FreeSpeech and Censorship: Thread
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'I Wanted to Punch Kanye' â Free Speech Waffler Elon Muskâs Nonsensical Take
on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and Censorship
by [25]Graham Smith
Dec 5, 2022
âVox Populi, Vox Dei, man.â So says self-proclaimed Chief Twit Elon
Musk from a private jet flying high above the world during a Twitter
Spaces appearance on Sunday, Dec. 4 (JST). It does sound nice to say, but
the voice of the mob should never be the voice of "God." The reasons are
myriad. Suffice it to say that in the same way failed crypto-exchange CEO
Sam Bankman-Fried supposedly set off Muskâs BS detector, so should Musk
be setting off our own alarm bells. His actions simply don't match his
nice-sounding words, and anyone who refuses to understand free speech is
also going to miss the boat on crypto and economic freedom.
God Save the `Technoking,' the People Are Disposable
Tesla CEO and self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk recently
ended a [26]massively-tuned-into Dec. 4 Twitter Space hosted by Mario
Nawfal, by noting that we live in a time which, different from times past,
doesnât involve âsome king or whatever [that would] just by default
suppressâ free speech. This is interesting, given this seems to be
exactly the role self-labeled "Technoking" Musk is filling via his newly
acquired social media platform, by arbitrarily and single-handedly
deciding who gets to stay and what they can or cannot say. Musk acts, as
billionaire entrepreneur and crypto advocate Mark Cuban has recently
noted, like a one-man "judge and jury." Cuban [27]tweeted to Musk on Nov.
29:
We have no idea what Free Speech on Twitter is because you are judge and
jury. There is no transparency.
Indeed, it is now Elon's platform. He can do what he wants, and I am 100%
okay with him doing that in principle, ignoring the glaring issue that
social media platforms are massive data collection agencies for the state,
complete with [28]special government portals for the control of
"misinformation." That very topic was brought up to Elon, by the way, and
he said: "I gotta dig into this trusted partnership thing. Obviously that
has like some big brother vibes ... Twitter will adhere to the law, but
it's not going to go beyond the law."
Anyway, as an actual freedom absolutist (voluntaryist) myself, I have to
put this [29]Fed-funded Musk to the test. As "private" as his image may be
now, he's clearly in a position of state-influenced power which could be a
huge detriment to everyday individuals and free speech/crypto advocates
down the line. While he noted repeatedly that he wants Twitter to "come
clean" about its past "suppression of information" in relation to U.S.
electoral politics, Musk still delivered many mixed messages.
[30]'I Wanted to Punch Kanye' â Free Speech Waffler Elon Muskâs
Nonsensical Take on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and Censorship
`Free Speech Absolutist' Musk `Personally Wanted to Punch Kanye' But Allows
Murdering and Child-Abusing Politicians on His Platform
Let me be very clear that I am not saying this is intentional here â it
could ostensibly be a product of severe statist brainwash or ignorance â
but Musk does allow literal child molesters (people who touch children
inappropriately) and [31]child-murder approvers (drone warfare executive
signatories such as [32]Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama) on the
Twitter platform. They are seemingly welcomed with wide-open arms.
And if you call these atrocities and such tragic loss of life going on
mere "collateral damage," or "misrepresented love of kids" I'm just going
to laugh at you and call you an idiot, because you are. I would also ask
you to be the first to volunteer yourself and your children as victims of
such attacks and sexual improprieties the next time a bankers' war or
pervert politician comes to your town. But I digress.
At the same time Musk allows these creeps on Twitter, he arbitrarily
refuses to reinstate the account of controversial talk show host Alex
Jones (another suspect character). This is because, according to Musk:
âI have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for
gain, politics or fame.â Jones, for his part, used free speech to
question the official narrative of the 2012 [33]Sandy Hook school shooting
in Newtown, Connecticut, causing a media uproar. However distasteful that
may seem to some, it in no way compares with the actual murder and abuse
perpetrated by those allowed to remain on Twitter.
[34]'I Wanted to Punch Kanye' â Free Speech Waffler Elon Muskâs
Nonsensical Take on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and Censorship
Along with saying we shouldn't use the death of children for gain, Musk
quoted Jesus of the Christian Bible and told a disputed story about his
own child's tragic death to further emotionalize his point â a story
which Musk's ex-wife says was [35]not even true. Whoever is right or wrong
here, Musk did all this, ironically, under a Sam Harris tweet. For those
unaware, the renowned atheist philosopher [36]Harris was not so long ago
on the media hot seat for [37]proclaiming:
Hunter Biden literally could have had the corpses of children in his
basement, I would not have cared.
Elon Musk seemingly has no problem with this. In the Space, he even
proclaimed: "Hunter Biden seems kind of fun, to be honest." The stories
and ideas above are all so tragic and/or disgusting that disputing details
seems almost insensitive, on either side, but a dispassionate look under
the microscope of reason is necessary in order to maintain rational
clarity, and to avoid being tricked by manipulators who love to hide
behind just such so-called taboo and "unmentionable" topics. Sacred cows.
As for the reinstatement of former U.S. president Donald Trump's account,
Musk had initially told "the people" a council would be determining such
activities, but this plan was scrapped in lieu of a single Twitter poll
from Elon's personal account.
However, the "Vox Populi" demanding Alex Jones be brought back, and
pressing questions about what constitutes so-called "negative" or "hate"
tweets â which Musk said would now be "[38]max deboosted" and
demonetized under his new rule â was summarily ignored by the
self-crowned tech king.
[39]'I Wanted to Punch Kanye' â Free Speech Waffler Elon Muskâs
Nonsensical Take on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and Censorship
Musk also recently banned hip-hop star Kanye West (who himself seems to me
â for many reasons â another shill character designed to stir up
misguided chaos and muddy the waters) for sharing a [40]controversial
image, and after comments about Nazis and Hitler in an interview with Alex
Jones. Musk stated in the Dec. 4 Twitter Space that Ye's recent tweet was
an illegal âincitement to violenceâ specifically because:
I personally wanted to punch Kanye, so that was definitely inciting me
to violence.
Needless to say, "incitement to violence" doesn't mean words that make one
individual feel like using literal violence against the speaker. No matter
how ludicrous or insensitive the words â or in this case, image â may
be. Incitement to violence is saying something such as "Let's all go rob
Joe tomorrow!" Itâs beyond the scope of this article to go deeper into
the behavior of [41]narcissists and megalomaniacs, but talking endlessly
about [42]saving humanity, posturing as a literal messiah figure, and
thinking you get to physically harm people because of their words is not
usually a good sign. As H.L. Mencken famously [43]wrote:
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the
urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance
to serve.
Elonâs Bitcoin and CBDC Confusion: âMoney Is Digital Alreadyâ
In the Dec. 4 Twitter space, joined by the likes of Ben Stiller, Muskâs
mother, and a slew of militantly-moderate-opinion-toting normies, Musk was
asked if he was worried about the rapid advent of [44]central bank digital
currencies (CBDCs) across the globe. Like all the important questions in
the live stream, he lived up to his self-applied label of being
"fanatically moderate," and refused to answer directly. Instead, Musk
presented some bizarre ideas implying that CBDCs would really be no
different than the digital fiat currency we use today.
Ignoring the fact that retail CBDCs can function as programmable money
issued directly by [45]reckless governments and [46]central banks, and
their similarly [47]disastrous policies â with the added ability to
`[48]bake in` mechanisms like taxation, [49]digital ID, negative interest
rates, and potential social credit systems right into the money itself â
Musk diverted the conversation by focusing on the antiquated tech of
todayâs digital version of fiat, for an easy laugh from the all-to-eager
fans listening.
While openly acknowledging that "you can starve people to death" with
draconian control of monetary systems earlier in the Space, he
nevertheless said: âI think theyâre conflating a few things. First of
all, almost all money is digital already,â Musk said, noting: âWhether
banks create their own cryptocurrencies I think is somewhat irrelevant.
People will use the cryptocurrencies that they think will accrue value
over time and not use the ones that donât.â
Of course, itâs unsettling for a supposed tech genius to ignore the
critical difference between actual crypto like bitcoin cash or monero and
CBDCs. Namely, that the latter involves the [50]violent force of the
state. The only individual who seemed to even slightly push back
againstâs Musk's assumptions during the Twitter Space was [51]Kim
Dotcom, but overall, and even from Kim, the amount of rear-end licking
going on throughout was pretty nauseating.
Musk's missing the boat on crypto and money should not surprise us. After
all, he has missed the boat on free speech, and these two concepts are
[52]inextricably related. Governments are already [53]cracking down on
mere code, as evidenced by the recent United States OFAC ban and sanctions
on the Tornado Cash mixing platform.
It was this same ostensible tech whiz Musk that failed to understand
bitcoinâs [54]minimal impact on, and even [55]benefits for, the climate
and environment (especially compared to things like the fiat banking
system's energy consumption, private jets constantly flying to Davos, and
the dropping of bombs on people all over the world). Musk has instead
chosen to push the climate panic and urge for a carbon tax, while
[56]canceling bitcoin payments at Tesla. Again, either he is acting and
gaslighting you, or isnât actually very bright.
[57]'I Wanted to Punch Kanye' â Free Speech Waffler Elon Muskâs
Nonsensical Take on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and CensorshipA still from the film
"Collateral Murder" featuring Wikileaks footage of American forces in Iraq
opening fire on 12 individuals including journalists and two children.
Using Muskâs âBull**** Meterâ Against His Own Actions
Whatever you believe about the official narratives regarding freedom
activist whistleblowers Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, Musk's
milquetoast stance on the two in the Dec. 4 Twitter Space hosted by Nawfal
is telling.
It is hard to watch the [58]Wikileaks footage exposing the murder of
innocent people by U.S. forces in Iraq, including journalists and
children, and not feel sickness and rage boiling in your stomach at the
injustice. One would imagine that at the very least, a free speech
absolutist like Musk would be one hundred percent on the side of exposing
such horrific crimes. But again, the self-proclaimed âfanatic
moderateâ chewed his lips, answering:
"I donât know enough about the Assange situation to give an accurate
answer. There are things where national security stuff is involved that I
think do need to be kept secret,â Musk said. He concluded that,
regarding NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: âProbably the best thing
would be a jury of the public.â
When pressed by Kim Dotcom, who noted that the legal system in the U.S.
would render such a jury impossible, as exposing info such as Snowden did
is a crime regardless, Musk gave up, sheepishly copping out:
I don't know. I mean, thereâs no easy answer to the Snowden/Assange
situation.
So much for the voice of the people, I guess. There actually is an easy
answer for a "free speech absolutist," and it's not what Musk said.
Adherence to draconian statist law seemed to be the running thread
throughout Elonâs whole Spaces interview: Weâll do what we can, as
long as it doesnât conflict with the legal system, in other words. And,
as evidenced by his recent single-handed Twitter bans, as long as it
doesnât hurt his feelings. To think that the fawning fans during the
Spaces session were concerned about his safety from the powers that be.
Why would he worry when he has just openly stated he will never disobey
them?
When asked about a conversation Musk had with failed FTX CEO Sam
Bankman-Fried in the Space, Musk said:
Deep insight wasnât necessary. If someoneâs calling you to talk
about investing in a big transaction they should be asking questions
about the transaction, not talking about themselves, and talking at the
speed of an auctioneer. It didnât require deep insight to figure out
that the bull**** factor is high.
I submit to you, reader, that if someone is presenting themselves as a
âfree speech absolutist,â crypto advocate, and candidate for savior of
humanity from the uncontrollable NPC left and big-gov/big-tech oppression,
they should not be a fed-funded, carbon-tax-pushing, gov-contract-having,
centralized-content-censoring, WEF-young-global-leader-being,
[59]Canadian-Social-Credit-Party-chair-descended,
[60]neuralink-monkey-brain-damaging, New-World-Order-jacket-wearing,
technocrat-social justice warrior who wants to physically assault people
for the mere words they say.
[61]'I Wanted to Punch Kanye' â Free Speech Waffler Elon Muskâs
Nonsensical Take on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and Censorship
Free speech absolutist. Okay. Cool story, bro.
In Conclusion: Something Is Very Wrong Here
Looking around at the world and back at history, the Vox Populi is
obviously not the Vox Dei â unless god is a raging idiot. And in the
case of Hitler, the Vox Populi in Germany loved him. If Elon was truly as
bright as they say, he would live by some of the many accurate words he
has spoken. For example, when he noted that [62]the state is a monopoly on
violence. But, for whatever reason, instead of speaking out against that
same state, and pushing for a more voluntary and free market/open source
society which truly would be conducive to free speech and crypto
innovation and peace â like voluntaryism â Musk contracts with it, and
pushes for more of the same oppression, but in a more deceptive way. Meet
the new boss, worse than the woke boss.
Toward the end of his appearance on the Twitter Space, Musk noted that
account verification will likely be more specifically leveraged to get rid
of bots, but who knows exactly what this process will eventually entail.
It could mean that individuals wishing to have a voice on the platform and
remain private and anonymous, may have a difficult time of it. "So there
will be a gold check mark for commercial organizations, a gray check mark
for governments, and a blue check mark for verified individuals," Musk
noted. "There will be a strong policy against impersonation and
deception," he added.
Musk is a tough case because he often sounds convincing, speaking
generalized, cliched truths to oppressed people desperate for an escape
from the woke technocratic nightmare that is happening. He is the perfect
synthesis of an elitist Hegelian dialectic to pacify and gaslight
(intentionally or otherwise) dissenters on both sides of the fake
bipartisan political scheme, allowing those that have always controlled
the world â the eugenicists, bankers, and secretive interests behind
closed doors, to continue duping âthe people.â
In other words, it's all a big pro-wrestling show, going on while the
overarching draconian agendas involving CBDCs, global surveillance, and
impending climate lockdowns move steadily forward. As such, what is
perceived as Gospel truth by the majority â the "Vox Dei" â is almost
always lunacy. If I am deemed a lunatic for taking this view, well, time
will tell it.
But in the words of AC/DC's Brian Johnson in the hit song "Hells Bells":
"If god's on the left, I'm stickin to the [apolitical] right."
To listen to Musk's Twitter Spaces appearance, one can do so on Twitter
[63]here, or on Odysee, [64]here.
Tags in this story
[65]alex jones, [66]Altruism, [67]bitcoin cash, [68]CBDC, [69]central bank
digital currency, [70]Code Is Speech, [71]Donald Trump, [72]Economic
Freedom, [73]Free Speech, [74]Government, [75]Great Reset, [76]H.L.
Mencken, [77]Joe Biden, [78]Julian Assange, [79]Kanye West, [80]Kim
Dotcom, [81]Mario Nawfal, [82]Monero, [83]Musk, [84]Musk Free Speech,
[85]Narcissism, [86]New World Order, [87]Politics, [88]Social Credit,
[89]Social Media, [90]Tornado cash, [91]Twitter, [92]Twitter Spaces,
[93]UBI, [94]Voluntaryism, [95]War Crimes, [96]Wikileaks
What do you think about Musk? Let us know in the comments section below.
Graham Smith
Graham Smith is an American expat living in Japan, and the founder of
Voluntary Japanâan initiative dedicated to spreading the philosophies of
unschooling, individual self-ownership, and economic freedom in the land
of the rising sun.
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