@downey @QasimRashid One advantage of being a member of the silent generation is ability to remember when unions were strong and our economy and workers were flourishing.

Home ownership was within reach. Good health insurance was the norm because unions chose the plans.& negotiated the amount employers paid toward that. Vacation, sick and other days off were adequate because they were negotiated by unions.

Let go back to those days.

@Aravosis Musk is not stupid. He is a bit loony, but not enough to fail to discern that granting blue-checks to anyone willing to shell out $8/month was going to result in platform being so untrustworthy that advertiser and users would flee.

Convinced this is by design, but what motivated Musk to do this is a great question. Money & power are what usually motivates him.