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Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil
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#12This storyline was a rare case of me supporting Elon, but once again, he goes too far, childishly, for his ego. He is just proving a lot of people i don't particularly like right, that billionaires are supranational powers. Which does support a very marxist view on capitalism (and productivism sadly), that it enable money to create power above political power.
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#13Is this a principled defense of free speech or a case of a man treating ostensibly independent companies as divisions of his personal conglomerate?
It's one thing leading to the other. It is what it is. Are the judge's (possibly illegal) moves motivated by interpretation of the law or by personal vendetta? Hard to tell , but i'm glad for less censorship.
As the past two years of Twitter's evolution have shown, more power to Elon Musk actually leads to more censorship.
He's running the social media service like a kingdom where lèse-majesté is the gravest offense, promoting himself and blocking any topics that he doesn't personally like (including the existence of his own daughter who posts on Threads now).
Old Twitter had flawed content moderation processes, but at least there was a process.
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#14Is this a principled defense of free speech or a case of a man treating ostensibly independent companies as divisions of his personal conglomerate?
The court orders for Twitter in Brazil were way more tame and based on judicial procedures than orders that Elon followed from Turkey and other less democratic countries.
There's no visible rhyme or reason why he's fighting the Brazilian courts much harder than orders from other less democratic countries, something else is happening unrelated to free speech or any lip service he pays to.
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#15This storyline was a rare case of me supporting Elon, but once again, he goes too far, childishly, for his ego. He is just proving a lot of people i don't particularly like right, that billionaires are supranational powers. Which does support a very marxist view on capitalism (and productivism sadly), that it enable money to create power above political power.
Haha - oh no, he is going to far with allowing free speech. The sender and the tone is more important to you I guess?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's one thing leading to the other. It is what it is. Are the judge's (possibly illegal) moves motivated by interpretation of the law or by personal vendetta? Hard to tell , but i'm glad for less censorship.
As the past two years of Twitter's evolution have shown, more power to Elon Musk actually leads to more censorship. He's running the social media service like a kingdom where lèse-majesté is the gravest offense, promoting himself and blocking any topics that he doesn't personally like (including the existence of his own daughter who posts on Threads now). Old Twitter had flawed content moderation processes, but at le…
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Re: Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil
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#18Is this a principled defense of free speech or a case of a man treating ostensibly independent companies as divisions of his personal conglomerate?
The court orders for Twitter in Brazil were way more tame and based on judicial procedures than orders that Elon followed from Turkey and other less democratic countries. There's no visible rhyme or reason why he's fighting the Brazilian courts much harder than orders from other less democratic countries, something else is happening unrelated to free speech or any lip service he pays to.
> other less democratic countries
That's your rhyme and reason if you ask me, he just loooooves (wannabe) dictators
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#19This storyline was a rare case of me supporting Elon, but once again, he goes too far, childishly, for his ego. He is just proving a lot of people i don't particularly like right, that billionaires are supranational powers. Which does support a very marxist view on capitalism (and productivism sadly), that it enable money to create power above political power.
Marx was right and people like Musk and Thiel are living proof.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ever hear about the Kessler effect?
Dude, they are commenting on hacker news… someone brings up Kessler syndrome in basically every post about starlink or even space in general. It’s up there with microplastics and e-ink displays as a HN meme.
Well, I'm one of the ten thousand today because it's new to me!