Any better now?
Seems like the same problem but in the opposite direction. Twitter / X doesn't seem very balanced.
Most of the people who criticize nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m over how Twitter was ran towards the end have no idea how thoroughly Leftism had captured the tech space in San Francisco.
Up until only recently, doing anything other than "playing the game" would get you raked over the coals of toxic masculinity, having your career and reputation destroyed. Remember Uber founder Travis Kalanick?
Leadership across Big Tech unanimously went along with the woke agenda when it was popular, and by the time the Left past the point of no return, drunk on neomarxist thought, boards had already lost control. Google. Facebook. Twitter. All of them.
I was in it. Employees were every bit the woke mob we saw burning cities down. Companies were in too deep to back out. Now you see the relief as more and more companies shake free.
It was a dangerous cultural phenomenon that metastisized into irreversible madness. You don't just walk away from something like that. The mob can't just be made to "come to their senses". Not in San Francisco. Not even by the CEO, the founder, or the board.
Leftism is extremely dangerous.
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Elon did one thing right: sure up loyalty for leadership, breaking any mob that might have remained in the ranks.
Elon's main challenge lies with users and the fact that controlling the town square is, ultimately, a losing proposition.
ya my sense is already gone too far, and his meltdown this week is a sign of that.
CNN just released data on political affiliation on X and it was 50% blue and 48% red.
I think the problem for some is they don't know what balance is. They have had their safe spaces for so long they think that is the norm.
Reddit is another shit hole that is controlled by the blue cult and still is. If you compare that to X you would think X is more red because the woke mob is so distorted on reddit.
The liberal disease left unchecked makes a balanced discussion seem “far right.”
Pushback is needed and welcome. I’m surprised how effectively it’s moved off the far left boundary in only a few short months.