This. The beginning of the end of the golden age of techno-libertarianism. The boy who flew close to the sun comes to mind. Twitter may flutter away, it was always doomed to fail, but it is for all of us to create a what next.
Friends, Elon sees Twitter as the “common digital town square,”but this “town" is not Our Town. It is Muskville. A public square isn't owned by billionaire megalomaniacs. It belongs to the people, ruled by democracy. Instead we obsess over a man we never elected to govern. [1/6]