Elon Musk explicitly said in his latest Joe Rogan appearance that he advocates for the smallest government possible - just army, police, legal. He did NOT mention social care, health care.

Doesn't quite align with UBI, unless he envisions the AI companies directly giving the UBI to people (when did that ever happen?)

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titanomachy 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's possible that the interests of the richest man in the world don't align with the interests of the majority, or society as a whole.

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vjvjvjvjghv 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Of course he only wants the government to do only what benefits him.

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VectorLock an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Oh he's that ready to give up the billions the government funnels to SpaceX? Alright lets do it.

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billy99k 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So army, police, legal don't benefit you?

	▲	amanaplanacanal an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I think you misunderstood.

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ToucanLoucan 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Like every other self-serving rich “Libertarian,” they want a small government when it stands to get in their way, and a large one when they want their lifestyle subsidized by government contracts.

	▲	billy99k 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"subsidized by government contracts" Subsidized implies they are getting free money for doing nothing. It's a business transaction. I wouldn't call being a federal worker being subsidized by the government either.

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disgruntledphd2 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Elon Musk explicitly said in his latest Joe Rogan appearance that he advocates for the smallest government possible - just army, police, legal. He did NOT mention social care, health care.

This would be a 19th century government, just the "regalian" functions. It's not really plausible in a world where most of the population who benefit from the health/social care/education functions can vote.

	▲	ishouldbework an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> most of the population [..] can vote. I mean, this is a solvable problem...