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I hope he does something on X where he delivers dead drops given to him by whistleblowers on an episodal basis, and he grows big enough that he become _the_ pla
by mc32 2y ago
I hope he does something on X where he delivers dead drops given to him by whistleblowers on an episodal basis, and he grows big enough that he become _the_ place to go when you want to blow the whistle, whether it be rushed pharmaceuticals, govt morally dubious black ops, bad NGOs, front orgs, etc.
- zztop44 2y agoIs this a joke? If so I don’t get it. You’re describing Wikileaks.
- mc32 2y agoWith a personality and context, with guests to discuss. Wikileaks was dry and left up to other journalists to write stories. Few journalists would do that today because most now toe the main line -or they think it’ll give the “other guy” cover. No one bucks the incumbents these days. See anyone criticizing any western government actions these days? It’s not like there isn’t any fodder.
- Symbiote 2y agoThis is an idiotic statement. The governments I'm most familiar with are criticised daily. The most recent: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/jun/25/how-tory-neglect-flooded-britains-rivers-with-sewage https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/jun...
- lukan 2y ago'When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3.' https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dns_snek 2y agoAll of this is petty criticism, it makes headlines one day and it's gone the next. You're allowed to say anything as long as it doesn't threaten to effect real change, you're allowed to protest as long as you do it at a scheduled time and place without seriously inconveniencing anyone, and you're allowed to expose crimes as long as they don't pose a serious threat to the institutions or people in power. It gives us an illusion of freedom of speech for the 99.9% while the heavy hitters are taken care of through persecution, false prosecution, torture, and occasional murder.
- ted_bunny 2y agoThat sure was the dream, wasn't it?
- mcmcmc 2y agoAs soon as a whistleblower from one of Musk’s companies shows up you can guarantee he would get permabanned
- keepamovin 2y agoAgreed. Musk’s free speech is an intuition based on perspective
- alt227 2y agoSpeech is free unless you are telling people where Elons jet is.
- robxorb 2y agoWhat's particularly silly about all that is it's actually Elons jet telling people where it is. That's how aviation stays safe: the planes broadcast where they are, to anyone and everyone who tunes in to that public signal.
- mc32 2y agoX covers one spectrum and CNN covers another spectrum.