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Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·7 months agoI’m sorry, you think Twitter is a component of the US government?
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down26·7 months agoNo, capitalism is a component of the government. The point is to get the government out of twitter which records have shown the government was in twitter prior to Elon’s takeover.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·7 months agoCapitalism is not, and definitionally cannot be, a component of the government. It is an economic system
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down21·7 months agoI use the word component loosely
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·7 months agoCan you explain what you mean using other words? I am not great with loose language in general.
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·7 months agoBy stating that, it was a component of the government. In that context I was using component loosely.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoI’m aware of that. What was the thing you intended?
minus-squareDjad2410@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·7 months agoAll governments have an economic system and each economic system is dependent on some level of government involvement.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoYes but those economic systems aren’t part of the gov, the gov is part of the economic system Bullets are fired by a gun but are not part of a gun
I’m sorry, you think Twitter is a component of the US government?
No, capitalism is a component of the government. The point is to get the government out of twitter which records have shown the government was in twitter prior to Elon’s takeover.
Capitalism is not, and definitionally cannot be, a component of the government. It is an economic system
I use the word component loosely
Can you explain what you mean using other words? I am not great with loose language in general.
By stating that, it was a component of the government. In that context I was using component loosely.
I’m aware of that. What was the thing you intended?
All governments have an economic system and each economic system is dependent on some level of government involvement.
Yes but those economic systems aren’t part of the gov, the gov is part of the economic system
Bullets are fired by a gun but are not part of a gun
no no. dig UP, stupid