I'm old enough to remember when our Tech oligarchs were young libertarians, they were going to move fast and break things, free people and information to expand democracy and liberty, and they would never be like those greedy stuffy execs of old, they were hip and cool and liberal and believed no matter what: Don't Be Evil.
But I guess a few billion dollars, worldwide fame and power, plus hobnobbing with rich celebs and obsequious politicians and journalists will change a person. Yes, they would still change the world and people's lives, but now it would be to control and manipulate them, to make sure they lived and thought and voted in only the proper and approved ways.
Once again it just goes to show you: Yesterday's rebel is always tomorrrow's tyrant.
Yes, there are definitely at least two sides of the story of how people who got so rich in capitalism became woke socialists.
One answer might be that as the U.S. government regulators became more and more powerful it became smarter and smarter to side with them. The innovators of the 1880s, the 1950s, the 1970-80s lived in times of much more limited government. In the 21st century, leftists government regulators control so much and so many of our institutions that not being on their side is not a very good option.
I'm old enough to remember when our Tech oligarchs were young libertarians, they were going to move fast and break things, free people and information to expand democracy and liberty, and they would never be like those greedy stuffy execs of old, they were hip and cool and liberal and believed no matter what: Don't Be Evil.
But I guess a few billion dollars, worldwide fame and power, plus hobnobbing with rich celebs and obsequious politicians and journalists will change a person. Yes, they would still change the world and people's lives, but now it would be to control and manipulate them, to make sure they lived and thought and voted in only the proper and approved ways.
Once again it just goes to show you: Yesterday's rebel is always tomorrrow's tyrant.
They always knew what they were about. Harvard backgrounds, spoiled elitist rich kids, who screwed over their own business partners.
Evil preaches tolerance until it’s dominant.
The “libertarian” slant was always a ruse to appease both sides.
They always thought they were above the rest of humanity.
"Evil preaches tolerance until it’s dominant."
Amen.
And egalitarians preach Equality until they gain power and then the definition of Equality becomes: I dictate, you obey.
Yes, there are definitely at least two sides of the story of how people who got so rich in capitalism became woke socialists.
One answer might be that as the U.S. government regulators became more and more powerful it became smarter and smarter to side with them. The innovators of the 1880s, the 1950s, the 1970-80s lived in times of much more limited government. In the 21st century, leftists government regulators control so much and so many of our institutions that not being on their side is not a very good option.
when fascism comes to america it will look like jack dorsey and demand to see your pronouns!
I think it went downhill in 1913 when we handed our currency over to international bankers with this “federal reserve” then the income tax.
The cancer is just becoming noticeable now.
Which is why I’m voting for fascism. At least I’ll know what they’re about.
Show me the guy that’s like, “IM GONNA ROUND THEM UP!”
And I’ll be like, “yeah..okay. I believe him. He’s probably telling the truth. And if not, then no one’s getting rounded up, so it’s a win win.”
“How dare another country influence Americans through twitter! You do it the right way… like through AIPAC, and the ADL.”
Thread is gone from Twitter?
Edit: It's jumbled but it's there. More confirmation this wasn't just the FBI and it wasn't just Twitter.
I guess most of us suspected all this, but still it is depressing.
With nine-days-and-counting of Christmas presents like the Twitter files, we don't need coal in our stockings.
I am seething...