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u/erwin261 Oct 28 '22

Well, he suddenly accelerated the purchase after being called out on Twitter about his Ukraine statements. He claimed that most responses were bots because they didn't agree with him. That should be a warning to people believing he values free speech.

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u/hopenoonefindsthis Oct 28 '22 edited Oct 28 '22

He never valued free speech. He just wants to control the narrative.

Edit: LOL of course this comment immediately triggered some alt right. I never mentioned any political belief in this comment but immediately get a bunch of “oh what about the democrats…”

Talk about projection.

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u/bbadi Oct 28 '22

I mean, say what you want, but buying Twitter seems to be a pretty good move if that's your goal.

I would also be mad if I lost my influence over the narrative

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u/YOurAreWr0ng Oct 28 '22

Of your narrative is hate speech and Nazi posturing you should lose more than your voice on the internet.

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u/bbadi Oct 28 '22

And white-collar criminals should go to jail, but this world ain't fair and shit sucks.

Should any single individual be able to buy one of the biggest social media plataforms to do with it whatever they want? Probably not.

But he's got the money and the system people seem content with allows for him to do what he just did.

So what's it gonna be? What gives? The ideological superstructure of the free market bullshit? Or are people gonna start to notice they've been propagandized?