Elon Musk is like Hawaiian pizza: people either love him or hate him.
It’s the contradictions that bring on the heartburn. How did a visionary disrupter turn into a terminally online troll with the maturity of a fifth grader? How can this Welfare King who made billions on government subsidies and contracts now be empowered to “fix” the U.S. government?
That’s like turning to Melania Trump for marriage counselling. But let’s focus on a Canadian petition that is growing faster than Mr. Musk’s hair plugs.
The prime minister is now called upon to “revoke Elon Musk’s dual citizenship status” and “Canadian passport effective immediately.” In parliamentary jargon, the “why” is a bulleted “whereas.”
•“Elon Musk has engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada.”
•“He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections.”
•“He has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.”
In response, Musk wrote on Monday: “Canada is not a real country.”
So, yeah, he is not quaking in his Texas boots. He probably couldn’t even find his Canadian passport. It’s likely buried in a South African shipping crate in one of his baby mama’s walk-in closets. But this petition — there were more than 240,000 signatures by Tuesday morning — should give Musk pause.
His popularity is short-circuiting like a Cybertruck in a winter storm.
Two recent polls, by Pew Research Center and Quinnipiac, found a majority of Americans now hold an unfavourable view of the guy who is trying to obliterate federal agencies. It seems even those who believe in smaller government get a queasy feeling when starving babies are deprived of food and medicine thanks to the reckless whims of the world’s richest man.
You’d need a supercomputer to tally the lies Musk keeps spouting as his DOGE hit squad of teen goons hack into federal databases like they are playing “Mortal Kombat.” No, USAID did not send crates of condoms worth $50 million to Gaza. No, Musk did not discover a sketchy contract worth $8 billion. No, the government did not spend millions to send celebrities to Ukraine.
Musk is a superspreader of disinformation. Don’t take my word for it. Ask his AI Grok for confirmation. If Musk says it’s sunny outside, grab an umbrella.
But petitions have zero impact on sociopaths. Musk is now gleefully destroying millions of lives under the dubious guise of “efficiency.” If he does not think Canada is a real country, our petitions might as well originate in Wakanda. Musk doesn’t care what anyone thinks — he only cares about wallets.
You want to send him a message? Boycott his products. Stop using X. It’s a dumpster fire of conspiracies and partisan poison. X is beloved by racists and incels and Elon fanboys who are too clueless to see he is about to make their lives a living hell.
You can see this realization slowly creep into view when skittish Republican politicos venture into town hall meetings and get berated by constituents who voted for Donald Trump. Hang on. Was the plan all along to claw back our entitlements to pay for a giant tax cut for global elites like Musk?
“Drain the swamp” has a nice ring to it until grandma gets stiffed on a social security cheque or school lunches are gonzo. Musk recently brandished a chainsaw at a conservative conference to symbolize his slashing. The dolts in the crowd cheered, unaware their awkward hero is haphazardly firing the experts who monitor bird flu or the nuclear arsenal.
We just saved $2 million! But now there is a mushroom cloud over New York.
Spoiler alert: the so-called Deep State includes thousands of wizards the normies take for granted until everything suddenly goes sideways. You want accurate forecasting of extreme weather? You need a Deep State or that hurricane will catch you by surprise. Prevent a terrorist attack? Deep State. Airline safety? Deep State. Water quality? Deep State.
UFO disclosure? Bad example.
Don’t waste time signing a petition. Instead, protest Musk by selling your Tesla. That’s what Sheryl Crow did this month. I actually feel sorry for Tesla drivers who are now up to their windshields with harassment and vandalism. These motorists just wanted to be eco-friendly and now they can’t dash to Costco without getting a middle finger from those who feel Musk is the devil incarnate.
I’ll sign a petition that calls for revoking the Canadian passports of Wayne Gretzky or Kevin O’Leary. Those sellouts are a national disgrace. But of all the ways to punish Elon Musk for being a horrible human being, stripping his Canadian citizenship may be the least effective.
Tesla sales are cratering in Europe. X keeps losing advertisers.
This is the only path forward when dealing with sociopaths.
Elon Musk will only get the message when it hits his bottom line.
