#344 The War in Gaza

What Elon has become is not a courageous defender of free speech but a conspiracist and a provocateur and a thoroughly Trumpian attention monster.

I'm reasonably sure that if Elon polled his fans on X asking whether he should kick the Jews off the platform, he would get an impressively positive signal.

The problem with what Elon is doing at X is not that he is a so-called free speech absolutist; he's nothing of the kind. The problem is that his behavior is impulsive and unprincipled and narrowly self-serving while being colossally self-destructive.

Reinstating Alex Jones on the platform as Elon did this week wasn't a principled stand on anything; it was the quintessence of audience capture. Elon literally put the decision to a vote on X, and he let his dumb fans, most of whom now live in 'conspiristan,' simply tell him what to do.

Who in their right mind would advertise on X at this point?