• Optional@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Elon Musk calls himself a “free speech absolutist” but has accepted over 80%of censorship requests from authoritarian governments. Two days before the Turkish elections, he blocked accounts critical of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

    And his friendly relations with authoritarians often seem to coincide with beneficial treatment of his businesses; shortly after Musk suggested handing Taiwan over to the Chinese government, Tesla got a tax break from the Chinese government.

    If you fuckers would just delete the app we’d have no problem! Facebook and Twitter were always enormous fucking problems from day 1 and anyone who didn’t know better should by now. That this evil shitstain should be so transparent and still be supported - lauded, even! - is beyond idiotic.

    I know i’m preaching to the choir here, I just had to cancel a subscription and avoid posting something furious to a pro-elmo wankfest where there should never have been one. SpaceX people - I feel your pain, but here’s the deal: No. Toss him overboard and let’s get serious. Until then, as with all his other poisoned ventures - NO.

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      4 months ago

      We have liberals who watch Fox so they can know what others are hearing. As long as the left keeps giving the right eyeballs and attention, we’re moving right.