A while back, I floated the hypothesis that Twitter might be slated for controlled demolition b/c its propaganda functions cannot remain viable if the US Empire starts taking massive L's. I am not saying this is going to be the case, but it still tracks...— American Exception (@Aaron_Good_) November 11, 2022
I think Elon is an idiot. But I'm also not against the idea that he's been shoved, or that he did it to himself and nobody is helping steer him right or intervening because the outcome is what they want. However, I also don't think Elon is unaware of labour laws existing in other countries, he afterall has had offices in multiple countries for multiple companies. The way he has behaved with some of the firings has felt odd to me as he knows damn well that the company will lose even more money the way he's put things in writing. The only explanation I have for this behaviour is that it doesn't matter to him if the company loses more money to lawsuits over firings because he doesn't care if it loses more money.
Another way to interpret this series of events is not that Elon entirely caused this, but that media, establishment, the billionaire class, etc etc, all took this purchase as the opportunity to stick the knife in. Pounding twitter with everything they can, supporting the workers with everything they can (that doesn't strike you as odd?), suddenly caring about working habits and labour laws and the way Musk treats people. This outpouring of support from the media and their attack against Musk can only be interpreted as a complete turn by establishment against him and Twitter. So even if he isn't doing this intentionally, you can still interpret this whole event as intentional on the part of the establishment.
Another way to interpret this series of events is not that Elon entirely caused this, but that media, establishment, the billionaire class, etc etc, all took this purchase as the opportunity to stick the knife in.
If you want to connect the dots this is all happening after he pulled Starlink from Ukraine and demanded more money from the Pentagon. My immediate reaction then was that while this was a logical move for him it probably created a few more enemies in the government and MIC. They all hated him already but they were all more than willing to accommodate the useful village idiot.
But now they see that punishing him through twitter and the media is very useful in the long term, best case scenario he thinks twice about ever standing up against their interests again, worst case scenario he will become American Eike Batista.
Another way to interpret this series of events is not that Elon entirely caused this, but that media, establishment, the billionaire class, etc etc, all took this purchase as the opportunity to stick the knife in. Pounding twitter with everything they can, supporting the workers with everything they can (that doesn’t strike you as odd?), suddenly caring about working habits and labour laws and the way Musk treats people. This outpouring of support from the media and their attack against Musk can only be interpreted as a complete turn by establishment against him and Twitter. So even if he isn’t doing this intentionally, you can still interpret this whole event as intentional on the part of the establishment.
This is the real answer. It's awfully strange how you suddenly see all these articles hyping up Mastodon when the real Twitter clone is Telegram. I'm not debating Mastodon vs Telegram, but I don't think it's a coincidence that MSM is trumpeting the merits of a particular Twitter clone instead of just putting out bland Twitter clone listicles with Mastodon and Telegram as two Twitter clones. This implies a certain degree of coordination, which implies shared interests and agreed upon goals.
The only implication I see is that Tele and Mastodon are the only two places for people to end up, I can't think of any other alternative outside of Facebook or TikTok which are already known values and probably (TikTok in particular) have seen a bit of a usage bump (since there was already plenty of overlap in the first place).
I am not against this take.
I think Elon is an idiot. But I'm also not against the idea that he's been shoved, or that he did it to himself and nobody is helping steer him right or intervening because the outcome is what they want. However, I also don't think Elon is unaware of labour laws existing in other countries, he afterall has had offices in multiple countries for multiple companies. The way he has behaved with some of the firings has felt odd to me as he knows damn well that the company will lose even more money the way he's put things in writing. The only explanation I have for this behaviour is that it doesn't matter to him if the company loses more money to lawsuits over firings because he doesn't care if it loses more money.
Another way to interpret this series of events is not that Elon entirely caused this, but that media, establishment, the billionaire class, etc etc, all took this purchase as the opportunity to stick the knife in. Pounding twitter with everything they can, supporting the workers with everything they can (that doesn't strike you as odd?), suddenly caring about working habits and labour laws and the way Musk treats people. This outpouring of support from the media and their attack against Musk can only be interpreted as a complete turn by establishment against him and Twitter. So even if he isn't doing this intentionally, you can still interpret this whole event as intentional on the part of the establishment.
All rational actors all acting in their self-interest, independently, simultaneously. Or as the right calls it, a conspiracy.
Whatever the media supports, look into why they're doing it and who it benefits.
If it seems like they're supporting workers... Something else is going on.
If you want to connect the dots this is all happening after he pulled Starlink from Ukraine and demanded more money from the Pentagon. My immediate reaction then was that while this was a logical move for him it probably created a few more enemies in the government and MIC. They all hated him already but they were all more than willing to accommodate the useful village idiot.
But now they see that punishing him through twitter and the media is very useful in the long term, best case scenario he thinks twice about ever standing up against their interests again, worst case scenario he will become American Eike Batista.
This is the real answer. It's awfully strange how you suddenly see all these articles hyping up Mastodon when the real Twitter clone is Telegram. I'm not debating Mastodon vs Telegram, but I don't think it's a coincidence that MSM is trumpeting the merits of a particular Twitter clone instead of just putting out bland Twitter clone listicles with Mastodon and Telegram as two Twitter clones. This implies a certain degree of coordination, which implies shared interests and agreed upon goals.
The only implication I see is that Tele and Mastodon are the only two places for people to end up, I can't think of any other alternative outside of Facebook or TikTok which are already known values and probably (TikTok in particular) have seen a bit of a usage bump (since there was already plenty of overlap in the first place).