Are you in favor of Elon Musk buying Twitter

[anon(41073)]

an article written by Einstein in 1949.

In the inaugural May 1949 edition of socialist magazine Monthly Review, Einstein argued that private capital “tends to become concentrated in few hands”, resulting in “an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society”.

“Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education).

 

[Just_Me_D]

Already when typing this, I expected replies like 'no limits on free speech!', 'who decides on hate speech or lies or conspiracies' etc. etc.
And I wasn't sure I should at all post this. And then I did it anyway.

I'm not against free speech.

I'm against stupidities like 'lizard people taking over', 'the earth is flat' etc. etc. etc. and their instant million-fold distribution, due to their more entertaining and much easier to understand nature, compared to boring and complex scientific processes and findings. And by that, driving the world more and more into an abyss never seen before.

So how do we get this under control, while preserving free speech? Any ideas? This is the debate we should have, regardless of left, right, middle or whatever.

I don't have the solution (has anyone?). But I'm sure Musk doesn't either, and his plans will make everything much worse.

There will always be people who seek attention and likewise, there will always be people who question long held truths. I don’t have a problem with it and it doesn’t mean they’re stupid. There’s almost always a reason behind the stunts. If we take steps to silence or prevent them from expressing themselves because we disagree with them and/or don’t like what they have to say, I can assure you their voices will be heard one way or another.

 

[EdwinG]

So, it sounds like Musk is backing out of the deal. I’m very unsurprised by this.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-seeks-end-twitter-deal-1.6515431

 

[Wotchered]

Should be entertaining !