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I think the politics of billionaires attempting to take control of the engines of discourse is quite relevant, especially given the current political landscape where no less than two of them are dumping an enormous amount of their own money to attempt a brokered DNC convention and push out a progressive candidate."
Progressives have repeatedly assured us across countless HN posts that traditional and social media businesses have the right to publish or deny publication of whatever they desire so they should have no cause to complain if businesses start shifting political discourse in whatever direction their owners prefer.