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2. The manipulation of the algorithms that steer what voters saw on their "X"

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 08:50 AM

Dec 6

feed was at minimum as influential as the dough spent.

Welcome to the Age of Oligarchs.

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Democracy? Musk spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to elect Trump [View all] spanone Dec 6 OP

Plutocracy--government by the wealthy. Timeflyer Dec 6 #1

Kleptocracy more like it. littlemissmartypants Dec 6 #16

The Supreme Court destroyed our Country bronxiteforever Dec 6 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 6 #8

Bingo. dchill Dec 6 #9

☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾THIS !!!☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Dec 6 #20

One might argue he spent $40B buying Twitter paparush Dec 6 #4

Musk bought himself a country NotHardly Dec 6 #6

He bought a quarter of a country and leveraged it. dchill Dec 6 #11

Relatively speaking, SCantiGOP Dec 6 #7

Effective smear campaign. Kid Berwyn Dec 6 #12

It's an investment Blue Full Moon Dec 6 #14

Thank John Roberts and his gang malaise Dec 6 #17

Maybe he should become a CEO in the health insurance industry Orrex Dec 6 #18

But...but...but...George Soros! NM Grins Dec 6 #19