I'm going to write this as an op-ed because some of you will invariably think I'm taking a side. π
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If you haven't heard, Elon Musk decided to start a new political party after his frustrations with Republicans and the new omnibus spending bill. He did thorough market research, by which I mean he made a poll on X, and now the America Party is a thing (well, almost)!
Because of the national debate last December about H-1B migrant workers (which Musk supports), as well as the number of "patriot" accounts on X that are actually run by anonymous Indians, someone made a fake SEC filing showing that Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja had formally created the party.
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That, of course, kicked off memes implying that everyone supporting the America Party online is actually Indian, which, given all I've learned about the number of Indians now farming for engagement on English-speaking social media, is probably based somewhat in truth π
Consider:
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Feel free to laugh at these memes (I did!):
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This video was especially well done:
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But this Indiana Jones meme might be my favorite:
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I won't give you my thoughts as to the America Party's success, or the American Party, or the American Independent Party for that matter, but I will say that social media polls (almost) never reflect real life.
And with that, feel free to argue in the comments. π«‘
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