JuneSim63 💚Sep 25, 2025

"The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?"

Robert Reich

#Oligarchy #Media #SocialMedia

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@junesim63 the problem is people still using mainstream social media even after they find this out and not realizing how they aren't "just companies doing business", when they've incorporated and dictate the entire public discourse.

How do you call the society democratic if the vast majority of our social interactions, our conversations are held in totally undemocratic, tyrannic by desing, institutions, that these companies are? What part of this is democratic?
Sep 25, 2025 at 2:45pmWeb