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by darth_avocado 492 days ago
> It was profitable to do so a year ago, it was simply dangerous politically.

Explain? Because if it was politically dangerous, it automatically means it wasn’t profitable.

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If an activity is profitable but the government can prosecute you for taking place in that activity, there in no correlation. That’s the point.

Advertising was dangerous because there was a perception that the previous US government would politically prosecute anyone who opposed them. Companies advertising on X, and hence supporting opposition such as Musk, would fall into this category.