Glad you like the jam! Living Colour wasn't quite a one-hit-wonder, but this was by far their biggest song. I still hear it on the radio once in a while. What I particularly like about it is that it points out the danger of worshipping ANY person, even people generally considered "good guys," like Gandhi and (to a lesser extent) JFK.
Thanks for the post. Well said and appreciated the links to 2nd Smartest. Seriously depressing those. One thing I have not seen much coverage outside Zero Hedge is the threat of EU speech sanctions for misinformation which clock in at 6% of global revenue:
Here is a view that Musk can simply hive Europe off to avoid the penalty I mentioned. The author overdoes it with figurative language IMHO but there is also an image of the EU tweet I mentioned:
I saw that ZeroHedge article as well! If nothing else, the last couple of years have made it very obvious that so-called democratic governments have zero interest in tolerating free speech. I've seen some Elon fans make the argument that his pursuit of Twitter forced that to be revealed. It's an interesting argument, and I'm curious to see how it plays out.
damn thats a great song. and i like your commentary on the cautious optimism. sums up the enigmatic situation quite well.
Glad you like the jam! Living Colour wasn't quite a one-hit-wonder, but this was by far their biggest song. I still hear it on the radio once in a while. What I particularly like about it is that it points out the danger of worshipping ANY person, even people generally considered "good guys," like Gandhi and (to a lesser extent) JFK.
Thanks for the post. Well said and appreciated the links to 2nd Smartest. Seriously depressing those. One thing I have not seen much coverage outside Zero Hedge is the threat of EU speech sanctions for misinformation which clock in at 6% of global revenue:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-eu-forcing-twitter-censor-and-musk-cant-stop-it
Indeed, EU reply to Musk “Bird is free” was to paraphrase as I’m not on Twitter, “within our rules.” At the risk of inducing nausea, here is Politico:
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commissioner-to-musk-twitter-will-play-by-our-rules/
Here is a view that Musk can simply hive Europe off to avoid the penalty I mentioned. The author overdoes it with figurative language IMHO but there is also an image of the EU tweet I mentioned:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dear-twitterati-leave-road-serfdom-learn-code
I saw that ZeroHedge article as well! If nothing else, the last couple of years have made it very obvious that so-called democratic governments have zero interest in tolerating free speech. I've seen some Elon fans make the argument that his pursuit of Twitter forced that to be revealed. It's an interesting argument, and I'm curious to see how it plays out.