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Over on the disinformation platform, its owner Elon Musk claims “Hitler was a socialist, therefore all socialists are Hitler”.

This post got 111 million views and apart from his claim being factually incorrect, it also shows that politicians of the remaining free countries should not support his social medium by posting there, because it is not about promoting free and informed dialogue — it is about spreading false myths using an algorithm design by Elon Musk to benefit Elon Musk.

MarjorieR · 5w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqzvax3r7j4smpxcrnxlznc5yv2x26e5rpuutmxssxwevp2fr8wlwqv45rsp apart from the claim "Hitler was a socialist" being untrue the sylogism fails anyway. "A is a B" doesn't imply "all B are A". "Wolves are Animals" doesn't imply "all Animals are Wolves...

Brokar · 5w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqzvax3r7j4smpxcrnxlznc5yv2x26e5rpuutmxssxwevp2fr8wlwqv45rsp I'm more concerned that 697k liked it.

sj_zero · 5w

Maybe he was saying it because he thinks it's true, but maybe he was saying it because he thinks it's clearly absurd and it should be clear why the logic makes it absurd. There's an obvious parallel to the opposite point made routinely by socialists: That Hitler did X therefore everyone who does X ...