Musk has used "Vox populi, Vox Dei" to justify reinstating Trump on #Twiiter. But the quote is from a letter from Alcuin to the Emporer Charlemagne urging him to resist such ideas, "Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit." Which translates as "And do not listen to those who keep saying, 'The voice of the people is the voice of God', because the tumult of the crowd is always close to madness."
@aallan
In addition - who mainly participated in this vote? Followers of Musk; and these are mostly fans of him, i.e. right-wing populists to right-wing extremists and at the same time fans of Lying Baron Trump + bots - many of them operated from Russia.
This was anything but a "democratic vote". For me, this was the pinnacle of bad news so far since Musk took over. 🤮
#riptwitter #TwitterTakeover #twittermigration
@Nachtsucherin @aallan
Just so. It's like if phone polls were used for actual voting (silver lining, polls would be a lot more accurate!).