I increasingly think that “freedom” is the most important word to take back from the fascists.
In rightwing hands, freedom often means “no rules to allow billionaires to accumulate all the profits and power” or “privatize and destroy societal services” — schools to healthcare.
Real freedom is freedom from want, freedom to pursue happiness without worry about healthcare bankruptcy and with good schools for all.
Today Elon Musk attacked Anthony Fauci. The post got at least 600,000 likes.
Whatever this means for #TwitterMigration (should be: let's leave!), it also means many have been radicalized against Fauci and science and gov't. While many of us have been carrying about our business, rightwing media has been creating vast hate for science. Vast.
Twitter was a place for liberal discourse, a pro-democratic square. But we can't stay and fight on Twitter and win: A right-wing billionaire controls the algorithms.
I’ve had a lot of people ask me recently why not stay on Twitter and fight.
The reason is because Musk controls the algorithm. He could ban you tomorrow, and he could also just deprioritize every one of your tweets so no one sees them.
You can’t fight and win when the opponent has complete control over the field of conflict. #TwitterMigration
As we watch Elon Musk slide into rightwing radicalization in real time, I’m reminded of this 1941 piece by Dorothy Thompson. “Who goes Nazi?”
In short: it is the people who love money and status and power that are at risk. Those who resist the urge are the people who have a solid family life; a job they love for the work, not the money; a moral framework based on pluralism and equal access to opportunity. Worth a read. #nazi#Twitter#liberal
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