Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit.

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    111 year ago

    Really? Because I’ve been repeatedly told by libertarian types (not socialists or communists) that any government regulation is not capitalism.

    You’re free to disagree with them, but then I’m going to ask what your definition of capitalism is that assumes this regulation (not just allowing it, but mandating it).

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      11 year ago

      . Because I’ve been repeatedly told by libertarian types (not socialists or communists) that any government regulation is not capitalism

      Found your problem. That’s like asking flat earthers about gravity. They may think it exists but their concept of it is a fiction meant to align to their worldview.

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        31 year ago

        Musk himself tends to identify with libertarianism; we can still critique him from his own standards without accepting them outright.

        • @SCB
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          11 year ago

          Well sure but that just makes him more wrong, not libertarians more credible.

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      -101 year ago

      No matter the system you need some level of regulation otherwise it’s just anarchy. What you want is a balanced regulation that not overbearing and keeps thing running smoothly.

      • @aesthelete
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        91 year ago

        WTF regulation would exist to possibly prevent a corporate boycott of X ads anyway?

        “We hereby mandate that you buy ads on Xitter!”

        That’s your version of the one true capitalism? GTFOH

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          -101 year ago

          There is already laws on the books for collusion, and if they have been founded to have colluded to manipulate a company, those law apply to them

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        51 year ago

        OK, but the libertarian types who generally worship Musk are not going to like you one bit for saying it.