TOM EATON | The ego has landed ... to save the ‘future of civilisation’
Billionaire Elon Musk’s latest antics on his newly acquired Twitter platform are delusional and confusing to say the least
30 November 2022 - 20:59
Thanks to Elon Musk, we’re now in the presence of pure absurdity. Right-wing advocates of small government and free markets fret about the dangers of corporate monopolies and try to dictate how a private company spends its money, and left-leaning liberals root for a tech monolith most famous for selling criminally overpriced phones that are deliberately designed to become unusable every few years...
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