Could he do it? He’s older, there are some objective metrics in there I think outside of stock price(I think there are robotaxi metrics in there) so he can’t just to it by stock manipulation.
I’m skeptical. His time is more divided than it was during the first plan, this plan is much more ambitious than the first, and I’d question if his heart is even in it at this point.
jerojero•3mo ago
I'm sorry to be so old-fashioned but I think armies should be controlled by states, not private individuals.
pols45•3mo ago
The pattern goes -
Kings and Queens get propped up not because the chimp troupe loves them, but because the village has to be defended from threats and some chimp has to be in charge of security ie find ways to pay for the upkeep of armies. Not a job for the faint of heart.
Sooner or later bankers, traders, industrialists etc etc all become richer than kings and queens, because they don't have to fund armies or deal with all the issues and temptations of having an army. They start wondering why they need to be bowing and bending to kings and queens.
And the story then writes its self, since there is only one way the kings and queens are programmed to react to threats.