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This is the same basic policy justification behind the “shadowbanning” and platform manipulation previously institutedby Twitter to silence opposition to the COVID-19 vaccination.
Only this time it is Elon Musk instituting thealgorithmic manipulation, to silence oppositionto David Sacks, Vivek Ramaswamy, Sriram Krishnan, Peter Thiel, Chamath Palihapitiya, Jacob Helberg and eventually JD Vance.
If the technocrats control the visible public conversationthat’s not supporting free speech.
That’s manipulation and selective censorship of the audience. This approach is exactly how social media was being controlled in the era of COVID. The new boss motives are the same as the old boss motives, the policy behind it is the difference.
LEE SMITH – “Don’t be lulled by fake MAGA truce: H1B issue is indeed consequential. When Dems & GOP offshored mfg (NAFTA, WTO), rationale was that Americans would get great “tech service” jobs—but H1B showed they wouldn’t get those jobs either.
And there’s nothing you can do about it, said Dems and GOP alike. You want those jobs back? Where’s your magic wand?And besides, you deserve the pain, clinging to your guns and God — you’re racist, homophobic, etc. you’re deplorables.
This is what Trump was elected to fight, but according toVivek: In fact, the things that have caused you pain are your fault. Your culture prizes mediocrity, your parents raised you poorly. Then Elon: Fight me on a thing that has hurt you, and I will crush you.
Vivek continues to double down: instead of walking back or even just modifying his public rebuke of American families, he characterizes it as one of his “hard truths” — as other MAGA influencers have jumped to his defense:
‘In fact, nothing bad happened, it was simply a conversation, and it’s the left who is trying to divide us!’But to tell people long targeted by an elite demoralization campaign that they shouldn’t believe what they heard with their own ears and blame it on others is predatory.
So, yes H1B matters because it’s an effect of the core issue —indeed the reason DJT is POTUS— a political and corporate establishment that has waged a half-century long campaign to destroy the American middle class. (LINK)
There were always going to be uncomfortable moments inside the tenuous MAGA alignment with the billionaire technocrats; however, this is not that.This is far beyond uncomfortable moments. Immigration and jobs for Americans first, are core issues for millions of Americans.The Silicon Valley response to controlling that conversation is not good.
Ultimately, as we are all witnessing,many of these people do not have our best interests at heart.
Keep watching closely.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/12/30/elon-musk-changes-twitter-algorithm-to-diminish-maga-opposition-to-silicon-valley-group-and-support-influence-over-trump-policy/
(The algorithm is Musk's quiet but effective war. Just because it's quieting down, it's still a war he will fight to the end.What happens if Trump finds out he's hiding voices and the truth from him?)