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Jan's avatar

Judd, your last paragraph is the most chilling and it is something that I have been saying to others for years now (although you say it much better than I do):

“ One thing we do know, however, is that the world's power and influence have become even more concentrated. By taking the company private, Musk will have tremendous power to make decisions about the future of the platform and few obligations to make those decisions public.”

I believe Oligarchs inhibit development of democracies and ultimately they squelch creativity and free thinking. Based on the rise of Autocracies, I would say the world is in the grip of too few people, many of whom are obsessive sickos. Just look at Putin, the Oligarch in Russia, and the Oligarchs who shore up his power. For example, the guy known as Putin’s Chef,Yevgeny Prigozhin has ties to the Wagner Group a mercenary group that I believe has been declared a terrorist group. The Wagner Group has been implicated in coups in Africa and is being used by the Russians to fight in Ukraine.

I can hope that Musk will develop a heart and soul but I doubt it. The hallmarks are all there that he will abuse his power: witness his childish and obsessive ego. Such a shame he got his Oligarchical paws on Twitter because I have found it useful to link to people I admire.

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Maike Kollenrott's avatar

I left Twitter at the time when Trump was at his worst there, and never regretted it. Now, with Musk and his "free speech for everybody who doesn't criticize Tesla" I am even more glad I left.

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