A cautionary post about a billionaire who owns a social media platform called “the bad place” Billionaires supporting a third-party option—who are entrenched in the tech bro theology of “dark enlightenment” should be a huge red flag 🚩 to anyone who believes in democracy. A 🧵…
Having 2 choices...is that really a democracy? ...or 3 for that matter? How about 20...?
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Maybe I don't follow particular people, but I haven't seen anyone "elevating" Musk. I will, however, watch with interest if - as appears fairly probable- his party turns MAGA world into a sack full of rabid weasles.
Yeah what’s up with Mark Cuban? I like Mark and maybe I am misunderstanding his intentions. Is he supporting eLon??
I’m cool with it splitting the Republican vote. Dems have as much affection for Elon as spoilt milk.
Do you think we will soon learn musk has fallenout of a window?
JD Vance is also entrenched in the tech bro dystopian theology.
Yeah, but most importantly we gotta admit, Mushie's political party would actually attract few patrons. I mean, we're just not that into him, when it comes to politics and some other things, right? He's an ultimate frivolous distraction.
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bsky.app/profile/davi... From an Australian Senator
You are very wrong on so many levels. Are you saying that you want Trump to stay in power?!?! Let the 2 monsters destroyed each other. It’s not that difficult to understand.
If he takes a lot of republicans that’s fine. Hopefully the democrats remain democrats. Bigger faction.
I hope people read the articles that I’m including in this post and try to understand the danger that this man and those in his circle present to our well-being. This dangerous theology should not be entertained IMO, it is based in racism and should not be given a platform.
I mean... it was largely developed in beerhalls around Munich in the 1930s, but the point stands.
They did the same crap on Iraq. the shut down all unions, shuttered factories, fired the whole army and tried to take over the country. But the people fought back and won, only to be taken over by religious zealots.
Open your eyes America.
They believe in authoritarian governments, the destruction of democracy, slavery, and cities run by neo-reactionary white men. “The Dark Enlightenment has been labelled neo-fascist and "an acceleration of capitalism to a fascist point".” www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/d...
What a fever dream. The awkward tech boys want to rule everything & everyone. This diverse democracy is messy-they think it would be better if they controlled things, but I’ve seen 12 preschool moms argue for 2 hours over a fundraiser. There’s no way these boys will be able to agree on anything. 🥴
It's quite the rabbit hole. At first. The shadow government (aka the Broligarchy, Silicon Valley PayPal mafia, Dark Maga, Dark Enlightenment) have infested enough choice seats in this regime.
A dystopian racist tech bro society controlled by corporations, built by white men, for white men, run by white men. www.themarysue.com/in-proof-tha...
These entities have been around a long time. They are called company towns. I know, I grew up in one
“Gee people seem to hate living in company town.” “…” “What if everywhere were a company town?”
Curtis Yarvin took the worldbuilding of Neal Stepheson's "Snow Crash" and stretched it awkwardly over Plato's "The Republic" like a waifu bodypillow case. His grand plan is an incel teenager's homebrew Shadowrun campaign. Yarvin gets to be a half-elf and fight commies with a titanium katana.
Freedom Cities” would see democratic control and oversight ceded to shadowy corporate structures in a truly dystopian vision of the future. When there are already civil liberties concerns in Trump’s America, the creation of wholly owned corporate enclaves seems like a step too far. More corruption.
Trump’s Agenda47 also includes a proposal for “freedom cities,” as the ex-president has called for using federal land to create up to 10 new cities, which would be roughly the size of
It’s pie in the sky. They can’t even agree to infrastructure improvements without shortsighted cuts to enrich their donors. There’s no city of the future being built here. This is late stage capitalism in the throes of stripping everything for copper wires and scrap metal. China is the future.
It's recycled McCarthyism.
Washington, D.C. Plans for the cities would be chosen via a nationwide contest, Trump’s proposal includes investing in “vertical takeoff-and-landing vehicles” akin to human-sized drones and “baby bonuses” in hopes of staving off a declining birth rate.
Some supporters of this ideology have endorsed slavery. Are you paying attention yet?
Poor Peter wud be a sweaty POS peasant! Creepy fuk!!
Alligator Alcatraz will supply the slaves
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Peter Theil and his tech bros need to be exiled. We do not want them they are poison.
Add this to your list of mutual destruction: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apo...
With ties to Peter Thiel— Because of course it does time.com/7269166/dark...
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Proceed with caution and pay attention to what you elevate. Never forget the man made a salute, not once, but twice, to his adoring base, is responsible for stripping away USAID assistance killing thousands, and has serious ties with Putin.
Your thread is so informative, thanks so much for putting it together! I wld like to believe we don't have such miniscule memories that ppl "forgive & forget" or whatever. I pers am merely watching the infighting/division & if it peels off R votes, many of us will be thrilled, but he's still a joke.
I have zero desire either one of them. However, I am willing to sit back and watch them destroy each other.
Exactly this!
We definitely don't need to join forces with him. His new party may actually benefit our side by pulling the non maga gop away from donnie boy. But we HAVE to fucking stick together.
Thank you for all this. Elon Musk is a far greater threat to humanity than Trump could ever dream of being, as fucked up as that sounds.
Why would the American public ever trust this lunatic?!
More great resources on this topic, and a great piece by @desia.bsky.social from Advocacy Arena open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...
So that's what the public lands sell off was really about. But what about the land grab in Solano county? Billionaires bought up farmland to make a new city in the Delta.
Last I heard/read Solano thing stalled over a failure to secure water rights (?) Meanwhile there’s talk of dudes begging the admin to grant them the old Alameda air force base. And let’s not forget the Presidio. It never ends.
If his "new party" strips votes from MAGA, I'll allow it. Democratic voters would need to be insane to vote for any candidate of that party.
I’ve seen my brother’s humanity devolve thanks to listening to Peter thiel. So much that - even though our father never even spanked us much less hit our mom - he told me a few months ago that “things were better when men could put women in their place”.
I agree! also think Peter #Thiel is promoting anti #climate protection policies to promote variance and chaos and facilitate the path to #neofascism
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This is important to know! These nut cases made so much money in tech, they all want to rule the world now. I think the LA ICE raids could be early phases Yarvin and Thiel’s vision of the future, “Freedom Cities”. But with Elon forming a new party, we’ll see which side they pick.
OMG!! THIS is the distorted & warped thinking of ppl who truly believe having a whiter skin color makes one superior Clearly science, evolution & the facts are foreign to them Racist assholes
White boychiks and their silly wet dreams! Btw, if anyone thinks this *idea* has even half a chance, crack may be making a comback...or maybe it's fentanyl this time around.
Look for another push to give public lands to oligarchs for these, sooner rather than later
They are so joyless.
Anyone thinking leon is on the side of the people, is well, deluded
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Scary shite.
Economic fascism has already been established and we're in the stage of a co-mingling of oligarchs & government. Scary shit.
Very scary, and we must all read everything we can get eyes on regarding this.
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“Will Robinson! Will Robinson! Dr. Musk is near!”
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They will want to run the country like they run their businesses - an autocratic dictatorship.
Excellent thread 🧵. The U.S. is a country of people. We are not a corporation, nor should we be run as one to fulfill the wet dreams of techno billionaires consumed with a thirst for power and a desire to enslave us. No to fascists! No tech bros and their demented demands.
Elon is just proving how much he doesn’t understand the country. Or else he’s positioning himself to get all the MAGA once Trump dies. But Elon lacks the discipline to actually hold character long, he will never keep MAGA loyalty. He’s just another nepo baby proving why nepotism is wrong
I’d argue he understands quite well. ANYTHING he offers should be avoided like the plague
I do hope he wastes billions on it tho
Slavery is already in practice. Prisoners are "rented out" for $1/day & have been for yrs, wherever privately run prisons are located. Now they'll be using all those immigrants swept up by ICE, just like they've done in the past. But more so. 🤬 www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/dollar-...