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Thought there were some really good statements in the article > When you’ve spent years watching how some tech bros break the rules in pursuit of personal and
by malfist 2y ago
Thought there were some really good statements in the article
> When you’ve spent years watching how some tech bros break the rules in pursuit of personal and economic power at the expense of safety and user protections, all while wrapping themselves in the flag of “innovation,”
We've all see tech startups get big by breaking the law and saying they were "innovating" and that it's "too expensive" to comply with the law like every other country.
> When someone talks about “free speech” while actively working to control speech, that’s not a contradiction or a mistake — it’s the point. It’s about consolidating power while wrapping it in the language of freedom as a shield to fool the gullible and the lazy
It's straight up doublespeak. And this administration +Musk is all about doublespeak. Just look at the recent court arguments. Depending on the case Mr. Musk is either "not employeed by the government" or is a "special government employee" whichever is more convenient to them at the time.
> If you do not recognize that mass destruction of fundamental concepts of democracy and the US Constitution happening right now, you are either willfully ignorant or just plain stupid. I can’t put it any clearer than that.
I think this is well said. Even if you agree with the positions Trump and Elon are taking and the things they are doing, the ends do not justify the means. Eliminating the co-equal branches of government so your side can rule by fiat is not a democracy, full stop.
- cmurf 2y agoJohn Adams said a republic is an empire of laws, not men. These folks not only want an empire of men, and they're those men, they will eventually use violence to try to get it. And that's because what they have done is unforgivable. They will never be trusted again. They have no choice but to attempt a full assault in order to protect themselves now. Some of them have publicly stated democracy is obsolete, and the republic must be swept away. This is not merely "not a democracy" it is a position statement. And that position is to be an enemy of the Constitution of the United States. Millions have taken an oath to defend and protect the Constitution. Not a president, not a party, not a country, not an office, not even a government - but a contract which binds civil society. If the contract is broken, it isn't freedom or anarchy that's released. It's chaos.