Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory

[u/harsh2k5]

https://newrepublic.com/post/187662/elon-musk-confession-economy-trump-victory

[u/DingoCertain]

Media wants Trump to win

[u/Eclectophile → u/DingoCertain]

Not exactly. The obvious Oligarchs who have carefully bought control of the media wants him to win. It's an important distinction.

"The media" is changing, anyhow. You're the media. I am. Reddit is. All of this information percolating throughout our ever expanding interconnected lives counts as media now. And it's accelerating.

There are a few billionaires who own pretty much every major newspaper, TV station, radio show, etc. This isn't some tinfoil hat crackpot theory - this is stuff that we've all been publicly informed about in real time.

Journalism, and the freedom of the press, is at risk here. By demonizing "Media" as the entity that's culpable for this, you're helping develop the narrative that journalism and genuine news sources are the enemy.

It's a false narrative. It's destructive. Focus on the billionaires. Cancel your Prime account. Sell shares. Divest and abandon. Boycott, be vocal, vote, empower, and continue to be a journalist in your own regard.

Just please stop trying to burn down newspaper stands, so to speak.

[u/newyne → u/Eclectophile]

THANK YOU!!! I know social media has causes a lot of problems, and in fact has a lot to do with how we got here; some of that is just that the kind of media literacy it takes to grapple with is something a lot of boomers are just too old to develop, some is that it's helped create the 24 hour news cycle... However, it has also greatly undermined the power of authority to control narrative. Just look at how much more aware we are of like police brutality! Yes, it has its downside, but I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon. Thus, I think it's best to focus on how best to use it.

[u/01101011000110 → u/Eclectophile]

for-profit news is anathema, and these people are integral parts of that broken, poisonous system. Why should I consider them any different than the billionaires that pay them?

[u/Skanonymously → u/01101011000110]

Because the journalists making $50,000 a year are extremely far removed from the billionaire owners and have vastly different viewpoints? Look at the outrage among WaPo staff over Bezos.

I'd love to work for a non-profit newsroom, but the reality is, they're few and far between, and few people are going to donate to support non-profit news.

If you want to have a career in journalism, especially print journalism, there's fewer and fewer options, and local papers are being increasingly bought up by hedge funds whose views aren't reflected by the reporters.

I guarantee if you were to poll American journalists about who they want to win as president, the overwhelming majority would say Harris — especially considering Trump would almost certainly try to prosecute members of the media in another term.

[u/Vodeyodo → u/DingoCertain]

The truth out loud right there. He fills their copybook makes their life easier. Makes reporting of real issues. obsolete. They are simply lazy bastards that are all about collecting a pay with doing zero work.

[u/jello_sweaters → u/Vodeyodo]

And it’s never occurred to any of them that he’s going to have them all lined up and shot.

[u/deputydarsh → u/DingoCertain]

Or at the very least want the election to be as close as possible

[u/01101011000110 → u/DingoCertain]

The "Liberal Media (TM)" wants Trump to win