Robert ReichIt's almost as though oligarchs having unilateral control over our most vital means of communication is not such a great thing after all…
Jorge Irraizoz 
🇺🇦@rbreich why are you saying that 🤔?
moepwizzy@rbreich I hope that the twitter fiasco brings more people to open-source decentralized alternatives. Not just mastodon, but also others such as Matrix
Grandalf 
@rbreich or our media … 😒
Graham Logan@rbreich can’t see what possibly could go wrong
ChuffMeister@rbreich I used to wonder why revolution always attacked broadcasters first,
It’s much more obvious now social media has opened more eyes.
It’s much more obvious now social media has opened more eyes.
australia.etc@rbreich Yes it was also a mistake to build so deeply into a singularly own-able social town square. This feels much better.
Lee Manwaring@rbreich
Have just joined..as an emergency measure..
Have just joined..as an emergency measure..
WhoMe@rbreich glad you made the move over.
YobruhTheWise (twitfugee)@rbreich Glad to find you here. Immediate follow of course.
RedundantMan@rbreich a slight quibble: the use of the word “almost”.
I wouldn’t mind if people of integrity did run our communications networks, but these idiots seem to have no discernible skills apart from getting lucky in the first place.
I wouldn’t mind if people of integrity did run our communications networks, but these idiots seem to have no discernible skills apart from getting lucky in the first place.
Bongani Maswazi@rbreich Its almost as if wealth does not equal genius.
Danny Browne@rbreich asking out of ignorance but are there any conventions around additional layers of scrutiny and regulation that should be generally apply to private companies operating public utilities and infrastructure?
Of course we are talking about a global community here rather than national infrastructure but in principle it seems like governments and regulators should be playing a bigger role here and responding much faster.
Shawn Nelson@dannybrowne @rbreich I agree that large corporations should be subject to regulation when said companies products have the potential for great social harm. However; this requires that the regulations themselves be thoughtfull and limited as regards specific harms. Otherwise with communication said regulations could turn into state mandated propaganda and a possible police state in the dystopian sense.
robert_said_what@rbreich it seems Elon Musks goal has been realized. His goal was to build a public place where everyone could come and talk so he drove everyone to Mastadon. Sounds like a true Mission Accomplished to me
imaginebeingatcomputersyeah except for the fact that everyone fleeing twitter now wants more censorship; not less.
@imaginebeingatcomputers @rbreich no everyone fleeing Twitter wants less nazis and insane right wing zealots. There’s a difference.
Dudley Irvin
scotto@rbreich The power of openness is being shown here. Tada.
johnbrownII@rbreich says “proletariat uprising now! Seize the means of communication!”
Duchess Summer 
@rbreich it really isn't. We're close to the edge of autocracy
Exiled New Yorker- Connie@rbreich
I lived on Twitter on 1/6, watching the insurrectionists live stream themselves.
Where will we get real time news?
I don’t want to know after the fact that our
Speaker of the House’s life was in danger.
Eva@rbreich awesome
syfy@rbreich But isn't it? Many of the people who need to be here most, can't afford a computer. Or dependable transportation to a library. And wow, Robert Reich. I'm gobsmacked by all the well known persons I've seen on this site!
Will S@rbreich I'm happy you're on Mastodon.
Madis@rbreich freedom is not exist, people always want to influense to this world
Sune Auken@rbreich You could say that again, and it would still be true.
@rbreich Seems that way...
SAPhillips@rbreich Exactly!! This feels safer!!
@rbreich
I am so glad you started to call our billionaires oligarchs, because that’s what they are!
I am so glad you started to call our billionaires oligarchs, because that’s what they are!
Charlie@rbreich Good to see you on Mastodon Robert.
Geewhizpat@rbreich armed with the “PayPal mafia” which includes Musk and Thiel, the CNP, vestiges of American industrialist fascist attempts to reinstate the gold standard, Koch bro’s, I have always been convinced that libertarianism is astrology for wannabe billionaire tech dudes at the cost of our democracy…Elmo’s bitcoin was the last attempt and it blew up…Dave Troy says it better https://washingtonspectator.org/paranoia-on-parade/
Christopher Walker@rbreich it’s almost as if it was a mistake for communication professionals to adopt a for-profit company’s platform as a vital means of communication.
Dr. bird@rbreich who could have ever seen this coming, Robert Reich?! 
Arno
DIOGENESOFTORONTO@rbreich who would have thunk :suprisepikachu:
That’s Me 🫦@rbreich Control the media, control the message 😡😡
JohnW@rbreich They buy in, thinking they'll have control over a large sector of social conversation... but they are so inept that everyone leaves the party.
Funkykarma
Old Man Mike@rbreich id like to see Mary Erwin over here - my favorite fembot