I write here on Substack and really enjoy it. BUT...why is the privatization argument solely focused on Elon? Does no one care that Zuck created a de facto monopoly when FB acquired Instagram and WhatsApp? And does no one care that TikTok is by extension regulated by the CCP which is a direct national security threat to the United States…
I write here on Substack and really enjoy it. BUT...why is the privatization argument solely focused on Elon? Does no one care that Zuck created a de facto monopoly when FB acquired Instagram and WhatsApp? And does no one care that TikTok is by extension regulated by the CCP which is a direct national security threat to the United States? And does no one realize uber wealthy individuals (think Bezos, Bloomberg, Murdoch) own most traditional media platforms in America?
There is no such thing as "free speech" and there never has been. Elon is playing the game rulers have played for millennia. Control the channels of communication and you control the population.
Personally, I think there is a much bigger play here that is being overlooked. Let's talk about the AI/machine learning impact of owning media channels, especially when Tesla is deep in the weeds of developing autonomous humanoids.
I write here on Substack and really enjoy it. BUT...why is the privatization argument solely focused on Elon? Does no one care that Zuck created a de facto monopoly when FB acquired Instagram and WhatsApp? And does no one care that TikTok is by extension regulated by the CCP which is a direct national security threat to the United States? And does no one realize uber wealthy individuals (think Bezos, Bloomberg, Murdoch) own most traditional media platforms in America?
There is no such thing as "free speech" and there never has been. Elon is playing the game rulers have played for millennia. Control the channels of communication and you control the population.
Personally, I think there is a much bigger play here that is being overlooked. Let's talk about the AI/machine learning impact of owning media channels, especially when Tesla is deep in the weeds of developing autonomous humanoids.
What Elon does with Twitter in the future is far more important than what he's doing with it right now: https://amandaclaypool.medium.com/is-this-why-elon-musk-really-bought-twitter-1dbf34b99c53