Do you think we should act as if we are now living in East Germany and Meta/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp is the Stasi?

[goaded]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump

"19 Take the piss. Humour is a weapon. Any man who feels the need to build a rocket is not overconfident about his masculinity. Work with that.

20 They are not gods. Tech billionaires are over-entitled nerds with the extraordinary historical luck of being born at the exact right moment in history. Treat them accordingly."

[OddBeMe]

Well it's certainly becoming more like putins russia. Exactly as trump wants. He even has a circle of billionaire oligarchs in power.

[goaded]

14 and counting.

[OddBeMe]

But if trump train continues like usual, Elon will be broke and defending himself in court within a few years.

[goaded]

He could afford to lose $30+ billion to turn Twitter into a Nazi Bar and propaganda outlet in order to gain access to power.

[OddBeMe]

Don't know. You'd think he'd make tesla a better car company then. Lol.

Never sure billionaires are as fluid as we think.

[CaptainSmartass]

Yeah. I'm doing so.

Simples...

[Gwendoline]

Broliarcy? Wasn't east Germany like a socialist state people were willing to risk their lives to escape? My mother inlaw escaped Poland in 1988, she loves America.

[goaded]

Yes, because everybody was spying on everyone else. People would turn people in to the authorities. It's a lot like the Texas law that encourages citizens to report people "aiding or abetting a post-heartbeat abortion."

[Gwendoline]

You mean they are asking people to report a crime? Our neighbourhood watch does that.

[goaded]

Yeah, turns out that people delight in informing on people they don't like, whether they've actually committed a crime or not.

[Gwendoline]

Sounds like the covid lock down

[dustybiker2]

I think we should at least put in the efforts and learn the language. When in Rome...