i’m genuinely concerned for people who still trust mainstream media.
my brother sent me this screenshot today from italy’s state-owned news.
translation:
“one person dead and seven injured: this is the toll of the explosion that occurred at 8:40 in the morning in las vegas, nevada, when a tesla cybertruck exploded and then caught fire, killing the driver and injuring seven people nearby, in the parking area of a luxury hotel owned by donald trump. the injured were admitted to three hospitals, while firefighters had to work for hours to extract a body from the wreckage of the electric suv. the cause of the incident is not yet clear.”
he believed it. as any normal person might, if they didn’t know they lived in a propaganda state.
but on X, we knew within minutes what actually happened. videos, eyewitness accounts, and experts flooded the platform.
it wasn’t the cybertruck that exploded, it was a terror attack.
while X users called BS right away, mainstream outlets doubled down on the lie, implying the car was to blame. italian state-owned media, even 12 hours later, was still spinning it, hinting that the cybertruck “exploded on its own.”
this is the power of decentralized, citizen-led media.
X is the antidote to the propaganda machine. we’re lucky it exists, lucky that regular people can counter the lies in real time.
but the scariest part? realizing how distorted reality must look to people who don’t use X. people like my brother, who hasn’t grown up terminally online like i have, trust the news like a normal person would.
he’s not stupid. he’s just been conditioned to believe what he’s told.
this is why sharing what we see on X is so important. take those videos, those links, those notes, and share them with friends and family outside this bubble.
and thank god for elon
We named @Tesla after Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest engineers ever.
He was a penniless immigrant whose inventions led to American dominance in electricity generation and usage.
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