[Ensorceled]

> I'm defending the right to own property, which is something really fundamental to the way we organize our society.

No one is trying to "steal" twitter in this thread, we are saying he used his "property rights" to unnecessarily hurt others.

You're the one who is saying this is just peachy keen and "that's on you".

You're defending the harm.

[xupybd]

I feel for this guy. He worked on a product for 16 years. A lot goes into that and it becomes part of your identity. Then right at a time close to the loss of his mother it gets shutdown, with no warning. I'd be devastated.

That said Elon is not doing this to anyone. He is not attacking anyone. He simply made a business decision. This happens all the time. Companies let suppliers go for financial reasons, they let staff go for similar reasons. People invest their lives into helping these businesses only to find they were let go for a few dollars. It sucks and it's can be super painful. Businesses mostly exist to make money and people should avoid investing their identity and loyalty into businesses as they probably won't reciprocate.

[vajrabum]

Just business doesn't usually lead to massive losses in an advertising revenue at an advertising business to the point Twitter is giving away ads. I'm not sure what it is but it's not just business. https://mashable.com/article/twitter-free-ads-to-advertisers...

[xupybd]

Sure it does. Plenty of people purchase business and make choices that cause businesses to fail.

[arrrg]

This to me reads like an argument that we should nuke capitalism. (Which I’m not sure is a good ideas, even.)

I mean, you are presenting something as inevitable, I just don’t understand why.

[xupybd]

No I love capitalism.

It's just that we need to see business as business. You make relationships with people and put your trust and faith in people not in businesses. They're entities that can be bought and sold and exist purely to make a profit. They have their place and offer huge value to society but they are not people.