Elon Musk went on a tirade against NPR on Wednesday, calling for the outlet to be “defund[ed]” after it announced that it will no longer be posting on Twitter.
for yet more money from the government, even as Musk has publicly complained about government funding.
For many conservatives, however, the thrust of the squabble appears to boil down to a longtime struggle between the left and the political establishment: For the right, it is okay for the government to spend endless amounts of money funding corporations — socialism for the rich — but it is irresponsible or bad for the government to spend even a fraction of that amount on public goods — rugged capitalism for the poor.
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