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Elon Musk is elevating the global extreme right (disconnect.blog)

submitted 11 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The billionaire wants to advance his political program while preserving his power and wealth

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 92 points 11 months ago

If you didn't think this was the point of him buying twitter...

It was never about the money, its about growing and empowering a movement that the global oligarchy think they can control.

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

It was never a clever ploy. He’s an idiot that said something he shouldn’t have it may ruin far more than Twitter before all is said and done.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I didn't say it was clever, just that it was obvious. This was an opportunity for a foreign government (Saudis) to buy media/ narrative control over US media. A rightwing/ fascist government is easier for them to work on, so they do things that support its creation.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Which is exactly the same plan as last time. Then, the ultra-rich were afraid of communism so they propped up nationalism. Now though, they are after democracy as such.

[-] whereisk@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

What's the downside for them? They either win big or things stay roughly the same and they might pay some extra tax but not much. No one (of them) is losing their bulk of their wealth or their freedom. Might as well roll the dice.

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

Ask the Russian oligarchs how they feel about Purin causing massive sanctions against Russia.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

There won't be any massive sanctions if ~85% of the world's governments on your side. That's why they're propping up it in every country.

However, they'll inadvertently also reignite territorial disputes between countries. The Russo-Ukrainian war is also based on the fact, that in the past, borders were different, and some countries were "greater" at that time.