Elon Musk: I'm looking for feedback on how we can make the government more efficient.
“One thing I want to be clear about is that I am looking for feedback.
I'm not just going open loop and doing whatever I want to do [with DOGE].
I want to know what the people want and what we should do, and then do it.
As opposed to me just deciding on my own.”
Pittsburgh, October 20, 2024
Elon Musk: We don't want the cultures of the various countries to disappear.
“I think there is value to a culture, and we don't want cultures [to disappear].
We don't want Japan to disappear. We don't want Italy as a culture to disappear. We don't want France as a culture to disappear.
I think we have to maintain the reasonable cultural identity of the various countries, or they simply will not be those countries.
You know, Italy is the people of Italy. The buildings are there, but really, what is Italy?
Italy is the people of Italy.”
Rome, December 16, 2023
Elon Musk: It shouldn't be up to a few media oligarchs to steer the narrative.
“The biggest point of manipulation that occurs in the media is not when the media says something that's false or misleading – they do that – but their choice of narrative.
What are they going to talk about?
By choosing to focus on one thing and not focus on another thing, they're steering what information the public receives.
Whereas, I think the right thing is that the narratives that are important should be the narratives that the people as a whole think are important, not what a few media oligarchs think is important.
But they sure like controlling information.”
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 19, 2024