America: land of the free, home of the jerks

America: land of the free, home of the jerks
Elon Musk has created a lottery that each day until Nov 5 will award one person US$1m. One of this week's winners was Kristine Fishell. (Image: Getty)
The Washington Post
By Robin GivhanAs the United States counts down to election day with anticipation and dread, Elon Musk – the billionaire who treats free speech like a weapon rather than a right – has managed to become even more disruptive than he has already been. The man who popularised the electric car industry as CEO of Tesla and turned Twitter from a public square into a squalid back alley known as X is now spending his free time doing air jacks for Donald Trump as the lead cheerleader in a get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican presid...

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