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THE STATE OF THE DISUNION III

Uhm, someone should probably advise employees "poison pill" is not literal...

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Yesterday was a flagship day in corporate media. It was the day they were forced to explicitly state what has long been clear: they not only favor censorship but desperately crave and depend on it.

Even if Musk doesn't buy Twitter, never forget what yesterday revealed.

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The widely reported pervasive fear among the Twitter workforce that Elon Musk may endanger or even end their systemic censorship regime illustrates how central of a tactic internet censorship has become for US liberalism. Information control is vital to their worldview.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 12, 2022

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Wow, with Jack departing, the Twitter board collectively owns almost no shares! Objectively, their economic interests are simply not aligned with shareholders.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2022

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If the current Twitter board takes actions contrary to shareholder interests, they would be breaching their fiduciary duty.

The liability they would thereby assume would be titanic in scale.

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I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) April 14, 2022

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Max Boot perfectly illustrates the thinking of those in power: in order to save our democracy, we must destroy it; in order to protect freedom of speech, we must end it. pic.twitter.com/LbGnvWnOq5

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) April 14, 2022

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I am very worried about Elon Musk owning Twitter. We must keep Twitter in the hands of people we can trust. People like Blackrock, Morgan Stanley, and the Saudi royal family. At least we know that they always have our best interests at heart.

— Dr. Matt Walsh, Women’s Studies Scholar (@MattWalshBlog) April 15, 2022

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Want to see the whole world lose their shit ? Get Peter Thiel to partner with Elon and raise the bid for Twitter

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