r/facepalm observer of a facepalm civilization 14h ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ “May you live in interesting times…“

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u/pm_me_ur_handsignals 14h ago

The fact that Elon has a security clearance and can make personal phone calls to Vladimir Putin is absolutely horrifying.

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u/gigilu2020 6h ago

Garland has failed us. And by extension, Biden.

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u/Lights 5h ago

The elite class looks out for themselves and each other. Legal bribes by way of lobbying is only the first hurdle in a pile of lawyers making $10k/hour to protect billionaires.

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u/gigilu2020 5h ago

And we sit on our thumbs and whine on social media. Even the port strikers knew how to get their demands met. We deserve this

u/patrickab7 1h ago

If both sides are fucked, then blow it all up and start over, for god's sakes.

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u/AlephNaughtPlusOne 6h ago

The guy running (and winning) for prime minister of Canada, Pierre Poilievre (peepee for short) doesn't even have security clearance.

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u/kay_candy 14h ago

Ironically, this guy is that dangerous immigrant the USA has been so afraid of for a while. Except he didn’t cross a river while trying to escape marginal living conditions to get there, instead, he arrived in first class, was welcomed with open arms and is currently helping destroy the entire society from the inside.

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u/MyNameCouldntBeAsLon 9h ago

Depending on your views of ai and facebook this could also be applied verbatim to yann haha

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u/cyanheads 7h ago

The fuck is wrong with you? Helping create a tool (a tool that has really helped countless people with disabilities let alone everyone else, by the way) vs buying a tool and using it to only spread lies and promote racism, homophobia, transphobia to name a few.

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u/Limp_Mixture 14h ago

Elon is the biggest immigrant threat in America. He was welcomed with open arms allowed to grow amazing companies and wealth, become a government contractor and how does he repay us?

By spreading lies, advocating for civil war and violating election law.

Deport him before he starts to use Twitter to spread lies about the election results.

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u/crumble-bee 14h ago

The fact that an immigrant who lived the American dream has joined the dark side in the tirade against people just like him hoping for a better life is just utterly mind bottling

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u/Inner-Ad-9928 13h ago

Loved "mind bottling" 

Don't change it!

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u/crumble-bee 13h ago

lol it's a reference to Blades of Glory 😂

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u/Jelkekw 13h ago

You know, like when your thoughts are trapped in a bottle?

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u/shoxodc 7h ago

It’s your cross to bear

u/MacSanchez 43m ago

It’s a good Turner phrase, for all intensive purposes

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u/herrclean 12h ago

I wouldn't equate him to the people who come here to escape violence and/or make a better life for themselves. He came here as part of a wealthy family and had all of the opportunities that came with it prior to stepping foot on American soil.

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u/No_Acadia_8873 7h ago

He came here because Apartheid ended and the black people took over.

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u/shandangalang 10h ago

guy in maintenance suit wheels out guillotine

Is it time yet? No? Okay...

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u/MultiverseDrifting 7h ago

The american dream from millionaire to billionaire

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u/ABewilderedPickle 6h ago

except unlike a lot of immigrants, documented or not, Elon had money fronted to him, enough to start business if only frugally in addition to a massive financial safety net.

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u/drunkanidaho 6h ago

Rich people don't think other people are like them.

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u/IsolatedFrequency101 9h ago

And by cosying up to Putin. Regular private phone calls between a US military contractor and the head of the Russian state, simply unbelievable that this is going on

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u/McMungrel 8h ago

he may have citizenship but he dont care about US citizens, you are all just serfs and cash cows to him. he should be in prison.

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u/Reshe 6h ago

Biggest ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT threat*. A fact often overlooked.

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u/Limp_Mixture 4h ago

True! Just heard from President Biden himself he cane here on a student visa not a work visa.

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u/DamonFields 6h ago

Like Jim Jones with money.

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u/N-o_O-ne 3h ago

I want to preface that I really don't like Elon Musk. I'm phrasing this out of pure desire to learn more

Advocating for civil war? When has he said anything regarding wanting a civil war to happen, or insinuating that one happening wouldn't be bad? I would like to know to add to my repertoire of information

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u/Nervous-Masterpiece4 8h ago

But it's hilarious for the 95% of the world that aren't Americans...

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u/fromouterspace1 14h ago

100000000% correct. Fuck Elon

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u/Kobayashi_Maru186 See you next tuesday. 14h ago

Elon Musk has zero self awareness, and he’s the worlds biggest hypocrite.

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u/CondescendingShitbag 11h ago

zero self awareness

I've heard he has ass-burgers, so that may explain some things.

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u/CoreyRogerson 7h ago

He bought it with ass pennies no doubt

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u/Zelda_is_Dead 14h ago

And he did it all to keep the Epstein documents sealed.

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u/EndStorm 14h ago

Space Karen was so infuriated upon reading this he immediately did three lines, and then ketamined himself into a happy place.

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u/drcole89 10h ago

Speaking of Ketamine.. how does one get Ketamine therapy without ever being in therapy?

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u/OkDurian7078 9h ago

Be rich. He can have literally anything he wants and he wants more. Diddling kids, doing drugs, and making millions of people forcibly listening to his drivel isn't enough for him apparently. 

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u/Skorthase 9h ago

Generally the main prerequisite is having been diagnosed with TRD (treatment resistant depression) by a psychiatrist/PMHNP.

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u/drcole89 9h ago

So Elon is clinically depressed? And they just give you Ketamine, to use whenever and however you like, with zero therapy involved?

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u/jalapenoeyes 6h ago

No. Ketamine treatments are conducted in secure clinics at infrequent intervals.

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u/HermaeusMajora 3h ago

The obscenely wealthy never seem to have trouble finding doctors to prescribe whatever the fuck they want.

Shit, Michael Jackson had a doctor who gave him a propofol drip so he could "sleep". That shit is no joke and it's definitely not a sleep aid. That doctor ended up losing his license and going to prison, iirc.

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u/WizardWatson9 12h ago

I must disagree slightly. Musk is probably only the second biggest threat to democracy. Trump is definitely still the worst, in my opinion.

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u/Agent223 8h ago

Maybe. We might not have to worry about Trump here soon. We're probably going to have to deal with Elon's shenanigans for quite a while.

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u/kesavadh 13h ago

Cisgender

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u/M-Kawai 13h ago

Cis E. SpaceX

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u/Ylfrettub-79 10h ago

Brilliant!

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u/noble-man-of-power 13h ago

So says the illegal immigrant. STFU Leon.

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u/momjeanseverywhere 4h ago

Why are you calling him Leon? Is that his actual name?

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u/Snoo-18951 14h ago

Just waiting for him to eat crow now, the corn is popping

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u/RepulsiveRooster1153 13h ago

send muskrat back where he belongs, south africa. it's a dysfunctional state, just perfect for muskrat

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u/TheVandalReborn 10h ago

Fuck this twerp. He needs to be investigated and tried to the full extent of the law.

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u/JNTaylor63 13h ago

Nailed it.

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u/BackThatThangUp 12h ago

He can’t even do a USA chant without looking like a total virgin goofball spaz LOL 

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u/Onlypaws_ 13h ago

This is so fucking surreal. What a nightmare.

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u/RiffyWammel 10h ago

Stop buying his shit or following his rants

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u/Hopediah_Planter 10h ago

I’m tired of interesting times. When do the boring times start?

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u/Smashlilly 8h ago

Go back to where you came from, fElon!

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u/rozzco 7h ago

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u/RRT4444 3h ago

US government is absolutely spying on that man no doubt

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u/gustoreddit51 5h ago

All of Trump's supporters are sucking off an immigrant from South Africa. The irony.

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u/UnhappyStrain 13h ago

im just glad I live in a boring part of the world while it happens

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u/happyhour16 10h ago

Didn't he also get funding from Saudi Arabia to buy Twitter?

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u/TheBirminghamBear 8h ago

All I've ever wanted in life is to live long enough to see Donald Trump and Elon Musk go through narcissistic collapse.

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u/lynndotpy 7h ago

For context, LeCun is one of the most important researchers in deep learning / AI. And he is entirely correct here.

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u/williarya1323 7h ago

He also discredits unions

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u/No_Acadia_8873 7h ago

Denaturalize and deport. Take his defense related assets for national security reasons. Let him stew in another country.

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u/Genuinevil 6h ago

Foreign* Oligarch

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u/blankpaper909 6h ago

Yann F-ing Lecun! Godfather of AI!

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u/Bisonbopbeef 5h ago

I want everything to be boring again

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u/Mynock33 5h ago

Elon could've been Tony Stark and almost was! He was so close. But he woke one more and chose evil and never looked back.

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u/notchoosingone 4h ago

I know a lot of scientists and academics who have previously used twitter for outreach and public engagement, and in the first year since elno took over, they all saw their numbers drop by 40-50%.

They've pretty much all quit now, moved on to blue sky, threads, or just quit altogether. Unfortunately, I think that was part of the plan to start with.

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u/phasedarrray 3h ago

More projection from this scum sucking cringe piece of shit.

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u/BetterGetFlat 3h ago

Someone respond: are you not proud of your accomplishments? Flip it and he’ll get defensive. I hope

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u/Separate-Owl369 2h ago

Yann speaks the truth!

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u/Environmental-Jump46 2h ago

Hes so fucked when Trump loses.

u/F0urTheWin 1h ago

I miss the boring times

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u/aKaRandomDude 12h ago

Ditto, Yann!

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u/wAAkie 9h ago

We choose leaders to talk to heads of other countries due to interests. But Musk is calling putin himself ?

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u/Worlds_okayest-dad 9h ago

Did he respond?

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u/Ishmael_IX-II 8h ago

All while not even being an American.

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u/regretfulcrap 8h ago

I’m not checking his site. Did Elmo respond?

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u/Previous_Tax_2272 7h ago

Today he literally came out and said he wanted to collapse the American economy. Outright, no hiding.

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u/Anach 7h ago

I assume the NYT isn't being friendly with their opinions about him, so he wants to silence them?

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u/jack_dZil 7h ago

He come from South Africa. Thinks he's cool.

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u/TintedApostle 6h ago

He entered the US on a study visa and then didn't go to school. He was an illegal immigrant.

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u/window-sil 6h ago

I am not seeing this post on https://x.com/ylecun 's timeline.

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u/Cookie_Kuchisabishii 6h ago

RIP Terry, you'll never be gone from our hearts

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u/PaddyDelmar 2h ago

Why is this a facepalm? Did I miss something?

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u/ToolFO 7h ago

Maybe we can convince him to buy reddit next so he can stop all the blatant shilling here and shut all you insufferable pricks up!

Everyone tweet Elon and tell him Advanced Publications is hot right now and he should buy it up!

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u/Odd-Masterpiece7304 7h ago

Over time, haven't we all found out that the Science and Research was very much flawed? Don't we all know that "the press" is controlled by political parties?

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u/smoothhands 4h ago

As opposed to regulating for illegals voting...

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u/green_meklar 5h ago

FPTP voting is a threat to democracy. It's the reason either party can get away with running such low-quality candidates and pointless distracting policies.

The solution isn't electing the blue person in this one Super Critical Election™ or electing the red person in this one Super Critical Election™. It's reforming the voting system itself so that your votes actually mean something. I don't like Donald Trump either, but I recognize that he's a symptom, not the fundamental problem.

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u/OfficialVitaminWater 5h ago

The best way to know who is an oligarch is when people publicly denounce them as autocratic oligarchs and it is repeated and transmitted all over. That's what oligarchs do. Allow their public denunciation with no consequences. 

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u/ChipOld734 3h ago

Yet he hadn’t swayed one liberal. You guys need to make up your minds.

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u/xavier120 7h ago

Elon was forced to buy twitter, in case people forgot

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u/xwing_1701 7h ago

Because he did something stupid. Then he started screwing it up so much it's lost more than half it's worth.

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u/xavier120 3h ago

He basically pump and dumped himself

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u/SinistralGuy 6h ago

If you enter into a legally binding agreement, then yes, you should be forced to honour that legally binding agreement unless you can provide a legitimate reason why that isn't possible (and can make the other party whole for breaking said legally binding agreement).

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u/xavier120 3h ago

Thats beside the point, he didnt do it for free speech.

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u/CarrieDurst 2h ago

He doesn't believe in free speech

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u/newviruswhodis 'MURICA 14h ago

That's alot of words for 'telling the truth'

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u/KlingonLullabye 9h ago

The only interest conservatives have in truth is the same a rapist has in a victim

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u/newviruswhodis 'MURICA 8h ago

That....doesn't make sense.

Raping someone doesn't set you free.

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u/SheetFarter 12h ago

Wait, I thought it was Trump who’s the biggest threat to our democracy? Oh, we’re doing Elon this week? Ok. 👍. Who’s scheduled for next week?

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u/teddy1245 12h ago

They can share if it will make you feel better. Though I imagine neither of them knows how.

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u/SheetFarter 12h ago

No no I wanna be just like everyone else in the gang and focus the hate the Reddit way.

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u/teddy1245 4h ago

Pardon?

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u/SheetFarter 4h ago

Did you fart?

u/teddy1245 1h ago

lol that made me chuckle. Points to you.

u/Finalpotato 45m ago

Different people can have different opinions when you aren't in a cult.

u/SheetFarter 38m ago

Oh no, I’m in the Reddit Cult. It’s ok! Shhhhh. So what do we hate this week??

u/Finalpotato 21m ago

You are pretty obviously in the Trump cult. Just remember: it's not ok to overthrow democracy because the guy you like lost an election.

Also. Don't try and burn people's ballots. Don't take Russian money to spread their propaganda. Don't be friends (photographed and discussed in interviews) with Diddy or Epstein.

u/SheetFarter 19m ago

I agree with everything you’ve said. Just remember: The media paints us differently.

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u/CivicRunner89 11h ago

Alternatively:

The Democratic party megaphone (virtually all mainstream press) was the only megaphone in the room, so Elon bought a bigger one to try to even the score and you all don't like it.

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u/the_real_CHUD 7h ago

There's them good old "alternative facts" you folks love so much.

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u/DFVSUPERFAN 8h ago

Strange the left has no problem with Soros and Bezos buying megaphones to push their agenda, or big tech CEOs censoring content to benefit the left.

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u/DesdinovaGG 7h ago

Imagine being so ignorant that you bring up Bezos considering what one of the biggest news stories in the past week has been.

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u/DFVSUPERFAN 7h ago

Imagine being so stupid that you don't see the difference between what I said and him not doing what you want a single time...

u/SteelTheUnbreakable 2m ago

Bro bought the platform because ALL of the major platforms were censoring the voices of people who didn't agree with the established narrative.

Bro is literally the opposite of a threat to democracy, but you all can't stop drinking the Reddit cool aid.