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Racist billionaire Elon Musk will now have access to an even larger media platform to promote hate, disinformation, and praise of himself after he invested a reported $1 billion in Skydance, the media juggernaut that owns Paramount and Warner Bros

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lemmy.world

You guys got any laws against monopolies over there or what? You just watch shit like that and shrug? Set some shit on fire ffs

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Laws are meaningless when the people charged with enforcing them have their own agendas.

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I'm sure there won't be any conflict of interest here, especially when the investment is from such a "free speech absolutist". By "free speech absolutist" I mean someone who chases Special K with Absolute vodka and bans people from X who criticize him.

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infosec.pub

There simply shouldn't be political extremists. But here we go again. Maybe suggest a guillotine while you are at it.

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There simply shouldn't be political extremists

In a system that considers Medicare For All, abolishing ICE, vehemently opposing genocide, and decreasing funding for the most bloated military in the history of mankind "extreme", there absolutely HAS to be "extremists" on the end of the spectrum not currently in government.

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It would be enough if there were (once again) reasonable top tax rates and if monopolies were broken up. The situation we find ourselves in today is a direct consequence of deregulation dating back to the 1980s.

There is nothing political extremist about basing one’s views on reality.

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