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Elon Musk Signs Pledge to Support China’s Socialist Values​


July 9, 2023 | Sundance | 186 Comments

There’s a lot of background discussion about this latest issue created by Elon Musk signing a pledge to support the socialist (communist) economic enterprise systems under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.

Most of the current discussion is focused on the weak ideological ‘free-market and democratic’ commitment exhibited by Musk’s adherence to the rules and dictates of the Chinese state. However, I’m staying far outside the esoteric and nuanced implication of this. The reality is much simpler.

Elon Musk is in a dire financial situation; he cannot afford to be high-minded and ideologically connected to free-speech and free-enterprise right now (if he ever was).

The Musk empire is in a very weak financial position; these decisions made, while China is holding such financial leverage over him, are made without option. Ironically, Twitter is banned in China. lolol
 

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Musk Issues NSFW Challenge as Threads Hits 100M Signups



Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter rival Threads had a strong weekend, with the Verge reporting that the platform has now surpassed 100 million signups. At the same time, Twitter's own traffic is "sinking," according to the head of internet services company Cloudfare, notes the Guardian. Cloudfare's Matthew Prince backed up his assertion with this tweeted graphic. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has taken his online criticism of Threads to a weird new level. Coverage:

  • Context: Hitting 100 million users in a few days is impressive, all the more so because people are actually posting, not just signing up, write Jay Peters and Jon Porter at the Verge. "That said, Threads is still in its infancy, and we'll have to wait and see if it captures the same cultural cachet that Twitter once did." For context, Twitter claimed to have around 260 million daily active users in November.
  • Musk attack: Over the weekend, Musk complained that Threads is "just Instagram minus pics, which makes no sense, given that thirst pics are the main reason people use that app," notes the Daily Beast. But then things got a little more coarse, as he wrote, "Zuck is a cuck," a reference to a particular sexual fetish. Then he one-upped himself with this doozy of a challenge: "I propose a literal d--- measuring contest," he tweeted, complete with ruler emoji. (And, yes, he spelled the word out.)
 

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Yesterday, on news of Bronny’s collapse, Elon Musk chimed in with a mild reaction tweet, simply asking the question most people are wondering about. But of course it massively triggered jab defenders all over the world:

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So you have another high-profile heart-related sporting injury, right after everyone saw Damar Hamlin keel over, and now a high-profile celebrity (Musk) asking questions about it, and the narrative-spinners are panicking.

I realize Musk’s tweet seems commonsense, barely criticizes the jabs at all, and only asks an obvious question, but to jab-lovers, you must never question the vaccines, not directly or indirectly, not in any way. Instead, you must enthusiastically agree the covid vaccines were the most incredible, most miraculous medical treatments ever devised by Man, a more important healthcare invention than penicillin or even those nasal strips that stop snoring. And, if you don’t wholeheartedly agree, you are a mealy-mouthed disinformer and somebody should do something about you.

Don’t worry, corporate media was all over the pushback. Yesterday afternoon, Forbes reacted to Musk’s tepid tweet by labeling him a fringe conspiracy theorist:

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(The Forbes article itself was disinformation. The lead sentence, above, claimed a ‘fact-check’ was removed linking Bronny’s heart attack to the vaccines. But a few paragraphs later, the article explained the recently removed community note — not ‘fact check’ after all — linked Bronny’s heart attack to covid, not the vaccines. Forbes’ story was internally inconsistent.)

Never question the jabs!

We are grateful Bronny seems to be stable and on the mend. But his basketball career remains in limbo. Speaking of which, I can’t wait to see Damar Hamlin back on the field soon!




 

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Elon Musk Vows To Go To War Against Companies That Punish Employees For Activity On X











X filed a lawsuit last week against a non-profit organization accusing it of unlawfully accessing private data and cherry-picking posts to show a rise in hate speech on the social media platform under Musk’s ownership.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the social media company formerly known as Twitter claims the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — a British non-profit that researches so-called online hate and disinformation — orchestrated a “scare campaign to drive away advertisers from the X platform” by publishing so-called hate speech reports.





 

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'No Limit': Musk Plays Hardball, Vows to Pay Legal Fees of Employees Punished for Posting, Liking on 'X'



I’ve always admired principled people who aren’t afraid to color outside the lines, say it like it is, and step on toes, when necessary — without giving a damn who likes it and who doesn’t. Elon Musk is one of those people. And when you’re the world’s richest dude, you can put a whole lot of money where your mouth is.

On Saturday night, Musk did just that.

If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill. No limit. Please let us know.

Is that a perfect example of the gist of my first paragraph, or what? Principled people do principled things.

Ninety minutes later, Musk posted an extra added attraction, further vowing to go after boards of directors.

And we won’t just sue, it will be extremely loud and we will go after the boards of directors of the companies too.

Ouch — and awesome!

Musk’s offer to employees — and threat to employers — came on the heels of NASCAR’s indefinite suspension of rookie driver Noah Gragson on Saturday for “liking an insensitive meme with a photo of George Floyd’s face.”
 

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Musk Says Old Twitter Regime Censored GOP 10x More Than Leftists



The All In Podcast, which is hosted by David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, and David Friedberg, posted an interview they did with Elon Musk at the All In Summit. During the interview, Musk noted that, in the past, social media has all been “very left-leaning to far left-leaning,” suspending Republicans far more than leftists. He also expressed his goal of changing that online monopoly. The X owner and billionaire said that “The suspensions of several Republican candidates, interests, or voices were at least ten times the rate of—suppression of left-wing voices.” He also expressed his goal of changing that online monopoly and allowing free speech for people of all political stripes. His comments, however, come amidst new censorship policies on X, including an increased emphasis on freedom of speech, not reach.

Musk specifically addressed the accusation that he is somehow making Twitter a right-wing conspiracy morass. “[Our goal with] the X platform is really meant to be a level playing field, a public square that is supportive of…most of the country, the middle 80%,” he said. Musk noted that before he bought the platform “Social media ha[d been] very left-leaning to far left-leaning, and really Twitter was far-left leaning.”


He continued: “The suspensions of several Republican candidates, interests, or voices were at least ten times the rate of—suppression of left-wing voices on, you know, [the] old Twitter.”

Musk insisted “what I’m trying to do is move [X] to the middle. Which from the standpoint of the left, [it] appears it is moving to the right…if you’re standing on the left.” That, however, is simply the left’s perception, according to Musk. “But it's not. [X is] simply moving to the middle in an attempt to actually represent the whole country and not just, you know, half the country or even maybe less than half the country,” he asserted.

He did not address the fact that anti-woke individuals are still censored on Twitter, nor X’s new special censorship measures heading into the 2024 election.
 

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Elon Musk has entered the chat regarding illegal immigration. The Tesla founder and billionaire entrepreneur decided to see first-hand what our own Julio Rosas, Katie Pavlich, and Guy Benson have witnessed: complete lawlessness at the southern border.

We have illegal aliens planting literal flags on our soil. The Border Patrol cannot do their jobs, hamstrung by the Biden administration. And, as you know, contrary to the lies Biden officials have said on the record, the border is not secure. Millions have poured into the country, some of whom have been on terror watch lists.

Mr. Musk had to see first-hand the situation on the ground, which could trigger liberals since everything this man does irritates them, especially when he bought Twitter last year. He lives-streamed the visit (via Reuters):












 

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🔥 Speaking of illegal migrants and impassioned speeches, this one won’t be for everyone due to some extremely adult language that might offend the sensitive, but after weighing the pro’s and con’s, I decided to include it in today’s post. To set the table, Elon Musk has been encouraging “citizen journalists” to make their own reports on Twitter. Elon went to the border last week to show everyone how it’s done.

I have no idea whether this next super-spicy clip resulted from Elon’s encouragement or not, but it does show the growing frustration that regular folks have with traditional media.

In other words, if you stupid reporters won’t do your jobs, get out of the way and let us do it.

So the unidentified but totally based citizen who posted this video is today’s example. He saw something, filmed something, and it turned out to be a story. As the clip starts, a New York City resident approached a fancy hotel and asked what’s going on? Somebody said, it’s a migrant shelter. He started filming and, like a kicked-over rotten log, human cockroaches began boiling out of the lobby and trying to crawl all over him.

Watch this clip if you’re okay with the raw, but appropriate adult language.

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CLIP: Citizen journalist confronts migrant mafia in New York (2:22). ** Warning: very adult language.

For those who chose not to watch, what happened next is they all got into an argument over whether the guy “has the right” to film the hotel. They kept ordering him off, pushing around him, and he kept refusing to leave. More and more thugs came out of the lobby and tried to crowd him away. An NYPD officer stood by but refused to intervene. By the end of the clip, you can see at least eight people on the sidewalk representing the “shelter.”

None of them wore hotel uniforms.

We can learn a lot from this short video. We already know New York is paying luxury hotels hand over fist to house illegal immigrants. The clip evidences a conspiracy of silence between the media and the government to cover up the story. The Migrant Mafia members were too confident. They look like people who expect not ever to face any scrutiny.

A media that only covers gigantic problems when they are political problems for Republicans is a wholly worthless media.

Next, the clip showed us the uniform face of the vast migrant industrial complex. All those Migrant Mafia people are getting paid with taxpayer dollars, probably handsomely. And they all look and act like thugs. Who are these people, really? Who was the young black man in the Eastern European gangster-style track suit who spoke with authority and claimed to “own this building?”

New Yorkers, if you had an honest media, they would be all over figuring out where the money was going.

Finally, whoever they are, these Migrant Mafia people obviously do not understand basic laws of the United States of America. Otherwise they would know that the sidewalk is a publicly-owned area not subject to their jurisdiction, whatever they think that is. They seem to come from some third-world hellhole where might makes right and intimidation tactics are de rigueur.

What did we learn? The Establishment Media is a lost cause. We need a new media. New Yorkers: take up your cellphone cameras, and report!



 

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I'd love to know more about Tracksuit. Also, there was of course an old white guy giving orders at the end :)
 
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