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Comment by buyucu

5 days ago

Elon Musk is a state actor. The biggest one in fact.

No he is not.

  • he controls the US government right now through DOGE.

    • If that was the case, that would definitely mean he is not a state actor, which is defined as «An entity that is a part of, or which operates licitly or semi-licitly on behalf or in service of, a government agency.».

      The only way you can claim he is a state actor if you think he acts, in his management of X, on behalf of the US state, a claim which would be entirely laughable even to partisans.

  • ... In what way is he not? He is de facto if not de jure more or less in charge of the US government.

    • If that was the case, that would definitely mean he is not a state actor, which is defined as «An entity that is a part of, or which operates licitly or semi-licitly on behalf or in service of, a government agency.».

      The only way you can claim he is a state actor if you think he acts, in his management of X, on behalf of the US state, a claim which would be entirely laughable even to partisans.

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