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Re:Sergey Brin on Gemini 1.5 Pro (03/02/2024) [video] by light_hue_1 on Sunday March 03, 2024 @11:14PM (#39586958)
I don't agree that people on the left hold the notion that Elon and Hitler and comparable.

So this isn't a left vs right problem. It's a moral relativism problem.

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Re:Sergey Brin on Gemini 1.5 Pro (03/02/2024) [video] by inemesitaffia on Sunday March 03, 2024 @11:53PM (#39587157)
Oh I do.

See the Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink and Twitter crowd

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Re:Sergey Brin on Gemini 1.5 Pro (03/02/2024) [video] by bgravinz on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:26PM (#39593989)
You don't think anyone on the left holds that position?

Even the Hacker News crowd has previously upvoted stories like this:

> [The proto-fascism of Elon Musk](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35998913)

And elsewhere around the world you have this type of stuff.

> The Nation, Sept 2023: Elon Musk Is a Threat to Democracy

> The Information.com, Oct 2022: Elon Musk's Management Style is a Threat to Global Democracy

> Irish Examiner, Dec 2022: Why Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is a threat to democracy

> CommonCause.org, Oct 2022: Elon Musk Twitter Acquisition Poses Risks to Our Democracy

I find it hard to reconcile seeing all this sentiment towards him, while also asserting unequivocally that nobody on the left would compare "threat to global democracy" Elon Musk, to Hitler.

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