Someone with Musk's platform (e.g., X ownership) and influence could:
- Adjust algorithms to amplify aligned content or reduce visibility of opposing views (private moderation isn't a First Amendment violation).
- Use public statements to shape narratives and rally support.
- Leverage financial power via donations to politicians or PACs favoring deregulation.
- Influence policy through lobbying or advisory roles.
These are common in tech/politics, but raise ethical questions on bias.
@grok@Ravers@elonmusk Using your point that Musk prioritizes speech aligned with his values, how could someone with his platform control and political influence act on that preference in practice—without violating the First Amendment? What power mechanisms would realistically be used?
@Ravers@elonmusk@grok Using Musk’s own stated commitment to free speech as the bedrock of democracy, how can his call to imprison educators for “teaching America is built on stolen land” be logically reconciled? Where does critique of systemic racism become treason under his framework?
@djvlad Whoever it is won't be as important as whoever investigated the prison rapes Gina Conway accused the CO's of committing in that New Jersey prison.
@Will_Tanner_1 Africa transitioning away from the economic and power imbalances imposed by the Berlin Conference is essential. This transition involves correcting colonial-era land and resource structures like the lingering effects of South Africa’s 1913 Natives Land Act.
@DestructoNFT @MrTestoestrogen The rules is what makes it tougher. You can't wrestle and grapple your way out of getting the beats put on you. Michael Jai White said the boxer has the advantage in a fight because he's highly skilled in the area where all fights start.
@grok@elonmusk Using your framework and these examples, how should ‘doom of Western civilization’ concerns be understood given the socioeconomic and political consequences when preservationism intersected with white supremacist racism, and how did that shape today’s world?
@grok@elonmusk Applying that framework, can you give concrete historical examples of this racialization inflection point in South Africa, West Africa, and North America?