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I can’t imagine anything less “far right” then the government telling companies how to spend advertising money

• hot_pockets 2y ago
  I think the current iteration of the far right is much more of a social movement than it is about principles of governing. Elon himself is right wing and uses his resources to support the movement, so a (bad) judge that is aligned with him could give him favorable treating in service of the culture war.
  • thejazzman 2y ago
    > is right wing I still think it's funny he publicly changed political parties immediately after his horse sex scandal came out. And even funnier how they welcomed him despite the direct contradiction to their stated beliefs. I don't really see him as "right wing" so much as exploiting the right wing. But maybe those two things are synonymous anymore.
• gamblor956 2y ago
  Both the far right and far left are defined by the excessive control of government over private activity. The differences lie in why. The judge in this federal district court is known for his rulings attempting to impose Christian theocracy on Americans.
• guax 2y ago
  Far right is authoritarian. One of its most basic tenants is to tell how others should live and interact. It's not about liberty in general, just for a privileged group to enjoy a liberty beyond the reasonable, that include companies. One of the things we hear the us conservatives, not even far right yet is to boycott brands because of inclusive ads for example. It's in their righ, but shows that the ideology is not about freedom of expression but control of speech and action.
  • _yb2s 2y ago
    Yes, you explicitly made the point I was implying- they don't really follow any ideology or principles other than authoritarianism that benefits their specific group, and hurts other groups.