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Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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How can anyone take the GOP seriously when they constantly back one of the biggest frauds of the American people who is also a pedophile rapist? Perhaps Sam should embrace that sexual assault allegation from his sister. That seems to be the type of person the GOP supports.

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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I can't help but think that this is due to Musk putting pressure on the current administration to help him win his lawsuit and punish Altman.

Personal vendettas between the world's most powerful psychopaths playing out in the stock market while everyone else suffers does seem like the current meta. So it makes sense.

If only there were some way to bet on the outcome...

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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Almost no one in the country is feeling a boom. Everyone is feeling the consequences of their greed and recklessness.

huh? What are you are referring to is the lasting impacts of multiple years of inflation after living without it for 10 years. Those issues predate Musk v. Altman and would be happening without them. AI build out / boom would be full bore without them.

There is no boom. There are massive layoffs, massive inflation, and massive cuts to government services - all caused by the actions of Musk, Altman, and those like them.

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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> ... I still kind of want to try to believe he's not. Asking genuinely - why?

What if it's actually super-intelligence and a human aligned visionary is at the helm. The good case is very good.

Come on… The guy who said he can’t imagine caring for his child without consulting ChatGPT… The guy who said he didn’t know how to make revenue with ChatGPT, and made a “soft promise” to investors they’d somehow achieve AGI then ask it how to make money… The guy who made a cryptocurrency scam that was banned in multiple countries… The guy who everyone around him says he’s a con artist and a sociopath… That guy? Really?

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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Musk has a lot to do with the state of the country right now. Do you read the news?

You are really giving him a lot of credit here. Thats mostly the news cycle doing what it does - focusing on the big stories and loudest speakers.

He was the de facto head of an effort to drastically cut the federal government, and he's donated hundreds of millions of dollars to get Trump and Trump-adjacent people elected. I ask again: do you read the news?

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Personal vendettas between the world's most powerful psychopaths playing out in the stock market while everyone else suffers does seem like the current meta. So it makes sense.

How does everyone else suffer? We’re getting subsidized compute.

Here’s just the most recent example.

https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-...

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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> ... I still kind of want to try to believe he's not. Asking genuinely - why?

What if it's actually super-intelligence and a human aligned visionary is at the helm. The good case is very good.

Uhh literally what is one thing Sam has done or said that demonstrates he's either human-aligned or visionary?

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Personal vendettas between the world's most powerful psychopaths playing out in the stock market while everyone else suffers does seem like the current meta. So it makes sense.

I'm all for it, let them attack each other and hopefully the backlash will elect a labor President to turn the final screws on knee capping big tech for the next 50 years.

How do you knee cap big tech when other countries continue to push forward with it?

Re: Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO

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You are really giving him a lot of credit here. Thats mostly the news cycle doing what it does - focusing on the big stories and loudest speakers.

He ran a government institution that recklessly cut public spending and hurt us all. What are you talking about?

DOGE only cut like $7 billion dollars which is nothing in the bigger picture.
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