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[–] KMAMURI@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"startling free speech advocates who hoped that the billionaire would be their champion."

They must be joking. Right?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

I mean, there was a time when people hadn't heard him or seen him do much of anything so they believed him when he said he wanted to do various good things.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There are a ton of people who believed Musk's words, thinking he wasn't a fascist, for whom words are a means of manipulation, rather than a means of conveying meaning