Tell me again how musk-ovi isn’t a putin stooge
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
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He doesn't want Xitter to get banned in Russia and there are no consequences for arbitrarily banning people. Pretty obviously just business.
Wish people would stop using that site.
Or someone would nationalize it.
If he's being a putin stooge because it's good for his business, he's still being a putin stooge.
(pst that's just capitalism)
I'd prefer for it to crash and burn, not nationalize it and bail him out of his bad investment.
You're right, we should nationalize all of his assets.
Thats more like it
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"Just business"
Are you seriously trying to make the argument that elon "if you advertisers don't like my performative bootlicking bullshit then go fuck yourself" musk is doing something for the good of a business and NOT because of his vindictive, forever 13 year-old, ultra-divorced, fermented hair plug influenced personal political positions?
You're 1000% confusing this coincidentally being a move that might not get him banned in Russia, with that being the core motivation. There's a disconnect in your comment, last two statements are valid, first is cookoo bananas.
He doesn’t want Xitter to get banned in Russia
Well, It has been blocked for 2 years now. How Do You Like This, Elon Musk?)
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Honestly nationalizing it would be a bad idea. Once it's government owned, then the 1st amendment would actually apply and banning people, including the more openly Nazi accounts than you can imagine, would probably be illegal. It would be overrun with even more heinous filth than it houses now.
It really is best for everyone that Twitter dies, and good news! Under Musk's incredible zero-win leadership, it looks pretty inevitable!
Yeah, this. Practically speaking the only country that could nationalize Twitter is the US. It's already a pain in the ass doing moderation without getting the US Constitution in there. It wouldn't just be the 1st amendment, you might also get lawsuits based on other constitutional protections. I 100% guarantee, the US government does not want to get involved.
Openly Nazi accounts already avoid getting banned so that doesn't really change anything.
Though you're right, we need to pack the Court first and undo right-wing jurisprudence.
Why stop with Xitter? I personally feel like there should be a national equivalent to the corporate search engines, job boards, etc. National alternatives to everything.
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Banning Starlink from Ukraine but not Russia... Banning Putin's adversaries... Hmmmmmmm
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Free speech absolutist
It’s a naked dog whistle, and I’m not sure why the ~~corpo~~ press didn’t see right through it. It’s not the 1950s with ‘obscenity’ trials, the speech that is controversial nowadays is hate speech.
The state of Twitter nowadays confirms exactly the kind of people Musk was thinking about when he said that.
Remember when all the conspiracy theorists were cheering elons take over of twitter because it meant free speech? I do. Also remember how pretty much none of them is complaining about his control of the platform now. It's almost like they never really cared about free speech in the first place, but only their own.
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Yay Elon. Reeeeeeeaaaallllyyyy supporting “free speech” buddy.
I'm sure it was Elon personally who suspended the account but then had to restore it an hour later because he couldn't possibly have forseen the blowback this would cause. No way there's any other explanation for this.
The stupider it looks, the Elonner it is
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Wow I like this Elon guy less and less every time I read a headline about him
I'm actually starting to doubt that he's a force for good in this world...
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Article was probably updated, account is restored as of now.
Who's this X fellow I keep hearing about?
No free speech for people opposing the terrorist Putin regime
Damn, PG, wasted no time in kicking his wife off the platform (yet trump and Alex Jones are both allowed there.....)
X marks the fascist
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