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Ginnie's avatar

The fact that Musk put up to a vote whether Trump should get his account back tells me he neither understands free speech nor gives a shit about it. Someone's right to speech should not depend on whether a lot of people agree they should have that right. Remember free speech rights exist to protect unpopular speech, not popular speech. By definition something that is mainstream, popular and establishment approved does not need protection.

See, this is what happens when you live on a society where peoples' right to free speech (among other things) is not really guaranteed but contingent upon the mood, largess and whims of a billionaire parasite that everyone has to tip toe around and whose ass they have to kiss to see if he would pretty please be so kind and generous as to let them freely express themselves on what is essentially the digital version of a public square. That this space would quickly fall under the whims of a narcissistic psychopath drunk with power was not hard to predict. Just look at the way he is treating his employees, like a total tyrant, rude, abusive, entitled to their labor, ordering them around as if they were nothing but insects to be crushed under his feet if they do not agree to his demands and blackmail. That is who Musk is. That is how all billionaires are.

Musk is not interested in upholding free speech in any sense of the word. Just look at how in the first few days he's gone shadow banning or disabling accounts for making fun of him. He is an entitled, self serving, power hungry prick who is bored and who acquired Twitter, which to him is nothing more than an ant farm, to live out his wildest fantasies of control over people. It is obvious that as the psychopath that he is, he takes great pleasure in having that kind of a power at his fingertips and where he can snap a finger and just ban, delete, shadow ban, reinstate, fire and hire and order anyone around at a moment's notice and as the mood strikes him. He reminds me of Q in Star Trek who would always say how much the universe is his backyard. When rights are not guaranteed and upheld by the government, these kinds of damaged and dangerous psychos with a lot of money will fill the void. And lots of people who don't know any better will be grateful for it.

"Humanity to him is a small animal caught in a trap to be tormented. His pleasure is the giving of pain. And from this he feels the same sense of fulfillment most humans get from a kiss or an embrace. He is a caricature. All of them are. Without their masks, they are all caricatures."

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Boris Petrov's avatar

Scott Ritter is still not allowed !!!

Scott Ritter at his best – a must see short video: https://youtu.be/iAhdHIOd-9w

Scott Ritter: Talks German (and US) Government Politics – Nov. 19, 2022

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