• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    How about internet that can be blocked at the whims of a billionaire? At least government is supposed to answer to the people.

    • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Dictatorships don’t answer to the people. It’s absolutely a problem that billionaires are controlling the flow of information, but it’s much worse for a dictator to do it.

      • dustyData@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Oh honey, do you really ignore that a huge chunk of dictatorships do it for the money and most are already billionaires? Why exactly do you think Musk supports the orange cheeto?

        • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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          Because the orange Cheeto wants to cut his taxes so he gets more money. Dictators want power, not money. That’s why they are famous for blowing it on such exorbitant things. It’s just a means to an end. To billionaires the money is the end.

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            3 months ago

            That’s an extremely naïve view of the world. If Musk could sit the chair, he would. What do you think the accumulation of unhinged amounts of wealth is about but increased power? What do you think those opulent displays of wealth from dictators is about but to flaunt that they have all the wealth and power?

            • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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              3 months ago

              Musk could easily buy himself a governorship or a senatorial position and work up from there. That’s not his goal. He wants to be the next Thomas Edison. He wants to be admired and remembered.

              Dictator’s opulent displays of wealth are to stoke their egos. They don’t care about the money they spend because they just took it, they didn’t earn it. They care about how much control they have over the people around them. They don’t care if people like them ,only that they fear them.

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                3 months ago

                Musk has already said he welcomes a chance to work in the Trump administration, so…

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          3 months ago

          Dictators do things like build and use rape rooms or throw people they don’t like out of helicopters.

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            3 months ago

            You think that billionaires don’t do that? Have you heard of Harvey Epstein? Who do you think the biggest customers of child trafficking and sex slaves are?

            • crank0271@lemmy.world
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              I think you’ve conflated Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. Incidentally there is a Harvey Weinstein, but he is a progressive NY State legislator, not whatever either of those two fucks are.