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That was the plan. Destroy the public square. Destroy people's ability to communicate without corporate mediation. A (imperfectly) neutral conversational space
by courseofaction 2y ago
That was the plan. Destroy the public square. Destroy people's ability to communicate without corporate mediation. A (imperfectly) neutral conversational space became Elon's personal amplification platform overnight. He 'deregulated' it for his own divisive political interests. A preview of the Trumpism he openly supports.
I feel we are absolute fools for letting this happen, but it aligns with the interests of the late American Empire oligarchy, so what can do.
Elon bought the information space so he could trash it.
- ceejayoz 2y ago> it aligns with the interests of the late American Empire oligarchy More importantly, it aligns with his Saudi investors, who see lighting a large pile of cash on fire as a reasonable cost to prevent an Arab Spring in their country.
- lapcat 2y ago> I feel we are absolute fools for letting this happen How did "we" let it happen?
- akira2501 2y ago> Destroy people's ability to communicate without corporate mediation. Was twitter doing that before he outright purchased it? > I feel we are absolute fools for letting this happen It's a site that gained popularity because celebrities used it to post marketing messages. You didn't "let" anything happen. This was inevitable.