• Aidinthel@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    “I don’t want them to advertise,” Musk said at the New York Times DealBook Summit in New York. “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising or money go fk yourself. Go. Fk. Yourself,” he said.

    Some people think being wealthy proves that a person is smarter than everyone else or has some special skill that makes them more valuable to society. Then there’s the richest man in the world who thinks it’s a good idea to curse out his company’s primary source of revenue.

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      I like to imagine what I could have done if my father owned an emerald mine and I could have afforded multiple prestigious universities

      My Dad cooked meth in the early 2000s and I dropped out of community college at 17 because my Mom had brain cancer.

      I always just look at people who don’t see the benefits of standing on the shoulders of others as entitled and childish.

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        If Elon musk had been in your position, he wouldn’t have dropped out. I mean that in a negative way towards him, because obviously dropping out makes sense if you’re a normal human in that situation (my sister did the same for the same reason, and it fucked her too).

        But musk is egotistical and wouldn’t give a fuck about his mom’s cancer if it stood in his way

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    Has there been any analysis on what impact Musk’s clear attempt to sabotage Twitter has on electorate engagement in elections?

    Because here’s my thought: X is becoming a right-wing extremist echo-chamber. A safe space for bigotry. So while reasonable eyes leave, the mold festers largely unchecked.

    So going to past elections, was Twitter a greater driver for turning out Democratic voters, or Republican ones? I am genuinely curious.

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      I feel like that’s what’s happened with school boards and other such. The reasonable people who used to be in charge were badgered until they gave up in disgust and now all the fuckfaces took over.

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        The exact same strategy has been and continues to be at play with election officials at every level of government. So many election workers have been harassed so much that especially in lieu of the pay and lack of security they don’t consider it worth it. So then naturally the nazis fill these spots.