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[–] rustinbox@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Musk weaponise everything he has for his cause. Crazy.

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

I don’t know anything about politics in Turkey.

But now I know who to support; if Elon hates him, he’s my guy.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ta ta ta... Only if you say the right things..

[–] voodoocode@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

Only If you say right things

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

Twitter should be labeled as a far-right terrorist platform at this point

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Lol fucking with other countries, it's not just for the CIA anymore

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Musk doesn’t even have a stake in this, he does this because he can and he’s unaccountable.

But can we post about Turkey here?

[–] SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Musk hates democracy and the EU because they want to regulate twitter (and are generally one of the biggest pro-consumer forces), so if he supports someone in Europe they are probably on the side of weakening the EU and/or democracy.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, but in Turkey? Musk is usually motivated by personal gain and approval seeking so I’m not sure how Erdogan fits into this. Yes, he’s a right wing autocrat, like almost everyone else in the area. I guess it was just a matter of remaining compliant with local laws / authorities because they have shown they can disconnect Twitter when they want.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

As long as the post concerns the European part of Turkey. :) No seriously, Turkey seems close enough.