[csallen]

Elon and Bezos aren't more powerful than Kuwait. Kuwait is a sovereign government, with authority to write laws, raise an army, and do whatever it wants with its 5M+ citizens (draft them, imprison people, execute people, etc.) with pretty much no consequence unless they're absurdly reckless. There is more to power than money.

[ameliaquining]

I think the argument being made is that they don't have any meaningful power over Meta's corporate decision-makers, even if they do have power over some other people.

[csallen]

Right, but if you control access to a market of millions of people, a lot of companies will do what you say (i.e. follow your laws) in order to retain access to that market, as well as protect their local employees from jail. I would say that counts as meaningful power.

[benoau]

In theory, but the last two years have also seen Zuckerburg, Musk and Cook openly defying the EU, one of the largest markets on the planet.

[JumpCrisscross]

> the last two years have also seen Zuckerburg, Musk and Cook openly defying the EU, one of the largest markets on the planet

I think it's fair to say the chances of Kuwait acting decisively against Zuckerberg, Musk or Cook is far higher than the EU.

[stefan_]

They also shipped 0 barrels of oil last month, the basis for 90% of gov revenue, 50% of its GDP. Clearly their faux workforce of subsidized "natives" and "indentured servants" is heading for a fulminant blowup, with no one in charge with the faintest clue towards mitigation.

So now there's no power, no money. Hence the attempts at message control. I don't think it's for Meta to soften their fall.

[kjkjadksj]

Kuwait cannot do any of that unilaterally. They are a vassal state in the american hegemony.

[KaiserPro]

are we talking in theory or practice?

Kuwait's sovereign fund has about 1 trillion under management. A couple of phone calls about disposals and its surprising what changes.

However, its my understanding that this page was promoting/representing the Muslim Brotherhood.

[nozzlegear]

> They are a vassal state in the american hegemony.

Whatever happened to just calling a country an ally? "Vassal state in the American hegemony" does sound a lot cooler I guess.

[mountainb]

We fought what, two wars for this vassal? Deleting an account is a pretty minor favor compared to that.