Elon Musk is a problem masquerading as a solution

Apr 26, 2022

“It is a perfect marriage for an age of plutocracy: Twitter with its serious problems and Elon Musk, the embodiment of those problems. What happens when the incarnation of a problem buys the right to decide what the problem is and how to fix it?”

Thus begins my quickly turned around guest essay in this morning’s New York Times about Musk, the arsonist-to-firefighter pipeline, and why truly free speech is what the Musks of the world fear.

Check it out here:

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion

“It doesn’t have to be this way,” writes @AnandWrites. “We can have nice things. But we’re going to have to learn to see through the fraudulent stories that elevate figures like Musk into heroes.”

nyti.msOpinion | Elon Musk Is a Problem Masquerading as a SolutionWhat happens when the incarnation of a problem buys the right to decide what the problem is and how to fix it?

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Old Dave

If you can control the means of propaganda to manipulate millions of poorly educated citizens, you can control the means of production to privatize profits and socialize costs. Elon will be the first trillionaire in a world of crushing poverty and I have yet to hear one mention of our government doing anything to stop this. As always, as long as money is speech and corporations are people, our slide to autocracy is almost assured.

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Naima Shea (NM)

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Elon Musk is a problem masquerading as a solution