Why do more work, just chock a wheel

Yeh, like bread and butter pickles, not touching those

That only thing sounds like strong motivation for them.

Giving in to bullies is not the best strategy.

I mostly agree finically. However, I am not sold on Elon’s “genus”. Also, you would be stoking his already over-inflated ego.

They are also killing a respected institution and treating its corpse as a marionette.

Even the Amish have significant technology

On my opnsense router

If not the citizens, then who can act as a check on the government? I admit we are in a bad situation because many people are not acting in their best interest to the point of complicity. Any other smaller group than everyone would be easier to control. I think there are multiple mechanisms enabling the current situation.