The mega-rich buy up media outlets precisely because a lie is | Strategic Culture Foundation

The mega-rich buy up media outlets precisely because a lie is more likely to fly than the truth – including the lie that they are invaluable.

The most dangerous thing about Elon Musk buying Twitter outright for $44 billion is the rapidly spreading notion that his controlling an influential social media platform is dangerous. It is, but not for any of the reasons his critics assert.

The current furor is dangerously misguided for two reasons.

First, it assumes that one billionaire owning Twitter is significantly more harmful than a bunch of them owning it.

And second, it worries that Musk is committed to an anarchic version of free speech that will undermine the health of our societies.

This is the equivalent of staring resolutely at a single tree to avoid noticing the forest all around it.

Read more by Jonathan Cook: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/28/elon-musk-isnt-threat-society-health-all-billionaires-are/

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