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I don't know. With Jack confidently predicting a conspiracy theorist will win the presidency, it tells me Bluesky isn't going to be my destination.

In fact I'm at a stage in my life where the idea of social media participation just isn't appealing any more.

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Maybe, but Dorsey's political opinions didn't influence Twitter's operations that much, at least compared to current owner's ones.

This is the key. People and companies aren't fleeing Twitter because of what Musk believes, they're fleeing because of what he does.

People sometimes compare Musk to Howard Hughes. This is unfair, on Hughes; as far as I know, if you bought a plane from him he rarely showed up at your house to insist that you not eat large peas. Musk, by contrast, tends to inflict his neuroses on his user base.

(Also, Hughes largely stayed out of direct running of his important businesses when he was in his pea-sizing phase, as far as I know)

> With Jack confidently predicting a conspiracy theorist will win the presidency

2016 can't be repeated, people have learnt that hard way

If you think people 'learn', you're going to be sorely disappointed

Not only predicting the presidency, but explicitly providing endorsement for them!

Delusions of grandeur when tech executives have begun to believe, and pursue that their followers develop them a cult of personality and subvert the Democratic process.

What candidate is Dorsey endorsing and what conspiracies does this candidate believe in?

RFK Jr, presumably because he likes bitcoin.

What is the conspiracy theory?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been anti-vaxx for many years. When COVID started he went full in on the "5G Bill Gates microchips!!!" stuff and the craziest of the craziest of COVID-related nonsense.

RFK Jr doesn't believe in any vaccine, often citing the debunked paper that links autism with vaccines. Yea not even vaccines for polio, mmr etc.

I tried to search for it, but can only find results about what a terrible human he is. I gave up trying to find his own words.

Robert F Kennedy Jr. He's an anti-vaxxer and HIV/AIDS denier.

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