06-01-2023, 12:12 PM
(06-01-2023, 11:46 AM)Nately120 Wrote: I don't know why you are quoting me, I just said that I don't see why Musk would spend $45 billion bucks to buy a brand only to turn it into something he could have built himself. Maybe I'm actually giving him too much credit by saying he could have achieved his goals of promoting free speech without spending $45 billion bucks. Most free speech advocates in history aren't the richest person on the planet when they make their mark on the world, to my knowledge...maybe it really is just a rich man's game now.
I think we're on different pages here. Musk is still rich, just like Target and Anheiser Busch are still rich. Hell, Mike Brown drafted Akili Smith and he's still rich...doesn't mean the moves they made were the right ones.
I honestly can't say I paid much attention to Musk before this and I only know about this stuff now because, like that DeSantis announcement, Musk has become a bit of a spectacle. Twitter and Tesla are two things that bring in the big bucks, but aren't the most relevant brands to the population, myself included. I will say it is good marketing for him to strap his brand image to the 1A, though...that's an effective play.
Not really targeting you, but I understand how quoting you would look like I'm just responding to your post. I'm more commenting on the general thread and its tone. As for buying Twitter and its effectiveness, it's still the number one site for public discourse. Certain posters here use it as a source all the time. There are scores of YouTube channels with millions of subscribers who almost exclusively react to Tweets or topics brought up on Twitter. I genuinely think Musk abhors the trend towards censorship going on in the West. There are numerous countries in the supposedly "free world" where you can be jailed for voicing an opinion. I find this nauseating and I believe Musk does as well. He also recently left the EU's "Code of Practice" regarding "disinformation.
It's apparently been too long since anyone in the West had to really fight for anything of significance as there are far too many people willing to give away hard fought freedoms.
Here's an interesting read on "hate speech" and other limitations on the 1A if anyone is interested.
https://www.cato.org/survey-reports/state-free-speech-tolerance-america
