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I used to think Elon was just an idiot for buying Twitter and running it into the ground, but now I wonder if he was completely successful in buying a giant megaphone and making sure it only broadcast his pro-Trump propaganda. What does he care if it's not making as much money?
Musk is a useful idiot.
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-faces-backlash-over-saudi-financing-1755606
It's not a coincidence, I feel, as it was once a key hub for journalists and Arab Spring activists.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/twitter-saudi-arabia-human-rights-abuses
This is why people flocking to Bluesky and not Fedi boggles my brain. Centralisation in the hands of capital is a precarious position to find yourself in if you ever find yourself ever against the state. They now have all of that data handed to them on a silver platter.
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Because Blusky is a nice and friendly place to be?
He is going to get so much contracts for his other companies, not to forget in Russia since he managed to put a kompromat in the white house
This is very plausible. And an argument for why we shouldn't have the ultra rich. No one should be able to do such a thing.