I think the most remarkable thing about the Musk takeover of twitter is just how entirely capricious it has been.
We all knew he was going to do all that crypto-and-noncrypto fascist and narcissistic stuff. That’s just his nature. We knew he was going to be arbitrary in enforcement of his “free speech absolutism” – that it would just be weaponized, as it always is, to favor certain political viewpoints.
But it’s REALLY remarkable just how seat-of-your-pants it all is. He’s just waking up, deciding he wants something changed, and then snapping his fingers in the air until some stooge walks by and asks what’s wanted.
Even the acquisition itself seemed like kind of a whim that went too far. There’s clearly no plan whatsoever.
I think the most remarkable thing about the Musk takeover of twitter is just how entirely capricious it has been.
We all knew he was going to do all that crypto-and-noncrypto fascist and narcissistic stuff. That’s just his nature. We knew he was going to be arbitrary in enforcement of his “free speech absolutism” – that it would just be weaponized, as it always is, to favor certain political viewpoints.
But it’s REALLY remarkable just how seat-of-your-pants it all is. He’s just waking up, deciding he wants something changed, and then snapping his fingers in the air until some stooge walks by and asks what’s wanted.
Even the acquisition itself seemed like kind of a whim that went too far. There’s clearly no plan whatsoever.
- Elmo Nusk