stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAdvertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Commentswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square299fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down147file-text
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Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m sorry, you think Twitter is a component of the US government?
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down23·1 year agoNo, capitalism is a component of the government. The point is to get the government out of twitter which records have shown the government was in twitter prior to Elon’s takeover.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoCapitalism is not, and definitionally cannot be, a component of the government. It is an economic system
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down19·1 year agoI use the word component loosely
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoCan you explain what you mean using other words? I am not great with loose language in general.
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·1 year agoBy stating that, it was a component of the government. In that context I was using component loosely.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI’m aware of that. What was the thing you intended?
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoAll governments have an economic system and each economic system is dependent on some level of government involvement.
I’m sorry, you think Twitter is a component of the US government?
No, capitalism is a component of the government. The point is to get the government out of twitter which records have shown the government was in twitter prior to Elon’s takeover.
Capitalism is not, and definitionally cannot be, a component of the government. It is an economic system
I use the word component loosely
Can you explain what you mean using other words? I am not great with loose language in general.
By stating that, it was a component of the government. In that context I was using component loosely.
I’m aware of that. What was the thing you intended?
All governments have an economic system and each economic system is dependent on some level of government involvement.
no no. dig UP, stupid