Elon Conquers The Twitterverse – by Mike Solana
The worst people on the internet, delirious with rage, couldn t stop themselves from saying the dumbest things they ve ever said since last week and listen, again, yes, I love this. But as funny as the insanity is, it s important to remember it s all just that insane. Irrelevant. Not remotely about what is actually at stake.
The central tension of this discourse has nothing to do with racism or violence or anti-Martian colonialistic sentiment. The collective meltdown over Elon s Twitter coup is likewise not about the dangers of rich people buying media platforms, a budding take growing in popularity, with innovators of the meme including most recently The Information s Jessica Lessin. After all, if rich people buying media platforms were a serious concern, we probably would have heard more about it last month, when every major media platform was . . . already owned by rich people.
The truth is there s only one thing this is really about and that s free speech. Still. It s always just that.