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Trump is critical of big tech that doesn't help him - I'm happy to bet he will oppose breaking up X as long as Musk is in his cabinet. Trying to describe Trump
by toyg 2y ago
Trump is critical of big tech that doesn't help him - I'm happy to bet he will oppose breaking up X as long as Musk is in his cabinet.
Trying to describe Trump on a coherent ideological level is a fool's errand, like most strongmen he's just an opportunist.
- robertlagrant 2y agoWhy would you break up X?
- dmd 2y agoTo get two fabulous new companies, > and <. Or maybe ^ and v ? Or / and \ ?
- robertlagrant 2y agoI'm much more on board with this plan now. I want to see how many stock exchanges crash when I buy shares in <
- wil421 2y agoWhy would X be broken up? When I think of Big Tech I certainly don’t think of companies like Twitter or Snapchat.
- Workaccount2 2y agoThe point is that even if X was a dominating monopoly, it would be fine because Elon is on Trumps nice list. Trump is a typical power whore who praises and protects those that kiss his feet, and admonishes and punishes those who don't. This is the same game that all these self-interested power hungry people play.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoThe defining feature of the privilege is that it's arbitrary. If it was governed by a set of consistent rules, then it would be less effective at making him feel like he had power - the system, rather, would have power instead.
- Jensson 2y agoTwitter is very small compared to the likes of Google though, so not very big. It doesn't make sense to break up such a small company that basically just does one thing.
- llamaimperative 2y agoMore informatively: Trump was in favor of eliminating Section 230 protections for Twitter after they fact-checked one of his lies about election security. Presumably he will now want to revoke Section 230 for non-Twitter companies.