[ExI] Twitter and free speech

[William Flynn Wallace]

Fun question however:  are we ready to admit that money and political power
have become indistinguishable?  How did that happen please? spike


An assortment of tribes decided to band to fight  against outside foes
(like the Persians).  A king was elected.  The first in history.  Power.
Now tell me:  what king with the power to amass some money and goods and
women would pass up the chance?  The king has the military behind him (he
pays them off with some of his excess) and that is the way it is with all
authoritarian regimes.  I suspect this is the way it was many thousands of
years ago.  Whyever would those in power give up the life style?  bill w

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 9:56 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *…*> *On Behalf Of *Dave S via extropy-chat
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> >…Musk/Twitter suspended Ye for posting a pic with a star of David and a
> swastika. They've also apparently suspended people critical of Musk. And
> the ex-president's account was only reactivated after a poll was in favor
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> >…Not exactly shining examples of freedom of speech, but good examples of
> "power corrupts".
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> Sure, but Twitter is a private company.  Musk owns that.  He can do
> whatever he wants.  Musk has no political office, and so he has no
> “power.”  He can’t arrest anyone or stop anyone from exercising their right
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> Fun question however:  are we ready to admit that money and political
> power have become indistinguishable?  How did that happen please?
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