{"id":36511,"date":"2022-06-04T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elon-musks-true-political-leanings-executive-competence-super-underrated-in-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T15:08:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:08:19","slug":"elon-musks-true-political-leanings-executive-competence-super-underrated-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elon-musks-true-political-leanings-executive-competence-super-underrated-in-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s True Political Leanings: ‘Executive Competence Super Underrated In Politics’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not long after hinting that he has shifted allegiance to the Republican Party, Tesla, Inc. <\/strong>TSLA<\/span> chief executive officer Elon Musk <\/strong> made his political affiliations clear through a tweet on Friday.<\/p>\n

Political Affiliation Vs. Executive Competence: <\/strong> Musk said his political leanings are moderate, meaning it is neither fully Republican nor Democrat. He also said he believed this was the case for most Americans.<\/p>\n

This pronouncement came as a follow-up to a tweet, wherein he showed his support for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso. <\/strong> Caruso is a billionaire businessman who founded a real-estate company going by his name. He was formerly a member of the Republican Party, but has since then changed his affiliation to the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Musk went on to suggest executive competence is more important than political affiliations. “Executive competence is super underrated in politics – we should care bout that a lot more,” he said.<\/p>\n

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It is rare for me to endorse political candidates.<\/p>\n

My political leanings are moderate, so neither fully Republican nor Democrat, which I am confident is the case for most Americans.<\/p>\n

Executive competence is super underrated in politics – we should care about that a lot more!<\/p>\n

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related Link: Elon Musk On Tesla’s Long-Term Growth: Why It Hasn’t Even Reached 0.1% Of Future Potential<\/em><\/p>\n

Multi-party Any Good? <\/strong> Musk also said open primaries are a good way to move candidates to become more centrist. An open primary is a primary election that does not limit voting to those affiliated to a particular party.<\/p>\n

Musk’s reply was in response to a query by India-based software engineer Pranay Pathole<\/strong>who probed if a multi-party system will help improve democracy and provide people with more choices and eliminate gerontocracy.<\/p>\n

For the issue of gerontocracy – a setup in which the governance is in the hands of old people – Musk said term limits will help to resolve this. He also reiterated his view that a maximum age limit, say 70, should be set for running, just like there are minimum age limits for the US House, US Senate and the president.<\/p>\n

To prove his point, he noted that the government gives out the maximum social-security benefits at the age of 70. This is the age when the government decides you can’t hold a job, he added.<\/p>\n

Photo: Created with an image from Minist\u00e9rio Das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es on Flickr<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n