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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19117230
As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures he’s aligned with. There are few modern parallels to his antics, but then again there are few modern parallels to Elon Musk himself.
They got sued in Brasil for sharing fake news https://www.reuters.com/technology/x-close-operations-brazil-effective-immediately-2024-08-17/
He looks like a fucking moron w that tshirt over a long sleeve collared shirt.
Let’s not get distracted here folks
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Like, he just taps it into his phone with his nasty little fingers. It’s super easy and he doesn’t have to follow any rules, often banning people he doesn’t like. All bc he exploited enough workers to spend billions of dollars for the privilege.
He bought it because he was going to be forced to https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-did-elon-musk-agree-080448660.html
I really dislike how this fact is being forgotten. There is no ‘big brain’ conspiracy going on here he got caught out making an offer that he didn’t actually mean to be taken seriously. The rest has been making the best, for himself, of a bad situation.
Also this article only gets to the really interesting question in the last twenty words or so. ‘Why are people still on there?’ Thats the analyses good journalists could be focusing on.