[ExI] Twitter and free speech

[William Flynn Wallace]

The men who created this country were rich.  bill w

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 3:18 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> A little problem. I agree it’s a private company and he can do whatever he
> wants on it with regard to who stays and who goes, what’s allowed, etc. But
> that was no what he and his fans said. They told us this was the public
> square of our time and that the First Amendment should be the guiding
> principle. So, Musk is just another rich hypocrite. (And pointing out his
> hypocrisy doesn’t mean I would take away his right to still pretend he’s a
> free of speech champion on Twitter as he bans or not as he pleases.)
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> Also, money has always always been convertible into political power and
> vice versa. It’s the height of naïveté to believe it was ever any other
> way, especially in the long run. (In the short run, there are deviations
> but these correct in short order as either the more wealthy but less
> politically powerful figure out how to access political power — or they
> lose their wealth.)
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> Regards,
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> Dan
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> On Dec 2, 2022, at 7:56 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
> *Subject:* [ExI] Twitter and free speech
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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
> of it.
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> >…Not exactly shining examples of freedom of speech, but good examples of
> "power corrupts".
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> -Dave
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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
> to free speech.
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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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