Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetrators

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• TallonMetroid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  What happened “free speech” and “the invisible hand of the free market”, Apartheid Lonny?

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  • ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Same thing that prevented the free market from tanking the auto industry in 08. Government saves it’s favorite toys

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• Spitzspot@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • blindbunny@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    One he knows he can’t get out from under

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• magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Looked at from another angle, Musk wants courts/government telling businesses that they’re required to spend their money to support other businesses - regardless of how those businesses are run, or the beliefs touted by their outspoken executives.

  This sounds like an absolute nightmare for republicans and libertarians. I almost hope it succeeds. It’s not like I’ve got a horse in this race.

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  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It’s not like I’ve got a horse in this race.

    Same, except there’s that whole “forward the cost to the consumer” thing that business tends to do. Especially when such rules apply to everyone, so there’s no competitive disadvantage in doing so.

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    • magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Businesses will just redirect some of their existing advertising budget, which we’re already paying for anyway. The net cost to the consumer will remain the same.

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• Zier@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  BREAKING NEWS:
  Man who destroys own company suing everyone else to blame them for his own incompetence!

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• krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  So the argument is that by encouraging its members to stop advertising on Twitter this organization has deprived the market of conservative content and viewpoints which violates both antitrust and first amendment protections. I feel like that’s going to be a tough sell considering Elon told advertisers concerned about his takeover of Twitter to go fuck themselves and he didn’t need their money.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Actions having consequences??? I’m not sure Elon knows of such a concept!

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• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Whatsa matter emerald boy, is your nazi platform failing under your “leadership”? Go cry about it to the people you pay to tolerate your presence.

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• TheSlad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Isnt this just the free market doing what it wants? Capitalism working as intended.

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• baldingpudenda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  They should just play that clip where he said go fuck yourself over and over

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• morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  “The big kids don’t want to play with me Mommy”

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Thats not true. I love taking a baseball bat and smashing a baseball. Has Elon considered dressing up as the Cincinnati Reds mascot?

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• MechKit@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  So that’s how the free market works, anyone that doesn’t buy your product is a criminal?

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• pyre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  what a little bitch boy

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• htrayl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The “free speech absolutist” at it again!

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• MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  And I call for a second moon!

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• ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  If Elonald wants advertisers to come back, perhaps he should apologize for being such an insufferable twat first.

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• uebquauntbez@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yeah, Elon. Take your drugs and sit down.

  Or better: Step back and STFU!1!!

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• niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  They can always push trump bibles and anti-gay-frog pills. Or something. Whatever.

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• StaySquared@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Got a video of this? Of him making that statement, directly from his mouth?

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  • yuri@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Literally the second sentence of the article contains a link to the post he made where the quite is sourced.

    Literally the second sentence.

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    • StaySquared@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Oh derp… I didn’t even see the link at the top of the page.

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