The blue check is the first step in Elon's plan to bring the chinese social credit score system to the west.
If you verify your phone number and pay with a credit card - which is linked to your socia...
I'm not thinking that's his intention as he has been very clear about elimination of bot activity from the beginning. Most BTC proponents have theorized BTC could solve this as it would make bot farm activity too costly. Elon unfortunately is just implementing the Fiat version. Will it contribute to what you say, a move towards authoritarianism? Absolutely.