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I'm concerned, but there's effectively nothing I can do about it. I vote based on issues mostly and also vote based on whether or not I feel the person or peop
by ulkesh 4y ago
I'm concerned, but there's effectively nothing I can do about it. I vote based on issues mostly and also vote based on whether or not I feel the person or people are saying and doing what I want to see, for the public good.
Unfortunately, there is a severe education gap in the United States which allows conmen to gain political power. And until education can be properly addressed, and the people have a willingness to learn and critically think, this will only continue to get worse.
EDIT>> The point being, the uneducated allow themselves to be duped by said conmen on Twitter, their choice of news outlet, Facebook, etc. And voting is the only power that I, an educated, reasonable, and critically-thinking citizen, have to combat anything I am concerned about.
Because if we're being truthful, the issue at stake here is the fact that Musk is clearly a Republican who thinks there are free-speech issues at play with Twitter due to the silencing of Trump and others on that platform. I will disagree completely because Trump and those others who have been silenced from those platforms are quite free to create their own Twitter (and have) and work to gain a critical mass. It doesn't really matter, though, since almost every single social network on the planet is just an echo chamber of what people want to hear. But I, for one, have no interest in hearing lies being made with a very huge bullhorn such as Twitter -- no matter who it comes from.
If this deal is done, I will wait and see what Musk does. If he does what I expect him to do (unban everyone he agrees with politically, financially, etc. despite those who were banned for good reason), then I'll happily stop using Twitter. The good news for me, is that I have choice. While I cannot control what the other masses will do, I have control over what I will do. And very, very little will change in my life if I no longer use Twitter.
- robbomacrae 4y agoThis is what I am expecting will happen: * Musk announces Twitter is now an open platform for free speech and no one will ever be banned, re-instating everyone including Trump. * Trump wins the 2024 election by appealing to populism and the working class with Twitter his main outlet. * Trump continues to lower taxes for billionaires like he did in 2017 [0]. * Elon Musk saves billions in taxes whilst Twitter is estimated privately at $100b due to Musks's involvement. And we won't be able to tell if the downvotes we get for protesting such actions on twitter will be authentic or not. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/camilomaldonado/2019/10/10/trump-tax-cuts-helped-billionaires-pay-less-taxes-than-the-working-class-in-2018/?sh=59351fd43128 https://www.forbes.com/sites/camilomaldonado/2019/10/10/trum...