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Isn’t that the current state of things? If musk makes this purchase it won’t centralize power any more, but it will draw attention to how centralized that powe

Isn’t that the current state of things? If musk makes this purchase it won’t centralize power any more, but it will draw attention to how centralized that power is. Which is a good thing

sohdas 4y ago
You're saying that oligarchs taking control is good because it will cause more people to realize that oligarchs are taking control?
- addingnumbers 4y ago
  He's saying that ownership by a loud, conspicuous oligarch generates more public scrutiny than a quiet, inconspicuous one.
  - quickthrower2 4y ago
    2016 called and wants it’s loud conspicuous oligarch back.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  No, I think he is saying an oligarch that has a lot of focus on the rest of the oligarchically controlled media taking control of this piece of media already controlled by the haut bourgeois oligarchy will draw more public attention to the oligarchic control of the media without actually changing the fact of that control one bit. Which is still, IMO, foolish, given, among other things, the degree to which large swathes of the public have parasocial relationships with the particular celebrity oligarch in question, but it's not saying that making the problem worse will draw attention.
rajin444 4y ago
For whatever reason people think we live in a democracy and not an oligarchy. I guess it’s in the oligarchs best interest to keep that facade up.
- deleted 4y ago
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- adamrezich 4y ago
  search news.google.com for "oligarch" and see the pattern of how the media has propagandistically twisted this word to only mean a specific kind of person now, conveniently excluding those that control our (Western) societies.
res0nat0r 4y ago
- mdoms 4y ago
  People I don't like are racist!
  - res0nat0r 4y ago
    Actually no, all of the racist and sexist rightwing memes he keeps shitposting on Twitter are in fact the issue.
    - k1ko 4y ago
      Have heard a lot of criticisms of Musk but first time I'm seeing racist. Congrats you win the reddit award.
      - res0nat0r 4y ago
        Have you paid attention to his Twitter feed at all in the last few years?
      - cryptonector 4y ago
        Is that like a level below Godwin's Law?
      - jquery 4y ago
        mdoms 4y ago
        Can you post some examples of "all of the racist and sexist rightwing memes he keeps shitposting on Twitter"?
  - Jotra7 4y ago
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Isn’t that the current state of things? If musk makes this purchase it won’t centralize power any more, but it will draw attention to how centralized that power is. Which is a good thing

sohdas 4y ago

You're saying that oligarchs taking control is good because it will cause more people to realize that oligarchs are taking control?

addingnumbers 4y ago
He's saying that ownership by a loud, conspicuous oligarch generates more public scrutiny than a quiet, inconspicuous one.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  2016 called and wants it’s loud conspicuous oligarch back.
dragonwriter 4y ago
No, I think he is saying an oligarch that has a lot of focus on the rest of the oligarchically controlled media taking control of this piece of media already controlled by the haut bourgeois oligarchy will draw more public attention to the oligarchic control of the media without actually changing the fact of that control one bit. Which is still, IMO, foolish, given, among other things, the degree to which large swathes of the public have parasocial relationships with the particular celebrity oligarch in question, but it's not saying that making the problem worse will draw attention.

rajin444 4y ago

For whatever reason people think we live in a democracy and not an oligarchy. I guess it’s in the oligarchs best interest to keep that facade up.

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adamrezich 4y ago
search news.google.com for "oligarch" and see the pattern of how the media has propagandistically twisted this word to only mean a specific kind of person now, conveniently excluding those that control our (Western) societies.

res0nat0r 4y ago

mdoms 4y ago
People I don't like are racist!
- res0nat0r 4y ago
  Actually no, all of the racist and sexist rightwing memes he keeps shitposting on Twitter are in fact the issue.
  - k1ko 4y ago
    Have heard a lot of criticisms of Musk but first time I'm seeing racist. Congrats you win the reddit award.
    - res0nat0r 4y ago
      Have you paid attention to his Twitter feed at all in the last few years?
    - cryptonector 4y ago
      Is that like a level below Godwin's Law?
    - jquery 4y ago
      - mdoms 4y ago
        Can you post some examples of "all of the racist and sexist rightwing memes he keeps shitposting on Twitter"?
- Jotra7 4y ago
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