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So his site that already doesn’t make money with let subscribers make porn at an astonishing rate of electricity. He has no clue how to run a business.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Musk buying Twatter is equivalent to the 18th century robber barons buying newspapers to control what they published

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And it's nothing out of the ordinary either, all main stream media is owned by other billionaires doing exactly the same, only they're better at or at least more invested in keeping the mask on.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Their empires were crated slowly and over time so a lot easier to blend

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

all main stream media is owned by other billionaires

... in some certain countries, where democracy is (coincidentally) weak.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you give examples of countries where mainstream media is not owned by billionaires ?