving material, nonpublic information from Peter Bacanovic, her broker at Merrill Lynch. The day following her sale, the stock value fell 16%.[49]

Martha Stewart went to jail for 5 months for a meager case of insider trading. Musk manipulated Tesla stock in front of, literally, the whole world and got a slap in the wrist (i.e. a fine that comes to about 0.1% of its net worth). A citizen would to go jail forever for a similar thing.

pacificmint3y ago

> Martha Stewart went to jail for 5 months for a meager case of insider trading.

I believe she went to prison for lying to investigators. The insider trading they couldn’t make stick. So in the end, maybe the cases aren’t so different?

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JaimeThompson3y ago

Smoking weed makes you lose your security clearance, Musk did it on camera and still has his because of "reasons". That is one example of the rules that apply to most others not applying to him.

towaway154633y ago

Probably also an example of a rule that should be retired. Either that or they should remove clearance if you enjoy whisky.

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bell-cot3y ago

It ain't just Elan. There's a lot of non-enforcement of federal law, rules, & reg's involving marijuana.

And doing it publicly...that pretty well nerfs the old "give us the secrets, or we'll reveal the fact that you smoked week" spy gambit.

HWR_143y ago

> still has his [security clearance] because of "reasons".

Does he? I don't remember any resolution to that, but I thought they "temporarily" suspended it pending an investigation and then never completed the investigation.

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v213y ago

There was that whole thing where a court said a lawyer has to check all of his tweets, Musk shrugged it off, and the court did nothing about it.

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MrMan3y ago

What a legacy opinion. We are all about destroying everything here

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edgyquant3y ago

Literally there’s not even a hint that Musk is above the law yet you’re calling it a cyberpunk future

moralestapia3y ago

pacificmint3y ago

> Martha Stewart went to jail for 5 months for a meager case of insider trading.

I believe she went to prison for lying to investigators. The insider trading they couldn’t make stick. So in the end, maybe the cases aren’t so different?

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JaimeThompson3y ago

Smoking weed makes you lose your security clearance, Musk did it on camera and still has his because of "reasons". That is one example of the rules that apply to most others not applying to him.

towaway154633y ago

Probably also an example of a rule that should be retired. Either that or they should remove clearance if you enjoy whisky.

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bell-cot3y ago

It ain't just Elan. There's a lot of non-enforcement of federal law, rules, & reg's involving marijuana.

And doing it publicly...that pretty well nerfs the old "give us the secrets, or we'll reveal the fact that you smoked week" spy gambit.

HWR_143y ago

> still has his [security clearance] because of "reasons".

Does he? I don't remember any resolution to that, but I thought they "temporarily" suspended it pending an investigation and then never completed the investigation.

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v213y ago

There was that whole thing where a court said a lawyer has to check all of his tweets, Musk shrugged it off, and the court did nothing about it.

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MrMan3y ago

What a legacy opinion. We are all about destroying everything here

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