Defund Musk!
He’s Exhibit A on why billionaire wealth should be taxed, why we have to get big money out of politics, why billionaires shouldn’t be allowed to buy up major media, and why our government shouldn’t give them huge military contracts.
他的证据说明了为什么亿万富翁的财富应该被征税，为什么我们必须从政治中获得大笔资金，为什么亿万富翁不应该被允许收购主要媒体，以及为什么我们的政府不应该给他们巨额军事合同。
Yesterday, former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov thanked Musk for restoring his Starlink satellite’s vital high-speed connectivity: “Thank you, @elonmusk .
昨天，前乌克兰国防部长米哈伊洛·费多罗夫感谢马斯克恢复了他的星链卫星的重要高速连接：“谢谢你，@elonmusk。
We hope for your continued support.” (Connectivity had slowed after Musk posted Saturday that “Zelensky has gone too far.”)
我们希望得到您的继续支持。” （马斯克周六发帖称“泽伦斯基做得太过分了。”之后，网络连接速度已经放缓。）
But who gave Musk authority to slow his satellite service in the first place — or, for that matter, to publicly comment on Ukraine President Zelensky?
但谁首先授权马斯克放慢卫星服务速度，或者就此而言，公开评论乌克兰总统泽伦斯基？
(Musk says Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government, and that “any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.” But if that’s the case, why did Fedorov thank Musk?)
（马斯克表示，星盾系统由美国政府拥有和控制，“对速度或使用的任何限制均由美国军方和最终由美国总统决定。”但如果是这样的话，费多罗夫为什么要感谢马斯克？）
Every time I list another of Musk’s outrages, someone says, “Yes, but he’s an innovator!”
每当我列出马斯克的另一项愤怒行为时，都会有人说：“是的，但他是一位创新者！”
He’s not.
他不是。
As is made clear in Alex Gibney’s smart new documentary, “ Musk , ” Elon didn’t invent Tesla.
正如亚历克斯·吉布尼 (Alex Gibney) 的精彩新纪录片《马斯克》中明确指出的那样，特斯拉并不是埃隆发明的。
He didn’t invent X.
X并不是他发明的。
He didn’t invent SpaceX.
他没有发明 SpaceX。
He didn’t invent Starlink satellites.
他没有发明星链卫星。
He didn’t invent squat.
深蹲并不是他发明的。
Musk is to innovation what Trump is to governing.
马斯克之于创新，正如特朗普之于执政。
Both are conmen.
两人都是骗子。
Both are megalomaniacs.
两人都是自大狂。
Both love authoritarians and detest democracy.
两者都热爱独裁，厌恶民主。
Both are racist and misogynistic.
两者都是种族主义和厌恶女性的。
Neither believes in (or harbors an ounce of) empathy toward anyone.
两人都不相信（或对任何人怀有一丝同情心）。
Both think nothing of corrupting governments for personal gain.
两人都不认为为了个人利益而腐败政府。
Both say they’re self-made men — and both worship their creators.
两人都说自己是白手起家的人，并且都崇拜自己的创造者。
Both spout bigoted filth all hours of the day and night to hundreds of millions of people.
两者都日夜不停地向数亿人散播偏执的污言秽语。
Okay, let me just say it out loud: Both Musk and Trump are loathsome human beings.
好吧，我就大声说出来：马斯克和特朗普都是令人厌恶的人类。
Someday historians will come up with an explanation of how two such awful people could have become the two most powerful people in America if not the world (what was there about America in the early 21st century?).
总有一天，历史学家会解释为什么两个如此可怕的人会成为美国甚至世界上最有权势的两个人（21世纪初的美国是怎样的？）。
But for now the goal of sane people must be to defund both of them and get them as far away from politics as possible.
但目前理智人士的目标必须是取消对他们两人的资助，并让他们尽可能远离政治。
That will be difficult, to be sure.
可以肯定的是，这将是困难的。
Musk has so far sunk roughly $366 million into the 2026 midterm election cycle, $276 million of it since July — all to help Republicans retain control of Congress.
迄今为止，马斯克已在 2026 年中期选举周期中投入了约 3.66 亿美元，其中自 7 月以来已投入了 2.76 亿美元——所有这些都是为了帮助共和党保住国会的控制权。
That makes him the largest single known donor in the entire midterm elections.
这使他成为整个中期选举中已知的最大单一捐助者。
And he’s aiming to collect a lot of quid pro quos.
他的目标是收集大量的交换条件。
Hell, he spent a quarter of a billion dollars in 2024 to help Trump win reelection and was rewarded by Trump with access to every bit of data the U.S. government keeps on every one of us, along with billions of dollars’ worth of no-bid contracts with the Pentagon.
天哪，他在 2024 年花了 25 亿美元帮助特朗普赢得连任，并得到了特朗普的奖励，可以访问美国政府保存的我们每个人的每一点数据，以及与五角大楼价值数十亿美元的无投标合同。
(His Starlink satellite system is now key to the military strategy of the United States as well as that of Ukraine.) He was also rewarded with a chain saw inaptly named “Department of Government Efficiency,” which he used to destroy U.S.A.I.D.
（他的星链卫星系统现在是美国和乌克兰军事战略的关键。）他还获得了一把被不恰当地命名为“政府效率部”的链锯，他用它摧毁了美国国际开发署。
and slash other government agencies he doesn’t like.
并削减他不喜欢的其他政府机构。
In the last few months Musk has given at least $10 million to a Texas super PAC seeking to elect Republican Ken Paxton to the Senate, despite (or is it because of?) Paxton’s long record of ethical lapses, legal controversies, and official misconduct.
在过去的几个月里，马斯克向德克萨斯州超级政治行动委员会捐赠了至少 1000 万美元，寻求选举共和党人肯·帕克斯顿进入参议院，尽管（或者是因为？）帕克斯顿长期存在道德失误、法律争议和官方不当行为的记录。
Musk’s businesses are headquartered in Texas, so he needs to buy friends there.
马斯克的企业总部位于德克萨斯州，因此他需要在那里购买朋友。
On Sunday, Musk pushed the false story to his 242 million followers on X that James Talarico, Paxton’s Democratic opponent, was absent from the campaign trail because he had suffered a mental breakdown and was receiving counseling at the Lindner Center of Hope, a mental health center in Ohio.
周日，马斯克在 X 上向他的 2.42 亿粉丝推送了一个虚假故事：帕克斯顿的民主党对手詹姆斯·塔拉里科 (James Talarico) 因精神崩溃而缺席竞选活动，目前正在俄亥俄州林德纳希望中心 (Lindner Center of Hope) 心理健康中心接受咨询。
Musk’s story has been thoroughly debunked.
马斯克的故事已被彻底揭穿。
Security camera footage shows Talarico at home, not at an Ohio mental health facility.
监控录像显示塔拉里科在家中，而不是在俄亥俄州的一家精神卫生机构。
(Meanwhile, according to The Wall Street Journal , on New Year’s Eve 2024, Paxton partied in Dubai with his extramarital girlfriend and two fugitives from charges of over $300 million in healthcare fraud in the U.S. One of the men donated $190,000 to Paxton, $25,000 of it after he was indicted.)
（与此同时，据《华尔街日报》报道，2024 年除夕夜，帕克斯顿与他的婚外情女友以及两名在美国被控医疗保健欺诈罪名超过 3 亿美元的逃犯在迪拜举行派对。其中一名男子向帕克斯顿捐赠了 19 万美元，其中 2.5 万美元是在他被起诉后捐赠的。）
The project of defunding Musk will probably have to wait until after January 20, 2029, when, let’s pray, we have a sane administration in Washington that will end all government contracts with him (his support for right-wing extremists around the world makes him a security risk), bust up his monopolies (a reinvigorated Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission will see to it), and impose a significant wealth tax on him.
撤资马斯克的项目可能要等到 2029 年 1 月 20 日之后，让我们祈祷，那时我们在华盛顿有一个理智的政府，将终止与他的所有政府合同（他对世界各地右翼极端分子的支持使他构成安全风险），打破他的垄断（重振旗鼓的联邦贸易委员会和联邦通信委员会将负责处理），并对他征收高额财富税。
But you don’t have to wait until then.
但您不必等到那时。
Stop buying Teslas.
别再买特斯拉了。
Don’t use X.
不要使用 X。
Don’t sign up for Starlink.
不要注册 Starlink。
And support politicians who promise to defund him.
并支持承诺取消资助他的政客。
Oh, and what about deporting him?
哦，那么驱逐他怎么办？
Hmmm.
嗯。
Didn’t he lack proper work authorization during his student-to-entrepreneur transition time in the mid-1990s?
他在 20 世纪 90 年代中期从学生到企业家的过渡时期，难道没有缺乏适当的工作授权吗？
E lon had a hand in tearing down all the oversight powers across government agencies by firing the heads of them through DOGE.
埃隆通过 DOGE 解雇了政府机构的负责人，从而废除了政府机构的所有监督权。
Combined with Trump's firing of 18 inspectors general and installing an entire #ClownCarCabinet under his orange thumb, the #TrumpMuskMillerVoughtProject2025BillionaireCabal was able to eliminate all internal and external oversight across the boards.
加上特朗普解雇了 18 名监察长并在他的橙色拇指下安装了整个#ClownCarCabinet，#TrumpMuskMillerVoughtProject2025BillionaireCabal 能够全面消除所有内部和外部监督。
This is how the #SeditiousConspiracy to commandeer our government was unleashed on our nation.
这就是夺取我们政府的#煽动阴谋对我们国家的影响。
It's been retooled to maximize graft and corruption.
它已经被重组以最大限度地扩大贪污和腐败。
In my opinion, Putin’s protégé, Trump, and his pet Doge, Musky, are helping Russia continue killing innocent civilians in Ukraine by putting restraints on satellite communications that Ukraine uses to fend off Russian attacks.
在我看来，普京的门徒特朗普和他的宠物总督马斯基正在通过限制乌克兰用来抵御俄罗斯攻击的卫星通信来帮助俄罗斯继续杀害乌克兰无辜平民。