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erronis

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5. Somebody, somewhere has an explanation for why Musk meddled in our government/budget

Reply to CentralMass (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:14 PM

Sep 22

I understand sociopathy and psychopathy (well not really), but there still has to be some motivation that got him up every day from his drugged sleep to try to destroy basic humanity.

I'll accept the "more money for him" argument but I think there is something much stronger.

(in western MA)

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