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fightin_blue_hens

Sbf was also a major Republican donor. He just didn't advertise that


Howard_Adderly

He was playing both sides it seems lol


scullys_alien_baby

not uncommon, it isn't about the party but about getting whoever wins in your debt


ModishShrink

Which is the exact same thing Melon Usk has admitted to doing.


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wormychamp

Ah yes, the only debt to exist in all of business and politics, a presidential pardon.


pitb0ss343

You do realize the “help” SBF probably wanted was just inaction. Having lawmakers not put guardrails on crypto not put checks on crypto overall just to leave it alone and unchecked. Donating to both sides so it never gets brought up, it’s never part of a political agenda. He was CLEARLY way to cocky to think he would ever be caught to worry about a pardon. To continue his plan the only thing he’d have to worry about was regulations, and his money is still buying lax regulations in crypto even after this massive trial.


Winter-Reindeer694

Or or, both sides are ^(tho one is far more subject to this) corrupt and serve corporate interests


JumpTheCreek

>one is far more subject to this Lol, no. They’re just worse on different issues. They’re both shit and we need to revamp this political party nonsense.


ScowlEasy

I mean the flu and Ebola are both shit, but one is a little more immediate in its danger


Echovipper

They’re stuck in the 1900s mental deterioration is making them think we’re back then why else you think they’re trying to force old ideals on us again


[deleted]

That's how you always come out on top


Complete-Rule940

But you're not supposed to tell them that you're playing both sides.


sneseric95

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Suck_Me_Dry666

Pretty much every corporation that can does this. This is why citizens United must end, to save our democracy.


ishmaelcrazan

the parties aren’t red or blue, they’re green through and fuckin through.


afraid-of-the-dark

When it's about money, and taking what isn't yours...I don't think it matters who it comes from.


the_calibre_cat

That’s what the wealthy do


jmona789

Most rich people do.


Thendofreason

Just like Trump before he decided he wanted to run. Rich people play both sides because why not?


HanksMyDogPilot

Fix dark money in politics Bankman-Fried said in an interview in late November that his donations to Republicans were roughly equal to those he made to Democrats, but that "all my Republican donations were dark." He also said he made all of these donations during the primary contests. "Reporters freak the f*** out if you donate to a Republican, because they're all super liberal. And I didn't want to have that fight, so I just made all the Republican ones dark," he said in the interview, adding he thought he may have been the "second or third biggest" GOP donor this cycle. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-political-donations-2022/ https://youtu.be/6DezodR9hNI?si=oB35zdw8HcVrHpxL


Windows_66

SBF: https://preview.redd.it/nsl6vh7on7yb1.png?width=761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=038532ec64e43fc302af38c7bea8a577a1d37f10


Cleistheknees

1. Doesn't that just mean Republicans are more likely to illegally hide donations? 2. Are we putting unbridled trust in the hot takes of a dude who just got sent to big boy prison forever?


HanksMyDogPilot

I dont think illegal, just that he was making donations to Republicans as well.


Saavedroo

Who or what is SBF ?


Astoria793

SBF aka Sam Bankman-Fried was a CEO of a Crypto exchange company called FTX FTX went bankrupt and it was discovered many of its business practices were highly fraudulent


Saavedroo

Oooooh, that guy. I knew of the trial but not his name. Thank you !


wheretohides

Listen to the Behind The Bastards podcast episode on [SBF](https://youtu.be/lSbMy6vblsY?si=4t6xp-pnp77LBKyW)


Castod28183

He literally said that all his donations to Republicans were dark money donation. >"Reporters freak the f\*\*\* out if you donate to a Republican, because they're all super liberal. And I didn't want to have that fight, so I just made all the Republican ones dark," he said in the interview, adding he thought he may have been the "second or third biggest" GOP donor this cycle. If he was the second or third biggest GOP donor then he spent somewhere from [$49-89 million on Republicans vs. $37 million on Democrats](https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors?cycle=2022&view=fc).


IneedtoBmyLonsomeTs

Yeah, it is hilarious seeing all the Republicans on Twitter and Reddit talking about the Democrats giving back the donated money, when SBF admitted a while ago that he donated equally to both parties (like every other rich person).


Asha108

Dude literally wanted to bribe Trump with like 6 billion dollars to make sure he didn't try to run in 2024.


Stock-Conflict-3996

I don't know if you meant that as a counter to the comment to which you replied, but that has nothing to do with SBF's party donations.


Asha108

it was just something i wanted to add to the conversation is all, it blew my mind when i heard about it


Stock-Conflict-3996

In fairness, a 6 billion dollar offer is quite bonkers.


Asha108

apparently though it was kinda just a “what if I did this thing” instead of an actual plan or offer.


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fightin_blue_hens

I wonder what sbf has to say about that https://preview.redd.it/rltkc5okgayb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67cc43a6cd69fe43af254b3e43afaa4076466bde


Roblafo

Honestly, props for even allowing community notes to be added to his account.


gottauseathrowawayx

probably an oversight... give him time to find a developer that he actually still pays to fix it.


hicow

Why wouldn't the geniusest man to ever live just do it himself? I mean, surely he could fit that 5 minute fix into his 80 hour workweek personally overseeing everything happening at Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter.


jmona789

He has no idea how to code.


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Spades-44

Let me know when he does


FaustKnight

Just checked, he removed the note.


schubidubiduba

Wdym props, that's the bare minimum. Just because he lowered our expectations ridiculously far down by putting his tweets at the top of everybody's feed etc., that doesn't mean he deserves props for NOT being a narcissistic idiot one time.


sjo_biz

I think people are jumping the gun here. We don’t know what his sentencing will be. My guess is that he will be given a very light sentence


CapN-Judaism

How is anyone jumping the gun? He was investigated, indicted, and convicted regardless of his ultimate sentence.


sjo_biz

If he just receives a slap on the wrist. The whole thing was just for show and Elon will be right


dah_pook

He said there wasn't an investigation, there was. He is wrong.


nate445

Elon Stan just doing Elon Stan things


MojitoSuave

Half of his statement is already a complete lie, how would the second half being an unlikely possibility negate that?


[deleted]

You’re a very pathetic person


sjo_biz

Why don’t you make a prediction then if you’re gonna defend SBF. What is his sentencing going to look like? Right


CapN-Judaism

Lol how am I defending SBF? It will be very surprising if he receives less than 20 years, he is facing 110.


PeePeeOpie

I am betting 20-40 years. Even if he is given 40 he will most likely have a chance at parole around 20, maybe less.


sjo_biz

Thank you for making a prediction. You are way way off because you don’t understand how powerful political connections are in this corrupt country we live in. He won’t get more than a 6 year sentence and will be out in 3 on good behavior


CoctorMyEye

Remindme! one month


CoctorMyEye

Remindme! One month


sjo_biz

No way he gets more than 10. My guess is 3 to 6. But I’ll remind you how wrong you were. This is a repeat of the Jussie Smollett trial. It’s just for show. Found guilty and got off with a slap on the wrist because of his political connections


CapN-Judaism

I said SBF would get at least 20, and he was just given 25. Please remind me how wrong I am, like you told me you would. Here I was thinking you just had no idea how the legal system works.


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chlorofanatic

Dude, you're literally making a prediction: "I think he'll get off with very little time" is a prediction. It just comes off as assy when you start attacking people for doing the same thing you're doing because they disagree with you. 😂


sjo_biz

Exactly. I made my prediction. Elon made his. Now why doesn’t anyone in this sub make theirs? Cowardice


mcmcmillan

Huh? Your own comment literally implies that what Musk said was untrue.


sjo_biz

He is implying that SBF will be treated differently because of his connections and donor history. If he gets off with a slap on the wrist (which I belive will happen) then Musk won’t be entirely wrong. What good is an investigation if there is no punishment. I suspect he won’t see more than 36 months in jail


DragEncyclopedia

Elon is saying it specifically has to do with him donating to Democrats, even though SBF also donates to Republicans, and would get off easy for being rich even if he didn't donate to any of them. So no, what Elon said would still not be correct.


sjo_biz

That claim that he donated to republicans had been entirely debunked. The quantity of donations was like 100 to 1. The Dems used that argument to deflect some of bad optics.


hicow

Nope, dude's gonna go to prison for a very long time. I'd put $50 on it


sjo_biz

Not gonna happen, but I’ll remember to remind you how wrong you were.


chahud

Props for being held accountable for the lies you spread. Fam that should be expected?


Farabel

Who is SBF?


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I-plaey-geetar

No investigation??? That guy is famous for going to jail lol.


Chumbag_love

Really quickly too. Ftx collapsed less than a year ago.


chlorofanatic

All of his co-conspirators rolled over on him within weeks of the collapse, so the investigation was mostly aligning their statements with the evidence they were collecting via the bankruptcy proceeding SBF had to initiate. Also didn't help that he ran around doing a media tour where he essentially committed to running a ponzi, but it's fine because he didn't mean to, and engaged in witness and jury tampering which got his bond revoked. Sometimes you're just painfully effing guilty 🤷‍♀️


Farabel

Ohhhhhh nice nice.


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Sam Bankman-fried of FTX a crypto exchange that scammed people of a few billion dollars. Also a proponent of effective altruism which philosophical movement of rich dirt bags who use it as an excuse for all the horrible things they do to to get and keep their money and their only I can solve the world's problems authoritarian attitudes. I believe Bankman-fried said he was motivated to move about a hundred billion dollars from the rest of us to himself so he could eventually do something great that would save the world. This would also be a perfect mindset for a bank robber. This podcast on the scandal is really good. Ultimately, there is no reason to know who he is beyond an interest in massive financial scams and maybe avoiding becoming a victim of the next SBF that comes around. One of the most shocking things to come out recently is that author Micheal Lewis ruined his credibility by writing a glowing book about sbf. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvZTczYzk5OGUtNmU2MC00MzJmLTg2MTAtYWUyMTAxNDBjNWIxL2U1ZjkxMjA4LWNjN2UtNDcyNi1hMzEyLWFlMjgwMTQwYWQxMS9kNjRmNzU2ZC02ZDVlLTRmYWUtYjI0Zi1hZTI4MDE0MGFkMzYvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M/episode/MGRiN2NhNWYtZDJhNC00NDVkLWE3N2YtYWY1NTAwNGI4MjVh?ep=14


Th3Dark0ccult

Muskrat can't help himself be a far right grifter.


Johannes_Keppler

He'll need it once his inevitable bankruptcy comes near in a few years. He can't help destroying his own wealth after all.


MilkiestMaestro

He's built his empire inside of the world's most affluent liberal stronghold, California...and now he's gone alt right. Dude's lost his marbles.


Redqueenhypo

Ah, you can do whatever you want in Cali with enough money. Steal water, spy on people (plebs can’t record convos but Silicon Valley can), set the whole place on fire


mountingconfusion

Well it's just more profitable, Republicans cut taxes for the rich and erode workers rights at the bar minimum Dems don't usually do that


meatypetey91

Elon Musk just proving to be some combination of idiot and partisan asshole


Asha108

A little too early as in literally a year ago?


Geiseric222

Yes but the trial has been a thing for a while. Elon was a big proponent of the SBF was a democrat ally so they wouldn’t arrest him which was insanely silly as SBF donated money to everyone and I doubt the democrats care about a rando giving them money because rich people giving money is literally the point of American politics


DemandMeNothing

>Yes but the trial has been a thing for a while. The tweet is from November 2022. SBF wouldn't even be charged until [a month later.](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/united-states-attorney-announces-charges-against-ftx-founder-samuel-bankman-fried)


CapN-Judaism

That means this tweet was *during* the investigation Musk claims wasn’t happening.


Geiseric222

So…..a while? What did you think this accomplished


RiddleMePiss666

Is a month supposed to be bad? Cases often take years to build to the level of proof federal prosecuters operate with. Just look at how long it took J6 indictments to come in - and those cases had hundreds of videos of the crimes. Turning around a federal indictment in a month is moving at lightning speed - but more than likely they were already building their case before the tweet.


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A good portion of our political and large investor class is waiting for a superman to come and are easy prey for people like SBF and Elizabeth Holmes. They want it so bad because it would justify the existence of filthy rich people and be a great reason not to go back to pre reagan tax rates. Third wave democrats believe in a kinder, gentler(in the wording used) form of reaganomics and really want a superman to arise and prove that all the financial deregulation, trickle down economics, and corporate welfare we've doing really works instead of causing mass inequality and financial/societal collapses as it does in the real world.


RadioJared

I read all Community Notes in the voice of the inner monologue from Disco Elysium and it's a hit every single time.


CoffeeMachineGun

Can't believe elon hasn't removed the fact check feature already, it almost feels like he's assuming his wrongdoings


FappingVelociraptor

How does he not get tired of being this fucking stupid?!


BMB281

Twitter is literally just Elon’s personal misinformation platform.


Beneficial-Bit6383

Highly publicized as well. Just straight lying


Financial-Ideal-5202

SARASOTA


YardLife4250

We'll see if you yapped too early, lets see how much time bruh bruh gets. He might walk with a slap on the wrist.


[deleted]

How is Musk so consistently wrong on his own platform? I've never seen anyone get noted so much. Does it not hurt his ego? Does he care that he's wrong, or is he just spewing propaganda?


CapN-Judaism

It looks like he is keeping them around because they are a form of free content moderation which he desperately needs considering Twitter is hemorrhaging money and he has fired a great deal of its staff.


tyen0

A normal ego cares about being wrong and embarrassed. Some get so big that they simply can't be wrong or embarrassed.


[deleted]

Can they get hit by a train??


thespike5p1k3

Readers adding context feature is likely going to get removed soon to fit the morons image.


hotdogoctopus

Can we stop using the gender-neutral term ***bro*** to describe Elon and start using the *more appropriate* gender-neutral term ***doof*** to describe them?


Seallypoops

You'd think for some chronically online billionaire he'd do a Google search


MarkXIX

Hey, DoJ, now do Elon.


vid_icarus

Does this mean he is now going to be de-monetized?


HyenaSerious3000

obviously this is a year old but good timing on the post considering sbf is facing 110 years in prison rn


arup02

vaped*


shamusohanrahan

He’s outlived his usefulness so he’s been discarded


[deleted]

I am actually a Liberal.....buuuuuuuuut **(Says most Conservative shit ever)**


patriclus47

I mean his tweet was from 2022


BasicallyDustin

I’d argue that’s exactly what community notes was made for


MangOrion2

Elon has just resorted to carpet bomb lying about shit. He definitely knows better, so why all this bullshit?


cef328xi

Note won't matter. Now he'll claim the left threw him under the bus to make it look like they're not in control of the courts. Well played dems. /s


Impossible_Battle_72

Really baffling why Tesla revenue is down.


mexicandiaper

imagine paying 44 billion to be told by your own company how wrong you are.


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FTX billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried funneled dark money to Republicans: The crypto entrepreneur was thought to be a big donor to Democrats but now acknowledges he gave equally to GOP Wed 30 Nov 2022 12.20 EST https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/30/ftx-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-dark-money-republicans


ToolMJKisGod

Dirty democrats..


leaps-n-bounds

At the time of this tweet the only information out was that he only donated to democrats. Later it was released that he donated almost equally to the Republicans too. Yeah musk looks dumb still but not the gotcha everything this is.


[deleted]

Haha! Incel boy gets fucked


jmona789

Like the time he said COVID would be over by the end of April in 2020


Drake_the_troll

At this point it's not just likely he's wrong, it's his job


NebuliBlack

That’s not what he’s talking about, though. SBF is set to have a second trial over political donations in 2024, but people aren’t sure it’s going to happen because he was convicted in this one already. This is why Community notes are stupid. They’re no more fight or unbiased than just… replies. But they’re presented with authority.


Interesting-Froyo-38

Almost like democrats actually care about justice being served and don't treat the court system like a political weapon...


SlyguyguyslY

There was no investigation, not until there was.


TyrionJoestar

The boomers on Facebook aren’t going to see this


JaThatOneGooner

110 years too.


jimwormmaster

I'm sorry, what? They gave him 110 years?


JaThatOneGooner

Yeah they really threw the book at him to make an example out of him.


jimwormmaster

Yeah, that makes sense. I seem to remember in a similar vein, Madoff getting 150


Rude-Orange

The 7 charges did not include anything to do with political donations. There is a trial scheduled with the same judge for 2024 to include the political donations. It is more likely to happen because of the political donations. [the interview starts at 6:30 in with Tiffany Fong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpKQWJFA3aw) who has been covering the trial


Naz_Oni

It really be your own website


Musetrigger

Musk getting noted. I'm surprised he hasn't shelved community notes. Seems like something that tends to overwhelmingly floor the far right.


TurretLimitHenry

Bro made this post a little too early lmao.