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Co-President Elon Musk wants to abolish federal regulations

www.esquire.com Co-President Elon Musk Wants to Abolish Federal Regulations

Get used to disruption! And maybe to more industrial accidents and food poisoning, too.

Summary

Elon Musk, serving as "Co-President" under Donald Trump, proposed eliminating all federal regulations by default, arguing they restrict freedom.

In a leaked call with Republican lawmakers, including Senators Joni Ernst and Mike Lee, Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy saw Trump's second term and a conservative Supreme Court as a unique chance to deregulate government permanently.

Critics argue such actions would be unconstitutional and dangerous, risking public health and safety.

Ernst later defended the plan on Fox News, calling it necessary "disruption."

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The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) includes the laws governing the Food and Drug Administration. These laws are written in the blood of the exploited and vulnerable, like the victims of the Tuskeege Syphillis Experiment. Many of these regulations are specifically written to keep pharmaceutical and food companies from cutting corners in product development, testing, and manufacturing.
It's not a necessary disruption. It's going to kill a lot of vulnerable people.
- Going to get Nuralink to market, though.
  
  That will also kill so many people
  
  I've raged and seethed about Neuralink so many times. There are so many obstacles needed to be overcome for a true Brain Computer Interface to work. Unless the company has magically solved some of the hardest problems in bioengineering, they're just sacrificing monkeys for sport.
  
  Totally agree. Next up? Humans!
  
  Probably the latter
  
  Bumbling around in the dark killing creatures due to incompetence.

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