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Kyriakos Velopoulos, person of the far-right, Christian nationalist and pro-Russian Greek Solution party, has asked the Greek parliamentary speaker to invitation tech billionaire Elon Musk to speak successful Parliament because, arsenic helium said, “he leads the planetary effort for state of speech, look and the escaped dissemination of ideas.”
This is not the archetypal clip that unhinged talk has been deliberately equated with freedom. Because however tin 1 picture what Musk, 1 of the astir almighty radical successful the world, a adjacent person and subordinate of President-elect Donald Trump, says and does? From the infinitesimal helium bought the κοινωνικά media level Twitter and renamed it X, 1 of the archetypal things helium did was to abolish information checking and reinstate each user accounts that promoted fascist contented oregon circulated extreme, conspiratorial positions.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg precocious imitated Musk by besides eliminating information checking connected Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Millions of users exposed to chaotic misinformation interact without immoderate – adjacent the slightest – obstacle. The jungle of the nett was evidently not restrained by “data checks,” but the lone brake that existed has present been removed. So the speed of dissemination of accusation has accrued uncontrollably, with the protagonists themselves, Musk and Zuckerberg, maintaining a hegemonic role. Gradually tying themselves to Trump’s chariot, either retired of ideological statement oregon retired of fearfulness of reprisals, they reenforce the unsafe delirium successful each absorption and without resistance. They turn indiscriminately against countries, people, perceptions, attacking with a warlike fervor, shouting insults and threats.
The utmost right-wing assemblage is falling implicit itself to curry favour with the likes of Trump and Musk. Which of its ideological representatives successful Greece will archetypal summation their favour and attention? Kyriakos Velopoulos oregon Afroditi Latinopoulou, person of far-right, nationalist Voice of Reason? And however subtly will this unhinged talk statesman to slice and lucifer state of speech? The information is not simply visible. Political expediencies tin besides contiguous these unsafe comments arsenic having miraculous abilities, similar the “miracle” wax ointments sold by Velopoulos during his stint successful telemarketing.
Professor Konstantinos Tsoukalas said it well successful his eulogy for precocious premier Costas Simitis – that with him we bid goodbye to “a world that nary longer exists.” Except that this caller world is not astatine each vague. It is arsenic wide arsenic a weapon, with the information off.
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