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Elon Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers desert X
(www.theguardian.com)
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Why do we keep giving this guy a platform? Do we really care that much about twitter and his stupid shenanigans
Actually we need to keep publicizing his ridiculousness so those that worship him might finally realize he’s not some genius ™. I had a friend recently tell me that Musk was probably the smartest person on the planet right now. I had to explain - as gently as possible so as not to offend those who think others are the snowflakes - that Musk is the very definition of starting on third base and thinking you hit a triple. My buddy gets plenty of propaganda telling him how great Musk is, there needs to be plenty of balance.
NOTE: Before you tell me, yes, I know that brainwashed people don’t just change their mind, and it probably won’t make a difference. But we shouldn’t let these lines of thought go unchallenged.
In this case, I feel it's important to push donations to Media Matters.
It isn't fair or right that the rich can just sue what they see as opposition into oblivion. I hope in this case that Media Matters or others sue/counter sue Elon and make his life extra miserable.
Okay, first let's cool it with the insults. He's not a moron, he's my friend, and he's extremely intelligent. But he's been brainwashed by propaganda from those who want to hold up Musk as a god-like figure, which is why I say we NEED to continue publicize Musk's negative actions to keep balanced information out there.
Second, telling people that they should stop talking on social media about something that you're tired of hearing about is the antithesis of SOCIAL media. If no one wanted to talk about it, it wouldn't keep getting posted and commented on. You can use filters and never see another post with his name, but ironically, you opened this post about Musk and made a comment, which keeps it going.
We as in Lemmy users probably don't care about Twitter at all. But there are 100s of Millions of active Twitter users, so it's no surprise this is in the news.
If we as Lemmy users didn’t care, it wouldn’t be posted and upvoted.
It's sitting at 2 points as the time of writing this. Not very popular
It may only show as two points on your instance. On mine it’s at 34 ups and 2 downs.
Sorry, I'm still learning how Lemmy works! Lol
Well, he owns and operates his own platform, where he's making it terribly easy for fascists to fasc. His space vehicles and communications satellites are being depended on by major world powers. He's got the largest electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the western hemisphere, if not the world.
Like it or not, his shenanigans affect us all.
We are forced to care because Twitter and the twit running it have political influence. I sure would like for that to cease to be the case, but until it is we don't have the luxury of ignoring it.
Because as someone with an obscene amount of money, power and influence he needs to be scrutinised and his every word and action examined.
It is pretty entertaining...
Some say Orson Wells Citizen Kane is the best movie ever made. We love to see the mighty fall.
I don't know that many people say that because of the story though. It created many of the cinematography methods we still use today. Before it, movies were generally just recreating stage plays in front of a camera. Every scene a stationary shot framing the whole room. No real transitions. For Citizen Kane they tore apart the roof and floor to allow for a camera to get moving shots zooming into a scene and angles not often used before. It changed the way people thought of movies and what they could be. People do love watching the slow decline of the powerful, but that movie is considered one of the best movies for other reasons.
Citizen Kane is recognized for many different reasons, and that's one. But, in essence, the story is the film. Wells masterpiece was the result of a feud he had with William Randolph Hearst, so he brought him down on film. Wells also had the strange habit of divorcing wives and killing them off in one of his movies.
The media and celebrities continue to legitimise him and his antisemitism. They are complicit.