I’ve been in London for the last month and have heard policymakers react to the wake up call Elon Musk just delivered. The decision of the U.S. to shut off intelligence and throttle the military v…
I don’t understand his thinking. Every government in the world is going to try to find other platforms now that they know Musk can pull the plug if he feels so inclined.
Every population will advocate for finding another platform. The governments however are bribedboughtlobbied to act against their countries interest, so they won’t. Which weakens confidence in democracy even more.
So showing off their insanity while still getting away with it is in fact a double-win for such fascist-adoring oligarchs. For the same reason all those deeply corrupt right-wingers have no problem openly showing their corruption now. It has long become part of their “democracy doesn’t work”-messaging.
I don’t understand his thinking. Every government in the world is going to try to find other platforms now that they know Musk can pull the plug if he feels so inclined.
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Every population will advocate for finding another platform. The governments however are
bribedboughtlobbied to act against their countries interest, so they won’t. Which weakens confidence in democracy even more.So showing off their insanity while still getting away with it is in fact a double-win for such fascist-adoring oligarchs. For the same reason all those deeply corrupt right-wingers have no problem openly showing their corruption now. It has long become part of their “democracy doesn’t work”-messaging.