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The current "stewards of free speech" on Twitter appear to be from the military-industrial complex (recalling when Twitter implied "undermining faith in NATO" i
by pphysch 5y ago
The current "stewards of free speech" on Twitter appear to be from the military-industrial complex (recalling when Twitter implied "undermining faith in NATO" is a bannable offence, since confirmed, and unironically citing ASPI as an "independent source" on which accounts to ban), so I personally view an eccentric oligarch as an upgrade.
Of course, he might just continue this trend.
- rebuilder 5y agoIt seems like a “bad king, good king” argument when the problem is that maybe a monarchy isn’t that great in the first place .
- pphysch 5y agoThe current regime is not a monarchy (who do you think the "king" is...?), it's a shadowy extension of the MIC, apparently with the primary purpose of monitoring and managing narratives of importance to them.
- rebuilder 5y agoI meant it as an analogy. My point is, a better person at the wheel won’t fix a systemic problem.
- edgyquant 5y agoElon Musk isn’t an oligarch that word has a specific meaning
- pphysch 5y ago"Our billionaires, their oligarchs. Our trade associations, their cartels. Our corporate lobbying, their corruption..." Some people like to define oligarch to mean "non-American billionaire" but I personally don't. Musk has a lot of de facto political influence. Even if you don't think he is one right now, he would certainly become one after owning the platform that censored the sitting POTUS.