Lo on Nostr: If X could be used to overthrow a government, the government would shut it down. ...

If X could be used to overthrow a government, the government would shut it down. Governments use X for the mass distribution of entertainment, as it pacifies the people and diverts attention away from political issues.

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One of my takeaways from #OFF was one of the incredible powers Twitter has at directing the state of the world.

Protests don’t work because, for some reason, tyrants don’t like being criticized. When they do, they work because enough people, probably outside of the regime’s control, care enough to exert pressure on their local governments to, in turn, pressure the regime.

Elon can have the thumb on the scale on what people care about, and equally important, what they don’t.

He can easily manufacture discontent or appease it at a global scale.

Which essentially translates to a single person having control on tumbling, or preserving, regimes throughout the world from the comfort of his couch.

The $44bln he used seems ungodly cheap now; really no human should have this type of power.

Nostr can fix this, but we need to work harder in bringing life/energy here AND away from Twitter.