'Elon Musk, with his patented anarcho-capitalist cowboy image rides in and saves the day, reforming the operation under the flag of liberty and progress, while the dystopian consequences of the entire technosphere horrorshow continue on unabated.'
Fair points and some of us remember billionaire Pierre Omidyar's Intercept was formed to publish Snowden. So by 2014 Booz-Allen-NSA had full backdoor surveillance we know details about and 95% of the leak still not public. Vast wealth and ethical motives rarely partner but to me what Musk wants more than control is adoration and markers of historic importance to stand like Edison's patents and none of groups losing propaganda powers are Musk fans anyway.
In the two years of massive purging the digital diaspora that sprung up here at Substack and other refugee platforms have been researching, reading and debating while blue check Twitterratti fling smears and repeat talking points. My hope is to watch the floodgates open with Informed vs Uninformed.. now banned docs getting a piece of dirtbags like Gottlieb! *popcorn*
How anyone can trust a billionaire who wants to, among other things, launch 30k satellites (surveillance on steroids) into our skies, is beyond me. That said: agreed. this is just a rebranding. Twitter will remain the totalitarian tool it is.
The structure of software reflects the structure of the organization (or let us say, culture) that created it.
If we can find a social organizational structure that meets the real needs of our day, only then can we expect software that likewise meets those needs.
Elon Musk is just another recently minted billionaires. If he wants to keep the status he cannot go against the Secular Ruling Families desires and rules. If he does that he will see the rest of the Billionaires Class start to act against him.
After all his billionaire status is just a mere imaginary wealth (via the terrorist financial markets), and these markets are controlled by the SRF & a few Old Billionaires and Their trillion dollar corporations.
'Elon Musk, with his patented anarcho-capitalist cowboy image rides in and saves the day, reforming the operation under the flag of liberty and progress, while the dystopian consequences of the entire technosphere horrorshow continue on unabated.'
Fair points and some of us remember billionaire Pierre Omidyar's Intercept was formed to publish Snowden. So by 2014 Booz-Allen-NSA had full backdoor surveillance we know details about and 95% of the leak still not public. Vast wealth and ethical motives rarely partner but to me what Musk wants more than control is adoration and markers of historic importance to stand like Edison's patents and none of groups losing propaganda powers are Musk fans anyway.
In the two years of massive purging the digital diaspora that sprung up here at Substack and other refugee platforms have been researching, reading and debating while blue check Twitterratti fling smears and repeat talking points. My hope is to watch the floodgates open with Informed vs Uninformed.. now banned docs getting a piece of dirtbags like Gottlieb! *popcorn*
I don't care since there are enough people who are aware of viable alternatives but won't use them. Gab, GETTR, Minds and, the best, Telegram.
I remember when twitter or fb went down, people suddenly jumped on Gab, GETTR and Telegram - proving they knew of them.
Have a read of this re Musk - there seems a bit of a smell about him....
https://plebeianresistance.substack.com/p/elon-and-bills-school-of-ai-and-estoric
How anyone can trust a billionaire who wants to, among other things, launch 30k satellites (surveillance on steroids) into our skies, is beyond me. That said: agreed. this is just a rebranding. Twitter will remain the totalitarian tool it is.
Anarcho-capitalist image is right. A rugged anarcho-capitalist dependent upon favorable tax policy to drive his businesses.
The structure of software reflects the structure of the organization (or let us say, culture) that created it.
If we can find a social organizational structure that meets the real needs of our day, only then can we expect software that likewise meets those needs.
Elon Musk is just another recently minted billionaires. If he wants to keep the status he cannot go against the Secular Ruling Families desires and rules. If he does that he will see the rest of the Billionaires Class start to act against him.
After all his billionaire status is just a mere imaginary wealth (via the terrorist financial markets), and these markets are controlled by the SRF & a few Old Billionaires and Their trillion dollar corporations.