InsufferableCynic
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To be fair, a lot of these milquetoast, largely useless conservatives already have plenty of representation on sites like twitter and Youtube.Everything said here is correct. Musk in a con artist and (for the most half) just makes money out of speculation and controversy. I would like to add that the kind of people who might be allowed on to the website are going to be nothing more than centre-right, civic nationalist types. Effectively the Trump audience. Just more unwinnable arguments over IDpol rather than any serious discussions about why the west (and the human race in general) is in such a severe decline. I saw this on Gab for the few days I had an account on it. One of the first things I remember seeing was a pro-Israel group. These people are a prime example of the kind of right-wingers who like to claim they are being oppressed but in reality have an economic space that will cater to them. A Musk owned twitter is very unlikely to give airtime to any serious dissidents against the elite.
Except for the most raging, hate-filled leftists, most of the leaders of these platforms are more concerned with "troublemakers" and "dissidents" than they are about alternative opinions on mostly useless issues.
It's why Tucker Carlson is allowed to talk enclessly on Youtube about how "the left has ruined sexy M&Ms", in fact there's a whole network of right-wing channels that mostly present the same talking points of "small government" and "less spending" and "religion in schools" and CRT and gender quotas and etc. Even Abortion doesn't actually matter that much to the elites.
The real dissidents (left or right), who are trying to actually defend the working class, or expose these people for the swamp creatures that they are, are mostly banned. Just look at what happens to journalists like Julian Assange or Edward Snowden who show us what is going on behind the mask. Edward Snowden literally gave us the information and tools we need to completely escape the propaganda machine, and he made it mainstream enough that people are actually doing that. That is devastating for their power base, so of course he had to be gotten rid of as soon as possible.
Facebook would rather give you a slap on the wrist for an edgy meme so that you get angry over that, rather than getting angry over the fact that the economy is basically rigged, the only reason you have to work full-time constantly to barely get ahead is because of other peoples greed, everything is overpriced, and the reason there's no recourse is because these people write the laws. But sure, get upset over the 3 day ban for making a "lets go Brandon" meme.
It's why modern conservatism is so toothless and impossible to take seriously (and also why they aren't winning elections). Article after article in "right wing news" focusing on why transgenders using the mens bathroom is the end of the world, but not a single article on anything actually important.
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