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George Lakoff

Elon Musk sees his Twitter takeover as part of a "battle for the future of civilization."

And it's clear which outcome he favors...

Read more here: georgelakoff.substack.com/p/tw

Excerpt from FrameLab Newsletter: “This is a battle for the future of civilization,” declared Musk on Nov. 29, and he’s right about that. His $44 billion purchase of Twitter had one key goal: to buy as much of your brain space as possible. The world’s richest man has little interest in “free speech.” What he wants is the power to control what the public hears, and to shape reality by turning the so-called “digital town square” into a privately-owned propaganda machine. With American democracy under threat, Musk’s Twitter is giving us a clear glimpse of the world he would like to see. It’s a world that empowers dictators, fascists, white supremacists, Nazis, disinformation and misinformation. It’s a world in which billionaires enjoy total power over everyone else, and where straight white men hold dominion. It’s a world where people can no longer distinguish truth from lies because technology has sucked us all into the manipulative babble of Twitter. Musk seeks to create a dynamic where organized misinformation shares equal billing with respected journalism, and where people can’t tell the difference between the two.
Dec 22, 2022, 08:33 PM·Public·Web
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