Rex Kerr
May 5, 2022

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But he's not? It's just Twitter. Twitter is not both necessary and sufficient for civilization, which is what it would need to be for Musk to be said one and only person.

And have you forgotten the degree of control that Zuckerberg--one person, last time I checked--exerts over Facebook? So much that the company isn't even called "Facebook" anymore?

Musk's acquistion is important to be sure, but I think you've overstated the case here by so much that it becomes almost impossible to make sensible judgements about it.

I agree with your broader points about income inequality and the effective oligarchy of the world economic system, but this just seems too sensationalist to be an appropriate way to lead into it.

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Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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