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Strange new respect, or just political brown-nosing? Is there any difference between the two?

For the past two-plus years, ever since he raised the potential purchase of Twitter, the Left has demonized Elon Musk nearly non-stop. That hit a fever pitch almost two years ago to the day when Musk began to release the Twitter Files and exposed government censorship on social media and Big Tech platforms, and only increased when Musk began supporting Donald Trump. The Left has painted him as All That Is Wrong in Politics and Culture for two solid years.

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How has that worked out for them? Badly enough that they’re now trying to kiss and make up, Politico reports today. And where that kiss is aimed, you can probably guess:

Ro Khanna is trading texts with Elon Musk. Josh Shapiro took a call from him. And John Fetterman has compared him to the superhero Tony Stark.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to install Musk as the federal government’s cutter-in-chief, some ambitious Democrats are taking a warmer approach to the billionaire businessman than their party leaders have in the past as he has become one the most influential people on the planet. …

The relationship between Democrats and Musk has been icy for the past few years. President Joe Biden said Musk’s ties to other countries were “worthy of being looked at” and attacked him as a one-time “illegal worker.” Musk, in turn, called Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris each a “puppet.” Liberals also laughed off Musk’s purchase of X and his efforts to turn out the vote for Trump — with vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mocking him for “skipping like a dipshit” on stage at a rally.

Let’s just note that all of the above examples are essentially cases of projection. Having the crime boss of Biden Inc complain of ties to foreign countries would be akin to having John Gotti complain about the Genovese family. It also serves as an example of how Biden and Democrats weaponized their offices to at least threaten their political opponents. The Protection Racket Media deflected that back to Trump when he pointed out that the same precedents could be used when Republicans took office, but Democrats have conducted this political corruption for the past four years first. 

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As for Tim Walz’ comments, no one more exemplified “dips***” than himself during the campaign. He strutted and danced around the stage like a faded burlesque queen trying desperately to sell her expiring wares. Walz’ only substantive contribution to the 2024 campaign was to personify Kamala Harris’ utter incompetence and poor judgment. 

Now that they got smoked by Trump and Musk, at least a few Democrats have learned the costs of demonizing one of the world’s most successful and influential figures. Others remain in full hostile positions, arguing — incoherently, of course — that the attempt to reduce government bureaucracy is an oligarchical project:

Some Democrats remain deeply skeptical of Musk, who is one of several billionaires and tech leaders Trump has tapped to staff his administration. They see Musk as an oligarch, and are concerned about his plans to slash the federal government with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as incoming co-leaders of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.

“I reserve the right to be surprised, but this looks to me like a coming kleptocracy, in which all these billionaires are running the government in order to rig the rules,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). “So I’m pretty fucking skeptical that this is a legitimate effort.”

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Hmmmm. Getting Big Tech billionaires to censor and suppress dissent through government pressure seems pretty oligarchical to me. Reducing the power of government to prevent intrusions on rights, and especially to reduce costs, leans more in the direction of liberty in my estimation. YMMV, but it’s worth noting that voters elected Trump to office and sent Democrats out of the Senate majority for a reason, and Murphy might want to think that through a little more.

Essentially, though, this is a class struggle for Democrats and a measure of how much control their Marxist-extremist wing will have on the party going forward. The hard Left in control of the party sees Musk as a class enemy, not just for his entrepreneurial wealth and success but also for failing to put it in service to The Party. Demonizing Musk was always a deeply stupid idea and essentially forced him into Trump’s orbit. If Democrats continue that attack, then they will essentially become the BlueSky Party — a bubble of radicals whose revolution will keep eating itself and shrinking its influence accordingly as they force more and more people to oppose them.