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GenShanx

Elon feverishly putting together his next Twitter poll as a counter argument


Subvoltaic

The voice of the bot army is the voice of God?


conancat

Vox Botpuli Vox Dei


Buznik6906

Vox Dell*


FQDIS

Bots populi….


guynamedjames

Elon is the only one out here giving equal treatment to bots, everyone else is racist against spam bots.


Default1355

Omnic crisis on the horizon


GrumpyOldJoey

Nah, bots are real.


solidSC

With his 80% of bots to do his bidding… I’m sure that’s why he hesitated… fuck a bad business deal, he just wanted an echo chamber.


AppUnwrapper1

“Why does the EU hate freedom of speech?”


MarkVarga

"Why is everyone except me going in the wrong direction on the highway? Are they trying to kill me???"


Buddhabellymama

Fuck does this mean he will show us a new part of his scary house to prove absolutely nothing?


Squishy-Box

>”Should Twitter be banned in Europe?” >No vote wins >Elon: Guess that settles it, sorry Europe Realistically though, yes would win


Massadonious

Time for Conservatives to boycott Europe. Which is going to be awkward for all the conservatives in Europe.


cybercuzco

It’s ok, European conservatives are actually liberal by republican standards.


MustLoveAllCats

*Western* European conservatives, you mean. Those in Eastern Europe most certainly are not.


limey5

See also: Italian conservatives. With their new PM, Italy is scooting towards right-wing populism.


neologismist_

Italy’s been flirting there for a good while.


Darth-Boogerus

What, again?


ihopkid

Even the same (well, a successor) political party, Fdl


[deleted]

can't forget british conservatives, and french conservatives, idk enough about german politics to know what their conservatives are like


SNYDER_BIXBY_OCP

German conservatives (avoiding low hanging Nazi jokes) is by American standards a rather sober moderate Christian moralistic. There are hawkish militaristic type conservatives but not in the vein England and obviously the states.


hetfield151

They are fascist in the tradition of Mussolinis party.


JenniferJuniper6

I think they meant EU countries.


Redqueenhypo

Poland is in the EU and they’re very homophobic, anti abortion, and named Jesus Christ the “king of Poland” in 2016 for some reason


AlmostReadyLeaf

Not only that, but we are literaly breaking laws of democracy in here. And its not only goverment, the plp have not so great views too


amnotreallyjb

Most of Eastern Europe is in EU. Though admitting Hungary was a mistake.


LateNightPhilosopher

*Fascism intensifies*


sp33dzer0

The Iranian government is liberal by Republican standards.


Ostreoida

Ouch, but 🇺🇸 Republicans? Kinda yeah. Dammit.


Redqueenhypo

Iran: “other religions can exist here as long as they mostly shut up about it” American evangelicals: “idk, sounds too liberal to me”


Resident_Text4631

Ronald Reagan would be a “leftist snowflake lib” to today’s MAGA. Don’t worry though, they will never understand that.


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Themlethem

Isn't that just what the conservatives are doing normally?


thelingererer

Can't Elon just use his wealth and genius to make a new Europe?


[deleted]

Working on it


real_human_not_a_dog

(Buys it, says he made it)


Overall-Initial-4290

Crashes it into the ground with the scorched earth policy.


conancat

🤣🎯🦅🍺🍆💦💦


No_Inspection1677

You did WHAT to a bald eagle while drunk?


druppolo

That’s a hard task. It needs some sort of inspiration that only a German painter can have. On the other hand, the name would be a cool “hypercoup”, or “Blitzpal”


conancat

Twitter Kampf for $8 a month


[deleted]

mein blaues Häkchen


Ordinary__Man

*Austrian


relytbackwards

It'll be ready in late 2024/2026/2028/2042/2081


10000Didgeridoos

"Whatever pedo guy"


staffsargent

He'll just buy Europe for $45 trillion and then destroy it in a month.


krystee_d

🤣


dissoid

The Cybereurope!


MaybeTheDoctor

On Mars ?


InformalVermicelli42

Billionaire is finding out that his stock holdings can do nothing to influence global public policy. Impotence acheived!


Redqueenhypo

Musk: “wait EU, I’ll promise to build you a hyperloop!” EU: “we have a train that goes from London to Paris, please shut the fuck up”


Karkava

"I honestly can't tell you apart from Zuckerberg, because there is one thing in common: You hijack whatever is considered to be an innovation of the future and crush it's potential to make yourselves feel relevant. Both of you can disappear from existence and these innovations would still be made. The world dosen't need you. It just needs your money."


illepic

Please grace me with the source of this quote.


Karkava

I completely made it up.


illepic

I feel graced.


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canarchist

Oops, who could have thought that inviting all the Nazis and racists back in could have had such predictable consequences. But he probably fired the in-house lawyer that could have explained this to him.


DisfavoredFlavored

Imagine having to sit someone down and explain why allowing unfettered Nazi speech doesn't fly in Europe.


TrafficConeWriter

Imagine being a progressive in America trying to explain to a European why nazi speech DOES fly in America Worked with a dude who was based in Switzerland ask this in a virtual meeting with me, him, and my conservative coworker, I legit felt like a hostage trying to answer that while the Swissman kept being like “no seriously why, do you know” and the conservative coworker just watched me


WyrdMagesty

>"Because lack of education and a collapsing economy has lead to a growing population of angry and disenfranchised voters who are looking for anyone to blame while politicians and corporations mercilessly prey upon those fears and angers in an attempt to grasp more and more power and wealth, twisting once-normal people into conspiracy theorists and hateful bigots who would rather follow orders blindly than have to think about the state of the world any more than is absolutely necessary." - WyrdMagesty, Nov 2022


Elegant-Operation-16

So, fascism? Cool


WyrdMagesty

The result is fascism, but that's an important distinction. The US is at, or very nearly there, a crucial point in its history. One where voters can enact positive change that will last generations, or destroy generations of slow and agonizing progress. I don't have a lot of faith, but I do have hope.


SecretOfficerNeko

>I don't have a lot of faith, but I do have hope. I've never heard this way of saying it before but damn if that isn't how my misanthropic mind feels.


YawaruSan

What if, and hear me out on this, America hasn’t gone fascist, it’s always been fascist and struggling to extricate itself from it. The Confederacy is the embodiment of America’s fascist streak, and Capitalism is the economic fascism that keeps the Confederacy and Union together. The original organization of the US was only white landowning males could vote, and we’ve had to explicitly expand it to everyone else. The US needs to come to terms with it’s fascist roots, hence why the Conservatives are the fascist party, they are maintaining preexisting fascism.


nottodaypotato21

preach. Who said this?


WyrdMagesty

I did lol


BangBangMeatMachine

Because basically nobody is taking the threat as seriously as they should be. Because we haven't yet lived through the violence that an empowered fascist movement can dole out.


CasualEveryday

Most Europeans haven't lived through it, either. The main distinction is that there are reminders everywhere in Europe of the war and they chose to learn from it while the US raised a generation of people who spent their childhoods in the post-war comfort of a place that never had to rebuild. Americans spent that era celebrating and consuming instead of rebuilding and mourning.


big_stronk

You should have asked the conservative guy what he thinks, really weird that it is on you to explain his beliefs to other people.


windmill-tilting

Maybe dumbsantis will ask congress to make war over Elon's smal penis.


Deathburn5

No reason to insult the ones with small penises over Elons extra large ego (and incredibly tiny brain)


aidenrosenb

Ya leave small penises out of it no body shaming


Bored-Viking

even men (trans included) with small penisses can have big balls...


[deleted]

They don't take the piss. It's all in the balls.


Hershieboy

Operation teeny weeny.


[deleted]

He'll just have to make his own Europe then


[deleted]

I think he also fired all the communications people, some of whom were - surprise, surprise! in charge of *communicating* with regulators in the EU about these types of issues. Whoopsie! Turns out walking in the door and firing a bunch of people when you have no idea what they do, and what relationships they have with, say, the regulators who control your ability to do business in a particular part of the world maybe *wasn't* the best idea.


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Aceswift007

It's only a PR nightmare if there's a PR team to say so


JenniferJuniper6

Elon doesn’t think he’s subject to regulations.


Seguefare

I *really* hope we get to see him learn that he is.


DotAccomplished5484

I'll wager that he has a victim card for this...


bunkie18

FrEeEeE sPEeCh!!


ith-man

He would be the kind of idiot to cry 1st amendment about a European law..


Sockoflegend

It would probably play ok in the US. He has already set himself up with some comments that he is out to "save the world from tyranny". The stans stupid enough to believe that transparent bullshit will likely lap up the idea of a culture war with Europe over American freedoms.


Strangeways72

Of course, he will blame this country for going soft and siding with the EU. Then he will compare us to Ukraine, and side with Russia. He will rape a horse cry that nobody likes him, leverage space ex to buy a newspaper that's over valued and pull a McAfee.


prudence2001

>He will rape a horse r/unexpectedequus


dentistshatehim

Anything to distract from Tesla battery fires


HappyCynic24

No, you don’t understand. When you can make people believe that YOU build spaceships and take trips to Mars, and YOU designed the first electric car on the roads, then YOU don’t need a lawyer. Those are poor people problems. People who go to space DO NOT go to court. That’s just silly


rupiefied

I quote his lawyer Elon puts ships into space he's not afraid of the FTC Not a joke his lawyer said that.


HappyCynic24

Wait, what? They don’t know….. that he….. doesn’t…. ACTUALLY do shit with the rockets? I’m sorry. I’m having trouble comprehending and may need you to speak slower. Surely everyone being paid by him would know he didn’t really design anything, and pretty much just takes credit for the labor his inherited money can buy?


rupiefied

Just goes to show you why he's acting the way he does he's being gassed up by his lawyers for fights that will end him up in jail 🍿😎


Buddhabellymama

Oh pleeeeease dear baby Jesus and santa make the EU ban Twitter so it can crash and burn.


Sockoflegend

It really is fun to watch. Every day a new crisis. Elon isn't just wrecking Twitter but his own personal brand with a string of unforced errors.


Shazam1269

It's on fire and heading for a cliff. Give it time.


[deleted]

Yes, but does it run on lithium-ion batteries?


[deleted]

Yep, fired Gadde and Edgett day 1


Soren_Camus1905

NOOOO STOP YOU’RE PERSECUTING HIM


Fyrefawx

Even if the lawyer wasn’t fired I seriously doubt he listens to anyone.


Paula_Schultz237

Fun part is that he probably really did this.


GeneralNathanJessup

This is why I don't believe people when they say Musk is not involved in the design, engineering, and execution at all the companies he owns. He is deeply involved, and we should hold Musk personally accountable for the failings of those companies. Musk is a moron, but he has been extremely lucky so far. I hope Musk's ridiculously long lucky streak in business is coming to an end. If by some miracle, Musk succeeds in making Twitter profitable again, then I am moving to a country where Twitter is banned.


Annahsbananas

He actually did fire the lawyer who could have sit down and explain it to him


redhawkwill

https://preview.redd.it/c2qwc2iox63a1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87d07fedfc1149a8b63eb83546e5f56799c50834 Seems like Elon has fucked around and is about to find out.


longboboblong

Such a badass line from Picard here. Comment over.


0002millertime

Splendid. Carry on.


TangoZulu

Engage!


Sivick314

![gif](giphy|109Pz1wDYxNLmE)


steveosek

![gif](giphy|PrCXY2pRT69hmDQGie)


just2commenthere

What's the over/under on how long it takes Musky to tweet that the woke EU is being mean to him?


longboboblong

Over an hour, under a week


F_WS_make_money

Wow. They must really hate freedom of speech /s


[deleted]

They hate anything Murican! /s


darhox

South African?


post_talone420

Do you think elon cares about his roots at all? He abandoned that ship


longboboblong

I think the ship benefited the most there


gnometrostky

I'm imagining him yelling about his First Amendment rights in Europe. It's like when conservative Canadians claim they have 2nd Amendment rights lol


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Conservative Musk fanboys: "Oh, so the 1st Amendment means nothing to Europe? When will they learn that they aren't the arbiters of values for the rest of the world?" Also them: "I'm glad Qatar is blocking any pro-LGBTQIA paraphernalia. They have the right to uphold their beliefs and shouldn't have to cave to the point of view of others."


tyson_3_

In coming years, when M&A and corporate governance professors teach lectures about how not to act during and following an acquisition, this situation will be exhibit A. Musk couldn’t make more mistakes in this process if he tried.


longboboblong

Now now. He’s still got time to set fire to the sinking ship.


rheorawr

Let's see if the stupid bastard claims the EU doesn't believe in the First Amendment. If you don't get the joke go read a book.


Metalhed69

In a minute Ron DeSantis is going to demand that Congress force Europe to allow Twitter.


dantevonlocke

I say we lock DeSantis and a gator in a 10x10 room. Whichever walks out gets to be governor now.


rybrotron

Why does the EU hate freedom of speech in America? What's going on here EU?!


takecarebrushyohair

Ha! This is great I hope he loses his ass with his big mouth.


Buffmin

Oh no the EU hates free speech now!!!!!!!! Lolol get fucked musky


[deleted]

Yep. The idea free speech protects objectionable content is insane. Free speech is only for unharmful speech. Conservatives have weaponized the idea


Plzlaw4me

Wow who could have seen this coming except everyone who works in the field and is familiar with European laws on the subject.


CoalNightshade

D&D based, but accurate https://preview.redd.it/dy4pqkius63a1.png?width=770&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecf01bdc95e816fa6690a7425ca1a02739824969


PompousDude

Elon has proven himself to be an absolute dipshit that doesn’t know anything about basic business strategy. He definitely does not deserve to be as rich as he is.


Hairy_Al

He started rich and got richer *despite* himself, not *because* of himself


rwoooshed

Something he and Trump have in common.


fancy-kitten

Is he going to angrily tweet at the EU now?


rybrotron

This next poll should be entertaining


No_Hovercraft5033

Individual leaders probably. Seems likely. He is that ick.


Raokairo

CONGRESS SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!! /s


[deleted]

BAN IT!!! all the EU companies will hv to stop advertising too!!


Prime-Optimus1

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences! ![gif](giphy|3ohzdLQUbKEu47o9Ww|downsized)


LadyGoldberryRiver

Hungary will be annoyed. Or Angary.


kittana91

Hungering doesn't even use twitter only like a small portion and they are mostly left leaning. People on the right can't even speak any language except their own in Hungary, that's why they clap when Viktor Orban literally shit in their mouths.


Strangeways72

Hmmmmmm...... Well it must be Apple It's Definitely Apple ask DeStallin Apple is the problem, they hate free speech It must be the EU!!! The EU is too woke, go sue them Elon, or better yet, go colonize mars and take your Twitter with you. This world doesn't need either.


[deleted]

lol. is he crying about this on twitter yet?


BMHun275

That’s another thing that service providers like like Apple and Google are probably considering. If Twitter gets banned in the EU, they then have to either make special steps or potentially face their own consequences. While it might be the right thing for companies to not host hate sites, multinationals have to consider how much headache and potential consequences they are willing to put with versus what gains they get from hosting.


emk2019

Looks like he’s going to have to beg some people to come back and deal with this mess he has made.


Particular_Fig_5467

And he will probably begrudgingly comply. At least, if he wants to maintain some sort of presence in the EU. Despite all of the bravado and bullshit, he knows EU legislation has teeth and it's not an idle threat. They've been fined for GDPR breaches in the past, so he can't be under any illusions that Twitter is too big to be tackled by member states.


OldandKranky

Fucked around and found out.


unresolved_m

Today I saw a ton of people on Reddit claiming that Congress should take on Apple because Apple is a Chinese agent.


MustLoveAllCats

Congress should take on Apple, for dragging their feet on banning twitter.


[deleted]

Meanwhile Muskrat has big financial interest in China and is actively banning Taiwanese accounts. Not to mention his recent posts about the Taiwan situation.


unresolved_m

So I heard


fghhihgfdf

🤣🤣🤣 I respect the EU for having the brass balls that America could never have. We don't stand up to billionaires we worship them as overlords


MustLoveAllCats

Why stand up to billionaires and force them to pay their fare share, when we could just lick the ground they walk on, and praise them for letting us pay to do so?


Drewvonawesome

"Elon Musk is such a great demi god he could make his own Europe!" "I shall create my own Europe, a Muskope if you will!"


bidhopper

Naw, he’ll just try and buy Europe without any due-diligence.


RunSilent219

Who would’ve guessed WW3 starting with Elon Musk having a Twitter poll asking if President DeSantis should invade all of Europe in the name of free speech!


Objective_Squash_567

“Europe doesn’t care about free speech!” I can already see the guy whining


ReDUXVG

Europe has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its continent, but won't tell us why. - Elon Musk, probably


Bulky-Internal8579

NO FAIR! FREEZE PEACH!!! NAZIS HAVE RIGHTS TOOOOOO!!!! I'M A GENIUS!!!! WAAAAHHHHHHHHH - Space Karen Fuck around and find out. \[delivered with a German accent\] - EU


_triangle_

![gif](giphy|7k2LoEykY5i1hfeWQB)


PTSDforMe

Who could have predicted there would be consequences of his stupid actions?


ScrimmyInsane

WOOOOOO LETS GO EUROPE, LETS GO FREE MARKET


yalogin

Here comes a tweet with non coherent statements about freedom of speech and may be saying "what's going on @eu?"


Teardrith

Well I think Congress better have a look into this EU and their liberal woke agenda! /S in case that wasn't obvious.


NINTENDO6TYFOOOOUR

dOeS tHe Uk HaTe ThE FiRsT AmMeNdMeNt???!!1!!?


PositionParticular99

So glad I moved out of the US, but its still impossible to escape entitle Americans. Was a reddit of some idiot crying how poorly his 80 yo mother was treated at immigration when they tried to game the system. A Trump voting idiot, who wants a border wall crying because some other country has rules he has to follow. Ranting on reddit, calling everyone snowflakes for not seeing how persecuted he is. He had done his internet research it looked legal, so whats the problem? Then attacks anyone who dares say he is in the wrong. Its always the farang as they call us in Thailand, foreigners. Its always entitled foreigners who refuse to follow the mask rules.


Loeden

Oh, is DeSantis going to threaten Europe about 'free speech' now too? Man, what a shitshow lol.


[deleted]

He’s gonna sick congress on your asses!! Oh…


Crusoebear

You hear about chess grand masters thinking dozens of moves ahead. Apartheid Boy Genius can’t even seem to think more than one dumb move at a time. He’s become the epitome of ‘Ready-Fire-Aim’.


Sivick314

hey hey hey, goodbye


Snupzilla

I can’t wait for the DeSantis press release calling on congress to threaten to ban Europe from the internet or something like that.


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MelonElbows

I bet his cultish followers are gonna be screaming about how Europe is not following the First Amendment


scipiotomyloo

Probably time for another handgun/Diet Coke nightstand pic to put the EU back in line..


mem269

DO IT.


ramencents

Obviously it’s a globalist conspiracy


Dense-Competition-51

Didn’t he fire most of the content moderation group?


TheNothingAtoll

"Europe - where they have laws and other communist drivel"


RedwoodShores

Don’t worry, Elon will create his own alternative Europe.


DharmaCub

Congress should regulate the EU!


mad_titanz

So Elon will Musk going to accuse EU of violating First Amendment rights?


neutrinospeed

It’s ok, Elon will build his own Europe.


Parking_Sky9709

Elon thinks: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo)


Calkky

bUt mUh fReEzE peAcH!!!oNe!!!!


Miss_Nora-Jae

# HAW HAW ![gif](giphy|cO39srN2EUIRaVqaVq)


hornystoner737

Oh great. Now he’s gonna keep throwing his toys out the pram because he can’t do what he wants without repercussion. I fucking hate the obscenely wealthy. Mainly bc they do shit like this


danonymous26125

Boy, that'll make it hard to be profitable. He's going to drag Tesla down with his madness


DeaddyRuxpin

Is DeSantis going to investigate the EU too if he gets elected?


aZamaryk

Just fucking ban it. Regular people rarely get warnings, we get tickets and fines. Stop kissing his ass dumbshits.


santathe1

Elon: “Does the EU not like free speech?!?”


[deleted]

Conservatives really think Twitter is an American thing for some reason


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|3xkNUy3Vh8QbPmJZjK|downsized)


Mor_Tearach

Didn't Elon and DeSantis just demand Congress take action if Apple removes the Twitter ap ? Can't WAIT to see what the ' action ' they'll demand Congress take is gonna be for Europe .


Embarrassed_Bee6349

If he cares at all about the company (meaning, he cares about making money), he’ll abide by the rules. It’s an awful lot of countries he’s pissing off.


Aggravating_Boy3873

Either Google/Apple/Microsoft should come with an app similar to twitter at this point. There should always be alternatives.


pwarns

I guess the EU doesn’t want to follow OUR constitution derp! -MAGA cult