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Which, if that worked, would be a spendy but powerful play for turning the US into a one party autocracy.
Benefits (for musk): He doesn't need to manipulate elections anymore
Hazards: He now needs to manipulate the new regime.
Also the one party autocracy is not popular and depends on fascist rhetoric, eventually a war to keep the social unrest manageable. That doesn't work long term, and Musk is a clear collaborator