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by Cthulhu_ 589 days ago
> It's been scary to see how Big Tech and the media presented Trump as a threat to democracy

Please explain how Project 2025 (written by the Heritage Foundation etc etc, not big tech / the media) is not a threat to democracy, specifically its sections on consolidating power in a single person (= autocracy) and dismantling various federal systems of checks and balances in favor of loyalist political appointees.

> It's the last social media platform where Republicans and their supporters could have any presence.

Truth Social was built specifically as a safe space for Republicans and their views. Musk did not make Twitter a bastion of free speech, not when using words that personally offend him get you banned.

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> Truth Social was built specifically as a safe space for Republicans and their views

I have never heard of it. A niche social media site built specifically for expressing right-wing political views could never compete with Facebook, Instagram, Reddit.