Yeah what the fuck is with that.

It’s a very twitter centric view of the web. If you’re not on xitter you’re “shutting out a significant portion”.

The thing is, it’s not simply that Musk has an ideology that is disparate from my own, he has an agenda that is egregiously contrary to the stated values of the Debian project.

You’d consult with the community over a new logo or blog layout maybe, but on whether to assist Musk in his far right agenda there’s not really any decision to be made honestly.

Oh but look at this deleted draft PR release that was committed that doesn’t really say anything spicy and was later sharpened up to reflect the intentions of the author.

Searxng all day baby.

It’s regressive in the sense that poor people spend more of their money on goods and services that include VAT.

It’s also “broad based” in that wealthy people spend more money (in total) on things, and the vendors of those things collect the tax.

For example, if a company in Australia sells a $11m private jet to some asshole, that asshole just paid $1m in taxes.

Said asshole may well pay no income tax by virtue of their ability to disappear taxable income through complex business structures.

Sadly, I think you’re right.

It’s absurd that the wealthiest people in the world are making all the decisions that effect the rest of us, especially when they’re using that control to influence the rest of us through social media.

I think the only solution is a revolution where wealth is redistributed, probably through violence.

Bezos and Musks assets should just be nationalised. Give them pensions of 10m a year or something in return.

Seems like a lot of support honestly.