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Very expensive way to save face! And a puppet would struggle to do worse, right? I think he's too opinionated to salvage this, even as a puppetmaster. He would
by prawn 4y ago
Very expensive way to save face! And a puppet would struggle to do worse, right?
I think he's too opinionated to salvage this, even as a puppetmaster. He would need an exceptionally strong appointee and an ability to keep his hands off and mouth controlled - I don't think he can do that.
- theGnuMe 4y agoTrue he’s more of a “I am the news” guy.
- prawn 4y agoAnd he could still be that person. Using votes and drama to attract clicks is completely viable, but doing it in a polarising way doesn't seem shrewd to me unless you want to instantly turn the so-called public square into another Fox News type social network when they tend to already exist. If he wanted to make money, this was a weird way to go about it. If he wanted to improve debate in the public square, this was a weird way to go about it. And if he wanted instant political influence, this is an expensive way to do it and I'm not sure these recent moves support that this tack in any way.