To the editor: Does anyone else contemplate it outrageous that one man appears to have the power not solely to regulate politics in his personal nation, but additionally to affect international locations corresponding to the UK and Germany? (“U.K. leader Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’ after attacks from Elon Musk,” Jan. 6)
It shouldn’t be potential for one individual to be so wealthy that he can truly do that.
We’d like both democratic oversight of social media platforms — much like the Federal Communications Fee’s outdated Equity Doctrine — or else a monetary system that forestalls individuals from getting that wealthy. Which might you select?
Douglas Marshall, Bell
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To the editor: Elon Musk, in his German newspaper op-ed piece backing Germany’s far-right party, tried to calm readers by saying that the far-right chief of the Various for Germany social gathering, or AfD, had a same-sex companion (Sri Lankan, no much less) and subsequently couldn’t probably be like Adolf Hitler.
But in essentially the most chilling a part of his commentary, Musk described the social gathering as “final spark of hope for this nation” and mentioned it might guarantee “cultural integrity” and different key management objectives that the AfD hopes will develop into the brand new actuality of that nation.
Cultural integrity? No, that doesn’t sound like Hitler in any respect.
Michele Adashek, Los Angeles
