Congratulations to Elon Musk for being the first American businessman to be mentioned as a threat to German democracy.

Today, the German President Steinmeier formally announced the coming parliamentary elections with a speech in which he expressed the importance of fairness and transparency in the election process, explicitly stating that foreign influence, as seen on the social media platform X, is a danger to democracy.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/K8WhFSMjNB0?si=siN8FtMnyv5M5N2F

German Prez Steinmeier announces snap election after Scholz lost a confidence vote in the Bundestag

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@randahl EU-wide block of the Swastika Hellsite FTW. At least in .de on account of incitement would be awesome.
@randahl I wouldn't think of Musk being the first businessman. I think Zuckerberg preceeded him. But they're equally threatening because of their reach and missing moderation.
@Brokar @randahl no moderation is one thing, but Musk actively influences what is seen on his network and who can talk. He also deleted data from the rightwing extremist who murdered people in Magdeburg with a car, to obfuscate the issue and use it to attack foreigners.

@prefec2

Believe me, if i could block X and Meta in the EU or at least Germany i wouldn't hesitate for a second.
Well, Musk bought Twitter, now he can do with it whatever he wants. And if people are still that stupid to stay on that platform, that's on them.

@randahl

@Brokar @randahl maybe we need a good hack that deletes all data on X and all backups in case they have some. Of course that would be illegal and I will not give anyone any ideas.

@prefec2

People just need to stop using it. It will vanish like many other former social media platforms .. VZ, ICQ etc.

@randahl

@prefec2 @Brokar @randahl Who needs a hack and destroyed backups? Offer all X employees a respectable, decently paid job. And then start a flame war. Fight fire with fire …
@randahl that “honor” should’ve gone to Ford.
@randahl He’s a South African expatriate

@randahl

It is really unbelievable… a South African thug and his accomplices is trying to take over the world…

Pinch me!

@xs4me2 @randahl I've been trying since 2016. Pinching hasn't worked.

@GottaLaff @randahl

I know…..

But the cards are becoming so horribly clear lately, and they do not even make any effort anymore to hide anything of this bold attack on democracy or what is left of it…

Such perversion. Bought himself a president!

Watching Sen. Sanders lately on his warnings on an oligarchy developing in the open…

Dangers times, these days.

@xs4me2 @randahl Sanders has been spot on for decades.

Yes, it's utterly alarming and depressing.

@xs4me2 @GottaLaff @randahl I think AOC is dead on when she says the oligarchy is not developing--it's well established already.

@LPerry2 @GottaLaff @randahl

With a two-party system, the electoral college system, the lobbying on the Hill, the financial interests involved, and the changes made during the Reagan administration, the US political system has been in a sorry state already. But the current developments might even be the death blow to it all. However, my optimistic nature would not understand that the people, the voter, in the end would take all of this.

#uspol

@xs4me2 @LPerry2 @randahl 2 words: Citizens United. Sigh.

@GottaLaff @LPerry2 @randahl

Indeed... good luck with neoliberal capitalism, it's not working out very well for all but the very rich nowadays...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

@xs4me2 @randahl
Where's 007 when we need him?

@xs4me2 @randahl

Where's that police from Die Hard, when you need him?

@xs4me2 @randahl

Infighting will prevent them?

Trump's inauguration may not even happen as planned.

Castles built of sand?

https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/113722589005219533

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Attached: 1 image For those of us who mighty have missed it since we don't visit twitter anymore, there is a MAGA vs tech bro war going on over there today. What was Vivek Ramaswamy thinking when he decided to trash "American (MAGA) culture" in this long tweet and stir this hornet's nest? More at https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/maga-civil-war-ramaswamy-musk-loomer-cernovich #Politics 1/n

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@randahl if only all parties, politicians, official functions, and media outlets would coordinate and leave xitter, all at once.

The AfD can stay of course. nazis belong with nazis.

@randahl
The link you shared includes a tracking parameter.
If you don't want Google to find out which people you are sharing interests with, you might want to share this link instead, which doesn't include those tracking parameters:
https://www.youtube.com/live/K8WhFSMjNB0
German Prez Steinmeier announces snap election after Scholz lost a confidence vote in the Bundestag

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@farshidhakimy Mastodon is public, so it would still be public information who I am sharing information with on Mastodon.
@randahl that's true, but that way Google doesn't know which people got to that video via your link.
(Which means that they are probably following or sharing interests with you)
@randahl⬆️👍 Elon Musk, Bedrohung für die deutsche Demokratie. ⬇️👎
@randahl
I used to be a little sad that I couldn't afford a Tesla.
Today I'm at least happy that I can boycott the shit shop