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Critics argue that the monarchy lacks the unilateral power to dissolve Parliament under the 2022 Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act.
Is that what "critics" argue about?
How about the massive South African white elephant in the room:
Why the fuck should Charles even acknowledge Musk's noises?
They're manufacturing consent for the plutocracy — that has always owned politics — instead of doing what one would expect in a democracy... bringing in a psychiatrist to explain the mental illness indicators Musk is very obviously displaying.
I wouldn't be surprised if he has a brain tumor. He's obviously fucked in the head in many more ways than one, and none of them are "normal".
Too much money, like Michael Jackson and so many others.
Boatloads of drugs and yesmen too.
I urge the US electorate to dissolve Elon Musk in a vat of acid
Bleach. Preferably warm. Basic solutions are better at dissolving fatty tissues.
Basic problems require basic solutions
Good god, I am so tired of hearing about this cringey edge lord.
Musk: destabilizes world governments by giving a platform for extreme right wing views and interference in foreign affairs
Internet: lol cringe
Agreeing with your summary of his actions and calling him cringey are not mutually exclusive
Ridicule is rhetorically effective against fascists. This has been historically well substantiated.
I mean, if the king really wants to become beloved of the people he should indeed make a visit to parliament, and request they dissolve Musk's UK holdings.
There is a 23 billion blackhole in the budget so we're told. I think a one off tax of just 10% on Musk based on his total global net worth could be in order.
Why is this reported on as if King Charles or anyone else in Britain should give a shit?
I mean, he is in control of the soon to be president of the US. Much as I hate it, other countries kinda do have to listen to him now.
They really don't. At every step everyone needs to be telling him to shut the fuck up and mind his own goddamn business. Make things extremely uncomfortable for the overinflated little basement troll. Smear him across the globe.
What can the King do?
Ignore it entirely?
Here’s something kinda cool about the Monarchy. The king can just decide that Musk’s interference is illegal and shut down Xitter in the UK would be kinda funny.
I’m not a fan of that approach, but at the same time you don’t ask cancer to leave your body, you cut that shit out!
To paraphrase another King "Will no one rid us of this turbulent billionaire?
Surely all this ketamine consumption is shortening his life expectancy, right? Or he's going to live up to 99 years like most assholes?
Very sadly, this fucker may live well past 100. I cannot come close to describing to you how much extra awesome health care this rich fucks can get if they want. Want to know every week if there is a slightest possible chance of cancer? Get a weekly mri (doesn't even have radiation completely risk free). Want a customized dose of ketamine so that you don't od but get the best high? You got it. Want a leacher to grab all the by products of ketamine metabolism? Here's the pill.
Have you played Cyberpunk where the arasaka crapbag lives forever? We are actually paper thin distance away from it.
Well, he has sausage fingers, but he can still do something like what Mummy likely would have done if some South African upstart tried to tell her what to do:
We need another Luigi
If someone luigi'd musk the US and the entire world would be better off. Somebody else can run his companies, probably do a better job, and not be an asshole while doing it.
If I was Charles, I'd offer Elon Musk a knighthood to piss him off.
Musk would have to choose between stoking his gigantic ego with the title at the cost of giving up any post in the federal government as per article I, section 9, clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution or humiliate himself and refuse the title to keep running the orange utan he's invested billions in.
I doubt that would work.
All Trump would do would be to make his post an unpaid advisory one and then he'd get to insist people call him Sir Elon.
It's not like he needs the paycheck or the benefits and he would love the ego boost.
without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
He'd just buy enough congress people to get it passed.
I was going to make a joke about how King Charles should dissolve Elon in a vat of acid, but I'm not sure if that's comes off as promoting violence in our current climate of oligarchicide.
Since this is advice given to a monarch by a person who otherwise has no impact on the rich and powerful, I'd argue you could call this a case of Jester's Privilege
We should bring that back. If nothing I do matters, then nothing I say matters, right?
It would definitely be skirting the line of what we would moderate, but I think we'd probably let it go just because it's a comic book villain ending rather than saying "shoot him in the head" or whatever.
Plus, it would obviously be a joke.
Edit: all I can picture is this, but with Elon's face on it.
As a Brit I think Elon Musk should fuck off meddling in ours and other countries politics.
I also think that King Charles should dissolve the monarchy as it’s sickening to have such a thing in 2025.
People often say but tourism. The fact is France gets many more visitors a year than Britain and they got rid of their monarchy. We could make more turning Buckingham Palace into a bougie hotel for instance.
I think Elon Musk should fuck off meddling in ours and other countries politics.
He illegally immigrated into the US, it's quite literally his MO
Can we get this man some help. Not saying he's not an absolute wanker - that's a given - but isn't anyone close to him concerned about his mental health?
He's fallen out with the leader of the far-right Reform UK now, because, apparently that frog-faced fuck Farage does have a line in the sand (at least for appearances' sake), and isn't comfortable with Musk's support for fascist thug "Tommy Robinson".
Hopefully this means no donation (bribe) to Reform UK, but I'm sure that piece of shit will continue to try and fuck with our democracy.
Can King Charles dissolve Musk, instead?
I urge anyone with a bathtub full of acid to dissolve Elon Musk. It can also be an oil drum instead of a bathtub, or something else. I'm not too picky for that matter.
Telling a king what to do sounds like a quick way to end up on the dungeon wall.
Can he please stop sticking his nose where it doesn't belong. Being a US president isn't enough. He wants to be the German chancellor and British PB now, too?
I think King Charles should instead order Elon Musk dissolved.
I seem to recall doing such things to be unwise for kings named Charles
Even amongst Britain's right leaning folk this is a pretty stupid take..
Musk should fuck off back to South Africa.
Best thing chuck can do is ignore the gnat until it gets near enough to swat
He can put him on ignore?
It is my hope that the UK adds a second parliament, just to give Musk the middle finger.
