Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties.
Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally:
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Darin Self
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Elon Musk is unambiguously calling for a violent race war.
This is far from unprecedented. The Rwandan Genocide was stoked and enabled by Felicien Kabuga, the wealthy owner of the RTLM radio station that helped coordinate the genocide and used euphemisms like "go to work" to signal attacks.
Yeah, and middle age was 23 years old because everyone died in their 40s
We used to call them ‘race riots’ now we call them ‘anti-immigration protests’.
Darin Self
Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios
Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy
To be clear, I don't think of Musk as a moron. I think he's a very skilled scammer who knows how to separate wealthy people who don't know that much about tech from their money.
