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Musk: "First Amendment is protection for 'free speech', not 'paid speech' ffs." (twitter.com/elonmusk)
4 points by ceejayoz 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



Free speech is a myth as long you can get fired for what you speak.

And that was always the case, so in reality free speech only exists for the rich


You also can also claim "puffery" in court when lying to investors about your progress on Full Self-Driving. That's definitely paid speech.


I can't see anything on the link. But, if the title set forth in the post accurately portrays a position by Musk that the First Amendment's reference to "freedom of speech" is meant to contrast with paid speech, then Musk's brain is more drug addled than commonly understood.


Try this one: https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1874354745709904147

After some anti-robot juggling, the tweet thread should appear.


Thank you. Those were some lava-hot takes, it was a privilege to read them.




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