Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

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DougDaBroadcasta said:
If in the year 2000, you had a bet that in 25 years that a South African would be on the cusp of bossing multiple governments globally by way of social media pressure, thereby coercing governments in some of the most powerful countries on the planet to do his bidding, you might be as rich as Elon is.


Whoever said he was becoming a super-villain on this post isn't that far off. How the heck is our government going to say no to him?
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I would ask what social media is
 
For the record, I called this way back at the beginning. I said the driver was probably self-immolating to make a point, like the climate change protester who lit himself on fire.

Also for the record, the worst thing I've done with manic anger is punch a wall. Never even thought of going out with such a big bang. So get off my case, if there are any on it.
 
wmheel1287 said:
Nobody is going to push back on him. Nobody has the power to do so.
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Lots of people have the power to do so. It's just a question of will.

Europe could wreck Musk by banning Tesla and Twitter. He'll eat the loss on Twitter but he will look a lot less invincible, and Tesla is a stock that can plunge very easily. It isn't built on fundamentals at all. And Europe could easily ban Tesla and Twitter if the political will was there.
 
superrific said:
Lots of people have the power to do so. It's just a question of will.

Europe could wreck Musk by banning Tesla and Twitter. He'll eat the loss on Twitter but he will look a lot less invincible, and Tesla is a stock that can plunge very easily. It isn't built on fundamentals at all. And Europe could easily ban Tesla and Twitter if the political will was there.
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All we would need to do is use the government's power to pass laws and enforce regulations to crush any individual who the ruling party doesn't agree with. I can't see any downsides.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
All we would need to do is use the government's power to pass laws and enforce regulations to crush any individual who the ruling party doesn't agree with. I can't see any downsides.
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WTF is wrong with you? This isn't about disagreement. It's about lies. And flouting of the law in multiple dimensions. And cooperation with sanctioned countries and other state-level enemies.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I just know some really super people have a penchant for using government power to shut down speech they don't like.

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Well, I just started a thread on a more generalized view of this topic, so you can address it there.

The government shuts down a lot of speech it doesn't like. Fraud, for instance. Fighting words. Dissemination of classified information. You're going to have to do better than that.
 
DougDaBroadcasta said:
If in the year 2000, you had a bet that in 25 years that a South African would be on the cusp of bossing multiple governments globally by way of social media pressure, thereby coercing governments in some of the most powerful countries on the planet to do his bidding, you might be as rich as Elon is.


Whoever said he was becoming a super-villain on this post isn't that far off. How the heck is our government going to say no to him?
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In 2000, you’d have been asked, “What is social media?”
 
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