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Free speech is not just the first amendment. It’s a moral value that exists by itself.

OP was ironic restating verbatim what “conservatives” have been told over the last four-five years when they got ostracized for disagreeing with “liberals”.

“Build your own Twitter!”

“Build your own ISP!”

“Build your own DNS”

“Build your own copper lines!”

And now Chomsky has gone as far as to say that people who disagree with him (vis a vis vaccines) should be put in a desert and build their own societies. When asked if those people wouldn't die of starvation he shrugged it off.

"Conservatives" also believed that there is a "liberal bias" in social media. Pretty ridiculous seeing that there is an rise of autocracies world wide.

Citation for Chomsky?

Musk's purported reason for buying Twitter was because he wants it to be an outlet for free speech. In his words (well paraphrased), he was calling it the new town square of democracy. Instead of building his own, he bought it.

I think you meant, build your own with a healthy serving of govt financing?